Katy Perry says she tried to 'pray the gay away' as an adolcent

KATY PERRY SAYS SHE TRIED TO 'PRAY THE GAY AWAY' AS AN ADOLCENT
IS KATY PERRY GAY? ‘CHAED TO THE RHYTHM’ SGER SLAMS HER CHRISTIAN UPBRGG
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HER IMAGE RADILLY CHANGED BY THE TIME OF HER 2008 SMASH SGLE "I KISSED A GIRL," OM ONE OF THE BOYS, AND SHE WENT ON TO TOP THE CHARTS WH THE FOLLOW-UP ALBUMS TEENAGE DREAM, PRISM AND WNS. PERRY IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE DURG THE 2015 SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, HER MARRIAGE TO EDIAN RSELL BRAND AND HER SELECTN AS A JUDGE FOR AMERIN IDOL.EARLY LIFE AND MIL ASPIRATNSKATY PERRY WAS BORN KATHERYN ELIZABETH HUDSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 25, 1984, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. FANS MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE SGER WHO WR ABOUT SEXUAL EXPLORATN "I KISSED A GIRL" GREW UP A VERY NSERVATIVE FAY. BOTH OF HER PARENTS ARE PASTORS, AND THEY REFED TO LET HER LISTEN TO ANY ROCK OR POPULAR MIC. "THE ONLY THGS I WAS ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO WERE THE SISTER ACT 1 AND 2 SOUNDTRACKS," PERRY TOLD ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY. SHE AND HER TWO SIBLGS WERE ALSO NOT PERMTED TO WATCH SUCH BLE CHANNELS AS MTV AND VH1.PERRY STARTED TAKG SGG LSONS AROUND THE AGE OF 9 AND LEARNED TO PLAY GUAR WHEN SHE WAS 13. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE BEGAN REBELLG AGAST HER STRICT UPBRGG BY PIERCG HER OWN NOSE. SHE SOON BEME TERTED PURSUG A REER MIC. WH HER MOTHER, PERRY MA SEVERAL TRIPS TO NASHVILLE TO RERD A GOSPEL ALBUM, KATY HUDSON, WHICH WAS RELEASED 2001. "IT REACHED LERALLY MAYBE 100 PEOPLE, AND THEN THE LABEL WENT BANKPT," PERRY EXPLAED TO ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY.AS A TEENAGER, PERRY WAS EXPOSED TO OTHER MIL FLUENC. ONE IEND TRODUCED HER TO THE MIC OF QUEEN, WHICH REMAS ONE OF HER FAVORE GROUPS. "I'M VERY SPIRED BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}FREDDIE MERCURY AND HOW FLAMBOYANT AND THEATRIL HE WAS," SHE TOLD FASHN MAGAZE WWD.IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE STROVE TO BE HER OWN PERSON, CHOOSG NOT TO LIM HERSELF TO ONE SOCIAL GROUP. "I WAS A HOP-AROUND. I HUNG OUT WH THE ROCKABILLY CREW, THE GUYS WHO WERE TRYG TO BE RAPPERS, THE FUNNY KIDS," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN MAGAZE. FOCED ON HER MIC, PERRY GOT HER GED AND MOVED TO LOS ANGEL TO WORK WH PRODUCER AND SONGWRER GLEN BALLARD, WHO HAD LLABORATED WH SUCH ARTISTS AS CHRISTA AGUILERA AND ALANIS MORISSETTE. SHE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND BEG ON HER OWN PROVED TOUGH. "IT WAS FIVE YEARS OF LIVG L.A. WH NO MONEY, WRG BAD CHECKS, SELLG MY CLOTH TO MAKE RENT, [AND] BORROWG MONEY," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN. PERRY ALSO EXPERIENCED A STRG OF DISAPPOTMENTS BEFORE GETTG HER BIG BREAK. SHE AND BALLARD WERE UNABLE TO FD A RERD PANY WILLG TO TAKE THEM ON, AND HER 2004 LLABORATN WH MIC PRODUCERS-TURNED-PERFORMERS THE MATRIX WAS SCRAPPED SHORTLY BEFORE THE PROJECT WAS TO BE RELEASED. AFTER HAVG THREE RERD ALS FALL APART, PERRY FALLY SIGNED WH CAPOL RERDS 2007.ALBUMS AND SONGS'ONE OF THE BOYS'FOLLOWG THE NOVEMBER 2007 RELEASE OF THE SGLE "UR SO GAY," WHICH UGHT THE ATTENTN OF MADONNA, PERRY SAW HER REER TAKE OFF WH HER NEXT EFFORT, "I KISSED A GIRL." THE SONG H THE TOP OF THE CHARTS THE SUMMER OF 2008, PROPELLG PERRY'S ALBUM, ONE OF THE BOYS, TO THE BILLBOARD TOP 10. A FOLLOW-UP SGLE, "HOT N COLD," ALSO CHARTED HIGHLY.ALONG WH EARNG A BT FEMALE POP VOL PERFORMANCE GRAMMY NOMATN, PERRY BEME FAMO FOR HER THEATRILY. ON THE WARPED TOUR, SHE PERFORMED "I KISSED A GIRL" WH A GIANT TUBE OF LIP BALM, REFERENCG A LE THE SONG. PERRY HAS ALSO JUMPED TO A LARGER-THAN-LIFE KE AND APPEARED A NUMBER OF WILD OUTFS WHILE ONSTAGE. DCRIBG HER STYLE AS "LUCILLE BALL MEETS BOB MACKIE," SHE TOLD ESQUIRE, "IT'S ABOUT NUENDO. I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET THE JOKE, BUT I WANT THEM TO THK ABOUT FOR A MUTE."IN 2009, PERRY APPEARED HER OWN ATIC SPECIAL ON MTV. THE SOUNDTRACK OM THE SHOW, KATY PERRY: MTV UNPLUGGED, WAS RELEASED AROUND THE SAME TIME.'TEENAGE DREAM' PICKG UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF, PERRY RELEASED A NEW SGLE WH SNOOP DOGG, "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAY 2010. THE SGLE SHOT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, PAVG THE WAY FOR S ACPANYG STUD ALBUM, TEENAGE DREAM, TO DO THE SAME. PERRY'S FOLLOW-UP SGL, "TEENAGE DREAM," "FIREWORK," "E.T." AND "LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (T.G.I.F.)" ALL FOLLOWED THE PATH OF "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAKG PERRY JT THE SEND ARTIST, AFTER MICHAEL JACKSON, TO HAVE FIVE NO. 1 HS OM A SGLE ALBUM.IN 2012, SHE RELEASED A NEW EDN OF HER H ALBUM, LLED TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTN. THE RERD HAD SEVERAL NEW TRACKS, CLUDG THE SUCCSFUL SGL "PART OF ME" AND "WI AWAKE." 'PRISM'PERRY NTUED TO DOMATE THE MIC CHARTS WH 2013'S PRISM. THE ALBUM'S LEAD SGLE, "ROAR," CLIMBED TO NO. 1, AND "DARK HORSE," HER LLABORATN WH JUICY J, ALSO SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS THE TOP SPOT, PHG PERRY PAST MARIAH CAREY FOR MOST TOTAL WEEKS WH A NO. 1 H (46). THE ALBUM'S FIFTH AND FAL SGLE, "THIS IS HOW WE DO," FEATURG RIFF RAFF, ALSO PERFORMED WELL.'WNS'A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF "CHAED TO THE RHYTHM," WH SKIP MARLEY, PERRY DROPPED HER LATT STUD EFFORT, WNS, JUNE 2017. WNS BUTED THE TOP SPOT, GIVG THE ARTIST HER THIRD STRAIGHT NO. 1 ALBUM. DPE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUPPORTG WNS: THE TOUR, SCHLED TO N OM SEPTEMBER 2017 TO AUGT 2018, THE ALBUM'S SAL DROPPED THE FOLLOWG WEEKS; AFTER HER PREV THREE ALBUMS RACKED UP A BED 17 LN SAL, WNS WAS AT A RELATIVELY MOST TOTAL OF 840,000 AS OF JANUARY 2018.THE ARTIST WAS BACK WH NEW MIC BY 2019, BEGNG WH HER LLABORATN WH ZEDD ON "365." SHE THEN TEAMED WH DADDY YANKEE AND SNOW FOR A REMIX OF "CON CALMA," BEFORE UNVEILG HER NEW SOLO SGLE, "NEVER REALLY OVER," MAY.'AMERIN IDOL' JUDGEIN MAY 2017, PERRY WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST JUDGE SELECTED FOR THE REBOOT OF AMERIN IDOL. SHE WAS LATER JOED BY UNTRY STAR LE BRYAN AND R&B AND POP SGER LNEL RICHIE, WH RYAN SEACRT ALSO AGREEG TO RETURN AS HOST.PERRY HAD PREVLY SERVED AS A GUT JUDGE ON IDOL 2009, TEMPORARILY REPLACG PLA ABDUL. SCE THEN, SHE HAD TURNED DOWN OFFERS TO APPEAR ON OTHER SGG PETN SHOWS, LIKE THE X FACTOR.THE POP STAR IMMEDIATELY MA WAV FOR HER BEHAVR DURG THE TWO-PART PREMIERE OF SEASON 16 MARCH 2018: AT ONE POT SHE FELL WHILE DANCG ON STAGE HIGH HEELS, AND AT ANOTHER MOMENT SHE SMOOCHED A SHY NTTANT WHO SAID HE WAS SAVG HIS FIRST KISS FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL, DRAWG THE IRE OF MANY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PERRY LATER RETURNED WH BRYAN, RICHIE AND SEACRT FOR SEASONS 17 AND 18.SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWON FEBARY 1, 2015, PERRY WAS THE FEATURED PERFORMER DURG THE SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW. ALONG WH APPEARANC BY GUT ARTISTS LENNY KRAVZ AND MISSY ELLTT, THE SHOW WAS REMEMBERED FOR THE SEEMG MISMATCHED CHOREOGRAPHY OF TWO DANCERS SHARK STUM WHILE PERRY BELTED OUT "TEENAGE DREAM." 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THE FOLLOWG MONTH, PERRY AND HER LLABORATORS WERE ORRED TO PAY $2.78 LN PENSATN.HOWEVER, THE VERDICT WAS OVERTURNED UPON APPEAL MARCH 2020, WH A FERAL JUDGE TERMG THAT THE DISPUTED PORTN OF "DARK HORSE" — AN EIGHT-NOTE OSTATO THAT NS THROUGH MUCH OF THE SONG — WAS NOT DISTCTIVE ENOUGH TO BE PROTECTED BY PYRIGHT LAWS.MOVI AND OTHER ENAVORSTHE ARTIST WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE TOBGRAPHIL DOCUMENTARY KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (2012), WHICH FEATURED BEHD-THE-SCEN FOOTAGE AND CLIPS OF YOUNG PERRY ALONG WH HER DAZZLG NCERT PERFORMANC. SHE ALSO VOICED THE CHARACTER OF SMURFETTE FOR THE SMURFS (2011) AND THE SMURFS 2 (2013) AND MA A MEO AS HERSELF ZOOLANR 2 (2016). IN 2014, PERRY ALSO LNCHED HER OWN MIC LABEL, METAMORPHOSIS MIC, AS A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPOL. THE LABEL CHANGED S NAME TO UNSUB RERDS 2016.AFTER VISG MADAGASR ON BEHALF OF UNICEF APRIL 2013, PERRY BEME A UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR LATE THE YEAR. IN FEBARY 2020, SHE WAS NAMED AN AMBASSADOR OF THE BRISH ASIAN TST BY BRA'S PRCE CHARL.PERSONAL LIFEIN 2009, PERRY MA TABLOID HEADL FOR HER RELATNSHIP WH BRISH EDIAN RSELL BRAND. THEY WERE ENGAGED OVER THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY WHILE ON A TRIP TO INDIA, AND ON OCTOBER 23, 2010, THE UPLE MARRIED INDIA A TRADNAL HDU CEREMONY. ACRDG TO THE TIM OF INDIA, THE WEDDG FEATURED A PROCSN OF MELS, ELEPHANTS AND HORS, PL FIRE JUGGLERS, SNAKE CHARMERS, DANCERS AND MICIANS. THEIR UNN, HOWEVER, DID NOT LAST LONG, AS BRAND FILED FOR DIVORCE DECEMBER 2011.PERRY HAS ALSO BEEN ROMANTILLY LKED TO MICIANS JOHN MAYER AND DIPLO, AS WELL AS ACTOR ORLANDO BLOOM. ON FEBARY 15, 2019, SHE ANNOUNCED HER ENGAGEMENT TO BLOOM WH AN INSTAGRAM PHOTO THAT SHOWED HER FLOWER-SHAPED RG. JT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 5, PERRY LIVERED ANOTHER SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT BY REVEALG A BABY BUMP AT THE END OF HER NEW VIO FOR "NEVER WORN WHE."FD WH TAYLOR SWIFTPERRY AND TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO BOTH DATED JOHN MAYER, END THEIR IENDSHIP AFTER PERRY ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO POACH SOME OF SWIFT'S TOUR DANCERS. PERRY'S SONG "SWISH SWISH" IS APPARENTLY ABOUT THE FD. “I THK 'S A GREAT ANTHEM FOR PEOPLE TO E WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYG TO HOLD YOU DOWN, OR BULLY YOU,” PERRY SAID. "I THK ‘SWISH’ IS A LIBERATN OM ALL THE NEGATIVE THAT DON'T SERVE YOU.”ON MAY 8, 2018, PERRY PUT AN END TO THEIR FD BY EXTENDG AN OLIVE BRANCH — LERALLY, SHE SENT SWIFT AN ACTUAL OLIVE BRANCH — WH A NOTE THAT SAID, "I’VE BEEN DOG SOME REFLECTG ON PAST MISMUNITN AND HURT FEELGS BETWEEN ."RELATED {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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HER IMAGE RADILLY CHANGED BY THE TIME OF HER 2008 SMASH SGLE "I KISSED A GIRL," OM ONE OF THE BOYS, AND SHE WENT ON TO TOP THE CHARTS WH THE FOLLOW-UP ALBUMS TEENAGE DREAM, PRISM AND WNS. PERRY IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE DURG THE 2015 SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, HER MARRIAGE TO EDIAN RSELL BRAND AND HER SELECTN AS A JUDGE FOR AMERIN IDOL.EARLY LIFE AND MIL ASPIRATNSKATY PERRY WAS BORN KATHERYN ELIZABETH HUDSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 25, 1984, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. FANS MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE SGER WHO WR ABOUT SEXUAL EXPLORATN "I KISSED A GIRL" GREW UP A VERY NSERVATIVE FAY. BOTH OF HER PARENTS ARE PASTORS, AND THEY REFED TO LET HER LISTEN TO ANY ROCK OR POPULAR MIC. "THE ONLY THGS I WAS ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO WERE THE SISTER ACT 1 AND 2 SOUNDTRACKS," PERRY TOLD ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY. SHE AND HER TWO SIBLGS WERE ALSO NOT PERMTED TO WATCH SUCH BLE CHANNELS AS MTV AND VH1.PERRY STARTED TAKG SGG LSONS AROUND THE AGE OF 9 AND LEARNED TO PLAY GUAR WHEN SHE WAS 13. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE BEGAN REBELLG AGAST HER STRICT UPBRGG BY PIERCG HER OWN NOSE. SHE SOON BEME TERTED PURSUG A REER MIC. WH HER MOTHER, PERRY MA SEVERAL TRIPS TO NASHVILLE TO RERD A GOSPEL ALBUM, KATY HUDSON, WHICH WAS RELEASED 2001. "IT REACHED LERALLY MAYBE 100 PEOPLE, AND THEN THE LABEL WENT BANKPT," PERRY EXPLAED TO ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY.AS A TEENAGER, PERRY WAS EXPOSED TO OTHER MIL FLUENC. ONE IEND TRODUCED HER TO THE MIC OF QUEEN, WHICH REMAS ONE OF HER FAVORE GROUPS. "I'M VERY SPIRED BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}FREDDIE MERCURY AND HOW FLAMBOYANT AND THEATRIL HE WAS," SHE TOLD FASHN MAGAZE WWD.IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE STROVE TO BE HER OWN PERSON, CHOOSG NOT TO LIM HERSELF TO ONE SOCIAL GROUP. "I WAS A HOP-AROUND. I HUNG OUT WH THE ROCKABILLY CREW, THE GUYS WHO WERE TRYG TO BE RAPPERS, THE FUNNY KIDS," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN MAGAZE. FOCED ON HER MIC, PERRY GOT HER GED AND MOVED TO LOS ANGEL TO WORK WH PRODUCER AND SONGWRER GLEN BALLARD, WHO HAD LLABORATED WH SUCH ARTISTS AS CHRISTA AGUILERA AND ALANIS MORISSETTE. SHE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND BEG ON HER OWN PROVED TOUGH. "IT WAS FIVE YEARS OF LIVG L.A. WH NO MONEY, WRG BAD CHECKS, SELLG MY CLOTH TO MAKE RENT, [AND] BORROWG MONEY," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN. PERRY ALSO EXPERIENCED A STRG OF DISAPPOTMENTS BEFORE GETTG HER BIG BREAK. SHE AND BALLARD WERE UNABLE TO FD A RERD PANY WILLG TO TAKE THEM ON, AND HER 2004 LLABORATN WH MIC PRODUCERS-TURNED-PERFORMERS THE MATRIX WAS SCRAPPED SHORTLY BEFORE THE PROJECT WAS TO BE RELEASED. AFTER HAVG THREE RERD ALS FALL APART, PERRY FALLY SIGNED WH CAPOL RERDS 2007.ALBUMS AND SONGS'ONE OF THE BOYS'FOLLOWG THE NOVEMBER 2007 RELEASE OF THE SGLE "UR SO GAY," WHICH UGHT THE ATTENTN OF MADONNA, PERRY SAW HER REER TAKE OFF WH HER NEXT EFFORT, "I KISSED A GIRL." THE SONG H THE TOP OF THE CHARTS THE SUMMER OF 2008, PROPELLG PERRY'S ALBUM, ONE OF THE BOYS, TO THE BILLBOARD TOP 10. A FOLLOW-UP SGLE, "HOT N COLD," ALSO CHARTED HIGHLY.ALONG WH EARNG A BT FEMALE POP VOL PERFORMANCE GRAMMY NOMATN, PERRY BEME FAMO FOR HER THEATRILY. ON THE WARPED TOUR, SHE PERFORMED "I KISSED A GIRL" WH A GIANT TUBE OF LIP BALM, REFERENCG A LE THE SONG. PERRY HAS ALSO JUMPED TO A LARGER-THAN-LIFE KE AND APPEARED A NUMBER OF WILD OUTFS WHILE ONSTAGE. DCRIBG HER STYLE AS "LUCILLE BALL MEETS BOB MACKIE," SHE TOLD ESQUIRE, "IT'S ABOUT NUENDO. I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET THE JOKE, BUT I WANT THEM TO THK ABOUT FOR A MUTE."IN 2009, PERRY APPEARED HER OWN ATIC SPECIAL ON MTV. THE SOUNDTRACK OM THE SHOW, KATY PERRY: MTV UNPLUGGED, WAS RELEASED AROUND THE SAME TIME.'TEENAGE DREAM' PICKG UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF, PERRY RELEASED A NEW SGLE WH SNOOP DOGG, "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAY 2010. THE SGLE SHOT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, PAVG THE WAY FOR S ACPANYG STUD ALBUM, TEENAGE DREAM, TO DO THE SAME. PERRY'S FOLLOW-UP SGL, "TEENAGE DREAM," "FIREWORK," "E.T." AND "LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (T.G.I.F.)" ALL FOLLOWED THE PATH OF "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAKG PERRY JT THE SEND ARTIST, AFTER MICHAEL JACKSON, TO HAVE FIVE NO. 1 HS OM A SGLE ALBUM.IN 2012, SHE RELEASED A NEW EDN OF HER H ALBUM, LLED TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTN. THE RERD HAD SEVERAL NEW TRACKS, CLUDG THE SUCCSFUL SGL "PART OF ME" AND "WI AWAKE." 'PRISM'PERRY NTUED TO DOMATE THE MIC CHARTS WH 2013'S PRISM. THE ALBUM'S LEAD SGLE, "ROAR," CLIMBED TO NO. 1, AND "DARK HORSE," HER LLABORATN WH JUICY J, ALSO SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS THE TOP SPOT, PHG PERRY PAST MARIAH CAREY FOR MOST TOTAL WEEKS WH A NO. 1 H (46). THE ALBUM'S FIFTH AND FAL SGLE, "THIS IS HOW WE DO," FEATURG RIFF RAFF, ALSO PERFORMED WELL.'WNS'A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF "CHAED TO THE RHYTHM," WH SKIP MARLEY, PERRY DROPPED HER LATT STUD EFFORT, WNS, JUNE 2017. WNS BUTED THE TOP