KATY PERRY has just announced that she will no longer be attending the People’s Choice Awards. And it doesn’t surprise us one bit, considering the state of her personal life…

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A few days after Russell Brand filed for divorce and announced that he and Katy were ending their 14-month marriage, celebrity gossip websites found out that Katy was still going to make an appearance at the People’s Choice Awards this month despite the split.

KATY PERRY finally opened up after having been oh so silent about her sudden divorce from husband of 14 months, English comedian RUSSELL BRAND, and she took to Twitter this morning in her first ever comment about their split.

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Russell Brand suddenly announced their divorce on December 30, following the Christmas holidays which they both spent apart from each other. The shock of the announcement came on the heels of Brand telling the whole world on the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that he was happily married to Katy “until death do us part.”

KATY PERRY‘s minister parents are saying her divorce from RUSSELL BRAND was a gift from God because it helped them to fill their evangelical church with a curious congregation.

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Keith and Mary Hudson, who are pastors at their own church, are grateful that Katy‘s about to be divorced from her husband because apparently, it resulted in the spike in attendance of their congregation… and a full collection plate, more likely.

KATY PERRY is not in any way avoiding this month’s People’s Choice Awards due to her pending divorce; estranged hubby RUSSELL BRAND, however, has been “uninvited.”

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While the “Firework” singer has no plans of avoiding people, cameras and speculations during this annual awards event, producers and organizers have effectively “disinvited” her ex, English stand-up comedian Russell, to prevent any awkward and embarrassing situations that are expected to occur between the former couple at the celebrity-heavy affair…

KATY PERRY has just scheduled her first post-split appearance for 2012…this “firework” of a woman isn’t hiding out in all her misery, no siree.

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Estranged husband, Russell Brand may have announced their divorce Friday, but Katy Perry isn’t one to shy away from Hollywood news, even if it bombards her no end with speculations about why the split happened after only 14 months of marriage…

KATY PERRY and RUSSELL BRAND’s friends were shocked by their split, according to the latest star news. Apparently, despite the endless rumors of divorce hounding the superstar couple, their closest friends believed that their marriage would last—or at least, they believed it would have lasted longer than it actually did.

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Apparently, when funnyman Russell Brand filed for divorce from Katy Perry, his wife of 14 months, it wasn’t just their fans whose mouths dropped open in shock. A source close to the now-estranged couple tells PEOPLE: