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Katy Perry REACTS to Iam Tongi's American Idol Win
An American Idol contestant has travel to Katy Perry's defence successful aftermath of accusations of bullying from viewers and amid uncertainty implicit her aboriginal connected the show.
Oliver Steele, who made it to the apical 8 connected the astir caller 21st season, elaborate connected Instagram his feelings astir the pop star, who has served arsenic judge connected the singing contention series for the last six seasons.
"I've seen a batch of rumors going astir the net astir Katy Perry perchance leaving Idol and I don't needfully cognize what's existent and what's not. Here is what I cognize astir @katyperry," helium wrote successful his May 26 post, alongside 2 photos of himself with the singer. "Katy is not a bully, nor does she shame people."
Katy sparked controversy when an American Idol contestant reflected connected feeling that the Grammy victor was "mom shaming" her during her audition. In the March episode, before performing "You Know I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse and "Benny and the Jets" by Elton John, Sara Beth Liebe told the "Roar" vocalist and fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan that she was 25 years aged and has 3 children.
Katy subsequently looked shocked and pretended to enactment woozy, prompting Sara exclaim excitedly, "If Katy lays connected the table, I deliberation I'm going to walk out." Katy past responded, "Honey, you've been laying connected the array excessively much."
After seeing the episode, Sara, who quit American Idol during Hollywood Week, reacted to the awkward exchange. "It was embarrassing to person that connected TV," she said successful a TikTok astatine the time. "It was hurtful. I deliberation that women supporting and uplifting different women is truthful chill and I deliberation that ma shaming is ace lame. I deliberation that it's hard capable to beryllium a ma and it's hard capable to beryllium a woman."
Katy has not responded to Sara Beth's video.
In summation to commenting connected the alleged bullying, Oliver besides noted the enactment helium received from Katy during his clip on American Idol.
"I retrieve being tense astatine my audition, tense during Hollywood week, hellhole adjacent tense passim assorted points successful the competition," helium wrote. "Katy has an unthinkable quality to not conscionable archer what affectional authorities you're in, but to beryllium capable to archer what's holding you back. I emotion each the judges, but Katy ever seemed to beryllium capable to look into my psyche and archer precisely what was troubling me, oregon what it was I was struggling with."
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Oliver said that the singer reminded him to judge successful who helium america arsenic an creator and encouraged him to situation himself. He added, "I'm a amended instrumentalist and creator aft Katy Perry pushed maine to judge successful my potential, and to transcend my limitations."
He further encouraged Katy, who aft the play 21 finale suggested she whitethorn not beryllium returning for more, to stay connected the show.
In his Instagram post, Oliver urged Katy to stay connected the show. "@katyperry I dunno if you'll spot this, but I anticipation you enactment on American Idol," helium wrote. "You're a guiding light, an unthinkable teacher. And you made maine judge that I americium my ain hero. Thank you for everything."
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