Katy Perry apologizes and addresses criticism regarding past comments she made about Britney Spears: humor had always been a way to deflect

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

Katy Perry has received heat from Britney Spears fans for years after the Smile singer made light, even poked fun of, Britney's mental health struggles.

 

At the 2017 Grammys, Katy was asked about the importance of taking time off for yourself. 

 

“That’s called taking care of your mental health,” she said. “And I haven’t shaved my head yet.” Elsewhere, she said “I’ve done all of them [hair colors] and only thing left to do is shave my head, which I’m really saving for a public breakdown. I’m down for that. I’m almost moments away from that, obviously.”

 

Katy is finally publicly addressing what she said and making things right.  Below is an excerpt from a recent radio interview where she discussed how her own mental health deteriorated in the Witness era from all the negative controversies. 

 

“Anyone in this intense a spotlight, they understand that the tightrope just gets tighter and smaller, and that with one word, one costume malfunction, it can all blow up,” she says. "Humor had always been a way to deflect. “I have used that as a mechanism for coping and for my own fear, and have said things that have been sloppy or insensitive.”

 

She adds: “But there is definitely not a whole lot of empathy or compassion towards people sometimes growing – or trying to ******* grow – in the spotlight. Because growth also means failing. And I’ve done a lot of falling flat on my face.”

 

Hopefully, this causes a mend between both fanbases.  Thoughts, Exhale?
 

 

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

Posting this and dipping from this thread because I know things about to get nasty down here 

Anyway, y'all happy now? She was herself in a very bad place when she made those comments, as less than 2 weeks after the show she did cut her hair and went through a whole makeover, while at the same time dealing with the defeat or Hillary whom she had endorsed big time and her break up with Orlando Bloom at the time. 

Katy has cited Britney as an inspiration for her California Dreams Tour (2011) and has admitted to being imbued by the Circus Tour. Moreover, she has mentioned that she loved Britney's artistry, additionally substantiated by a video of her bopping out to Piece Of Me back in 2008 for her debut album photoshoot. They also met in 2013 at the Smurfs movie premiere and Katy was a co-writer for Passenger on Britney Jean. At the 2014 VMAs, Katy also credited Britney's fashion as an inspiration, adorning a revamped version of the iconic Denim Outfit Britney and Justin wore to the 2002 AMAs.

Now it's Shawn Mendes's turn.

[annonymous]

Respect that she did this

[Makemeooh]

Karma is a *****, can’t wait for Lou’s turn.

[floopy22]

Too little, too late Bozo! 

[jj_boha]

Well I hope she learned her lesson. I understand using humour as a Defense mechanism but doesn’t that usually mean rolling with the punches or making fun of yourself ? why would you joke about other people and their situations? Anyway it’s over now. 

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

51 minutes ago, floopy22 said:

Too little, too late Bozo! 

Yes, she should have dedicated the whole hour long interview and atleast 3 notes app apologies to discuss about two sentences she said about Britney as a spur of the moment insensitive joke in a 3 year old interview that barely lasted a minute which only stans on twitter and here hold her accountable for. I mean, it's not like she has anything else going for her to talk about in a radio interview right, like say for example, an album cycle? 

Y'all are never satisfied smh, just say you hate Katheryn and move on  

I don't see half this detest and loathe when it's a thread about Shawn Mendes or anyone else when he did something much worse. 

[summer2summer]

After she ate sh it?? Funny . 

Im not buying it katy hairy . Let those other stan bases praise u though . I'll enjoy her music on youtube and besides that im not a supporter. 

I've got every celebrity's name that bad mouthed Britney written on a red paper. 

Your album still won't do well. B itch 

Now SMILE and wave 

[Hungry Hun]

That should've been adressed right after when it happened, right now its just too little too late like someone already said. What you do as public person stays with you for a long time or even a lifetime, we as Britney fans should know that. 

I can not feel empathy for her in this matter - talking bad about Britney - she did because she wanted to. She thought it was cool to do it, she saw the oportunity and she did  Even tho she was struggling at that time, she could've joke about any other stuff and not point fingers and joke about someone who also was struggling and was attacked back and forth by everyone when people didnt understand mental health issues like they do today. 

I wish Katy the person all the best, specially now she has a child coming and a loving fiance  Its good she is in a better and happy place now 

[Towelney]

I don’t really hold any grudge against her, but this was nice to hear.

EDIT: It would’ve been nice to hear a sorry tho

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

10 minutes ago, summer2summer said:

After she ate sh it?? Funny . 

Im not buying it katy hairy . Let those other stan bases praise u though . I'll enjoy her music on youtube and besides that im not a supporter. 

I've got every celebrity's name that bad mouthed Britney written on a red paper. 

Your album still won't do well. B itch 

Now SMILE and wave 

Imagine if our entire society has this outlook on life, that we should never allow people time and space to grow and change but instead hold grudges for past misgivings and judge their whole personality by it 

Britney herself as stipulated that she isn't perfect and she make mistakes too, and we as fans were willing to see past her mistakes and watch her mature into the woman she is now.  

Alas, I cannot change how you perceive a certain celebrity nor is it going to benefit me in any way if I could, but it's not up to me to impugn your morals and principles. 

 

[Urbanney]

But where is the “I’m sorry?” 

[LetsRoll]

Apologize doesn't save her from flopping 

[Slayer]

If she actually finally owned up to it, maybe I can consider forgiving her 

i want the audio receipts first 

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

11 minutes ago, LetsRoll said:

Apologize doesn't save her from flopping 

Just how years of schooling still won't save you from misspelling "apologies" then 

You seriously think Katy apologized about a 3 year old statement that only stans care about to boost her album sales? Especially when an upcoming album is not even the first priority in her life as of now? 

Everyone knows it's gonna underperform compared to her previous projects. But what actually matters is that she's the happiest she's ever been in her life at the moment.

If you don't have anything nice to say, please it's better if you don't say anything.

Spoiler

I'm sorry if I'm being offensive, coming for someone's typo error most prob. I'm just in a really salty mood today if you'll excuse me

 

[NewDisplayName]

I don’t see apologies tbh.. she don’t even seem to be sorry..

she just want some attention and she’s saying that she is a nice person

 

[nanabs]

 

[Rosewater]

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

9 minutes ago, NewDisplayName said:

I don’t see apologies tbh.. she don’t even seem to be sorry..

 

24 minutes ago, Urbanney said:

But where is the “I’m sorry?” 

 

15 minutes ago, Slayer said:

If she actually finally owned up to it, maybe I can consider forgiving her 

i want the audio receipts first 

The interview hasn't been aired yet, but here's what the radio host mentioned:

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"She acknowledged the mistakes she made with past comments about Britney Spears, admitting they were insensitive and not intentional"

Also, here's a link:

 https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/14/katy-perry-interview-pregnant-album-depression-cancel-culture-pure-pop?__twitter_impression=true

 

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

10 minutes ago, nanabs said:

 

Of course, y'all want her to speak up, and when she does, she's "obsessed." Makes perfect sense.