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Don’t miss… <\/strong> Brand had previously said: “He was a pretty powerful bloke, he could manipulate folk with his eyes. I like Rasputin… he was all right, wasn’t he… a mad monk with magical, mystical powers, having it off with everyone, drinking and getting into fights.”<\/p>\n Rasputin, who allegedly had healing powers, was invited into the royal court in St. Petersburg in 1905. High society was interested in mysticism at the time.<\/p>\n About two years later he was summoned to the palace of Tsar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra when their son, who had haemophilia, couldn’t stop bleeding.<\/p>\n Rasputin allegedly helped the child’s suffering, but then claimed that the futures of both the child and the dynasty were linked to him.<\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n He was also known to have preached that sex with him had healing affect.<\/p>\n The tsar refused to believe any of his accusers and they were transferred to remote regions of Russia.<\/p>\n He was later assassinated in 1916.<\/p>\n Last weekend, The Times, the Sunday Times and Channel 4\u2019s Dispatches published allegations of sexual assault and rape against Brand, which he strongly denies.<\/p>\n He preemptively denied the accusations of \u201cserious criminal allegations\u201d in a YouTube video, and said his relationships have \u201calways been consensual.\u201d<\/p>\n Perry has posted on Instagram for the first time since Brand was accused, but didn\u2019t address the allegations, instead chosing to show off her latest collection of cowboy boots.<\/p>\n Perry and Brand’s 14-month marriage broke down in 2012, with Brand previously calling the time “chaotic.”<\/p>\n Morgan said he’d tried to interview Perry in 2013 at a Vanity Fair party in Washington D.C., but the Fireworks singer said she wasn’t ready yet<\/p>\n She added: “Because you\u2019ll get the truth out of me, and I\u2019m just not ready to tell you the truth. In fact, I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m ready to admit the truth to myself.”<\/p>\n That’s when Morgan said she let slip her husband’s nickname: “You Brits are all the same, so damn confident\u2026 Trouble is, I find that irresistible. I love Brits\u2026 Well, not all of them \u2013 not Rasputin, obviously.”<\/p>\n Perry has never opened up about why her marriage to Brand ended.<\/p>\n She told Vogue earlier in the month: “I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day.”<\/p>\n
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