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Katy Perry’s preacher parents are among Donald Trump’s biggest fans & have donated 79 times to GOP from $2.8m LA mansion
Details of the couple's jet-setting life revealed exclusively by The U.S. Sun
KATY Perry's parents have made dozens of donations to the Republican Party - in contrast to their daughter's outspoken support of Democrat candidates, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.
The preachers and their church have also received over $1 million in donations over the last five years as they enjoy a jet-setting lifestyle.
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And they do it all from a luxury mansion next to the rich and famous - including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - in celeb-studded Montecito, California.
Pentecostal preachers Keith and Mary Hudson have been touring the country for over 40 years as a "strong prophetic ministry," according to their website, with Mary speaking in tongues and "healing" audience members.
While the pair have undoubtedly done some great charity work, especially in their native Santa Barbara, their faith has repaid them with a tidy fortune.
They reside in a stunning $2.82 million one-story pad in Montecito, whose famous residents include Ellen DeGenres and Oprah Winfrey.
They share the same zip code as their daughter Katy and fiancé Orlando Bloom, who live just three miles up the road, moving there four years ago to, perhaps, be nearer her mom and dad.
Keith and Mary, both 76, bought the ocean-view pad for in December 2016 - without a mortgage - but it’s unclear whether it was millionaire Katy who paid for it.
It was purchased through a trust, which lists Katy's business manager Jeff Hinkle as the trustee, who is tied to all of her properties.
The house features four en-suite bedrooms, an outdoor fireplace and BBQ area, and 2,440 sq ft living space over 0.48 acres.
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The extravagant abode is listed as the address for their "church" Keith Hudson Ministries Inc.
It is a religious organization, which is tax-exempt, and has been filing 990 annual returns - the latest for 2022.
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While their nonprofit has raked it in over the years, they’ve also been giving some of it back - to the Republican party.
Federal Election Commission records show that Mary has donated 78 times to the GOP since 2019 including Trump’s presidential campaigns - Keith donated just once. Donations range from 34 cents to $1,000.
Mary is a keen political activist and ran in the Santa Barbara County Elections in March.
She narrowly missed out, coming fourth in the district with a 12 percent share of the vote, but the winner only received 16 percent.
They’ve never hidden their conservative allegiances, which are in contrast to Katy’s Democrat-leaning stance, although she’s only donated once to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, but has publicly backed her and successor Joe Biden.
Her parents have stuck with Trump throughout all his controversies - Mary tweeted in May after his criminal conviction for fraud: ‘Jesus was a convicted felon’.
NON-PROFIT EXPENSES
From 2018 to 2022, the Hudsons' nonprofit received $1,117,955, according to public records.
All of this was spent on expenses of some kind - they didn’t hand out any grants, per the records.
For example, in 2022, their expenses came from paying themselves a $28,974k-a-year salary, travel, hotels, their own merchandise distribution, a religious TV show, and hosting conferences in the most exotic of locations.
In 2022, Keith Hudson Ministries Inc expenses were approximately $313k - while revenue was just $205k.
Among their $134k reserves, they had $114,358 stated as ‘investments - coins’. Unclear if this is related to the likes of gold or bitcoins.
People can give a one-off donation - or weekly/monthly - via their website and become ‘partners’, which will ‘advance the work of the Kingdom of God’.
Katy Perry's preacher past
Katy Perry was raised by evangelical pastor parents in a strict household,
She has said she did not “always seen eye to eye” with her church pastor father.
Katy has previously said she was not allowed to listen to rock music, eat certain foods or go out with her friends due to their “connotation with the devil.”
In 2016, The Sun reported that Keith had made a series of sermons condemning his daughter's career.
In one sermon, Keith ranted: “They ask how can I preach if I produce a girl who sang about kissing another girl?
“I was at a concert of Katy’s where there were 20,000. I’m watching this generation and they were going at it. It almost looked like church.
“I stood there and wept and kept on weeping and weeping. They’re loving and worshipping the wrong thing.”
Keith is a Pentecostal pastor from Santa Barbara.
However, he was not always a devout preacher - that her father was pals with sixties psychologist Timothy Leary, who advocated the use of psychedelic drugs.
She said: "He was part of the Strawberry Fields Forever.
"They found God, you know? They needed to find God. Not that they needed to find God, God found them, really."
However, Keith claims to have been spoken to by God 49 years ago in an apple orchard, an experience which he says “transformed” his life.
From then on, Keith has been a devout Christian.
Katy has spoken about how her family used to picket rock concerts together, including a Marilyn Manson gig, where they handed out leaflets about "How to find God".
Keith is married to Katy's mother, Mary Christine Hudson.
As previously stated, Keith and Mary do good in the Santa Barbara community. In November, Mary was pictured packing up meals and other necessities for homeless and local veterans, as the VP of the Adam’s Angel charity.
They also hold an annual charity 5km walk/run, which this year is in aid of the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission - Bethel House.
But their calling to God has also meant the couple have been able to travel to some very glam places.
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The monetary gifts help to fund Mary hosting her own women’s "Arise Conferences" in luxury hotels, usually in Hawaii.
The next one is in September and will be at the four-star Marriott Wailea Beach Resort in Maui - costing $40 for a one-day conference pass and a special discount rate of around $440 per night.
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