The 25-year-old contestant and mother of three accused Katy Perry of “mom-shaming” in a viral TikTok video posted after her audition for American Idol judges earlier this month.
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What appeared to be a joke on the part of American Idol singer and judge Katy Perry has backfired on social media.
Sara Beth Love, a young contestant from California, decided to get even with the singer by sharing her story with her 127,400 TikTok subscribers.
She says she was the victim of a seedy joke by Katy Perry when she appeared on stage and said she was 25 years old (which surprised the three judges because he looked much older and younger) and then added with a laugh: ” I also have three children.” .
Katy Perry then got up from her seat to show her surprise. The contestant laughed and added, “Katy, if you’re on the table, I’ll pass out” (referring to what the singer sometimes does to express strong emotions on the show). Which the singer tit for tat replied: “Three kids, my dear, it’s you laying on the table a little too much. »
When she appeared to find the joke funny during the show, the contestant still shared a TikTok video denouncing Katy Perry’s joke to more than 500,000 netizens who viewed the video.
“When I was on American Idol, there was a joke that got a lot of attention and got a lot of people reaching out to me to find out how I was feeling,” she said. It was embarrassing and hurtful to see this on TV. »
She explains that she wanted to take the opportunity to say that “women motivating and uplifting other women, it’s cool, and I think the ‘mom-shaming’ is very low. »
On Katy Perry’s Instagram account, among her publications, many messages of disappointment and anger were shared by netizens and viewers of the show. Some even say they want to delete all his music from their playlists. The artist has not commented.
Recall that Katy Perry, 38, is herself the mother of a baby girl she had with her husband, actor Orlando Bloom. The singer is known for being the flamboyant and most expressive of the American Idol judging trio, which includes Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan.