Russell Brand has been drug free since 2002 – when he was 27 – the same age at which his friend Amy Winehouse passed away from a presumed drug overdose.
Brand’s wife, Katy Perry says Amy’s death makes her very thankful that she still has her husband around.
“My heart felt really sad. My husband, who’s been clean and sober for almost nine years, I see him working [on] a [sobriety] program and working on himself every single day, and I see how much work it takes to be clean and sober when you have addiction on your hands.”
Perry continued: “So it gave me a real gratefulness for my husband, who got clean when he was 27. And I just feel sad and I hope [Amy] finds peace.”
Perry did not personally know Winehouse, but Brand was a friend and a fan and thought of her as a genius. Brand even penned a touching tribute to Amy after her passing and has been asking everyone to take the disease of addiction more seriously.