SPOT, GIVG THE ARTIST HER THIRD STRAIGHT NO. 1 ALBUM. DPE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUPPORTG WNS: THE TOUR, SCHLED TO N OM SEPTEMBER 2017 TO AUGT 2018, THE ALBUM'S SAL DROPPED THE FOLLOWG WEEKS; AFTER HER PREV THREE ALBUMS RACKED UP A BED 17 LN SAL, WNS WAS AT A RELATIVELY MOST TOTAL OF 840,000 AS OF JANUARY 2018.THE ARTIST WAS BACK WH NEW MIC BY 2019, BEGNG WH HER LLABORATN WH ZEDD ON "365." SHE THEN TEAMED WH DADDY YANKEE AND SNOW FOR A REMIX OF "CON CALMA," BEFORE UNVEILG HER NEW SOLO SGLE, "NEVER REALLY OVER," MAY.'AMERIN IDOL' JUDGEIN MAY 2017, PERRY WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST JUDGE SELECTED FOR THE REBOOT OF AMERIN IDOL. SHE WAS LATER JOED BY UNTRY STAR LE BRYAN AND R&B AND POP SGER LNEL RICHIE, WH RYAN SEACRT ALSO AGREEG TO RETURN AS HOST.PERRY HAD PREVLY SERVED AS A GUT JUDGE ON IDOL 2009, TEMPORARILY REPLACG PLA ABDUL. SCE THEN, SHE HAD TURNED DOWN OFFERS TO APPEAR ON OTHER SGG PETN SHOWS, LIKE THE X FACTOR.THE POP STAR IMMEDIATELY MA WAV FOR HER BEHAVR DURG THE TWO-PART PREMIERE OF SEASON 16 MARCH 2018: AT ONE POT SHE FELL WHILE DANCG ON STAGE HIGH HEELS, AND AT ANOTHER MOMENT SHE SMOOCHED A SHY NTTANT WHO SAID HE WAS SAVG HIS FIRST KISS FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL, DRAWG THE IRE OF MANY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PERRY LATER RETURNED WH BRYAN, RICHIE AND SEACRT FOR SEASONS 17 AND 18.SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWON FEBARY 1, 2015, PERRY WAS THE FEATURED PERFORMER DURG THE SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW. ALONG WH APPEARANC BY GUT ARTISTS LENNY KRAVZ AND MISSY ELLTT, THE SHOW WAS REMEMBERED FOR THE SEEMG MISMATCHED CHOREOGRAPHY OF TWO DANCERS SHARK STUM WHILE PERRY BELTED OUT "TEENAGE DREAM." 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THE FOLLOWG MONTH, PERRY AND HER LLABORATORS WERE ORRED TO PAY $2.78 LN PENSATN.HOWEVER, THE VERDICT WAS OVERTURNED UPON APPEAL MARCH 2020, WH A FERAL JUDGE TERMG THAT THE DISPUTED PORTN OF "DARK HORSE" — AN EIGHT-NOTE OSTATO THAT NS THROUGH MUCH OF THE SONG — WAS NOT DISTCTIVE ENOUGH TO BE PROTECTED BY PYRIGHT LAWS.MOVI AND OTHER ENAVORSTHE ARTIST WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE TOBGRAPHIL DOCUMENTARY KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (2012), WHICH FEATURED BEHD-THE-SCEN FOOTAGE AND CLIPS OF YOUNG PERRY ALONG WH HER DAZZLG NCERT PERFORMANC. SHE ALSO VOICED THE CHARACTER OF SMURFETTE FOR THE SMURFS (2011) AND THE SMURFS 2 (2013) AND MA A MEO AS HERSELF ZOOLANR 2 (2016). IN 2014, PERRY ALSO LNCHED HER OWN MIC LABEL, METAMORPHOSIS MIC, AS A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPOL. THE LABEL CHANGED S NAME TO UNSUB RERDS 2016.AFTER VISG MADAGASR ON BEHALF OF UNICEF APRIL 2013, PERRY BEME A UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR LATE THE YEAR. IN FEBARY 2020, SHE WAS NAMED AN AMBASSADOR OF THE BRISH ASIAN TST BY BRA'S PRCE CHARL.PERSONAL LIFEIN 2009, PERRY MA TABLOID HEADL FOR HER RELATNSHIP WH BRISH EDIAN RSELL BRAND. THEY WERE ENGAGED OVER THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY WHILE ON A TRIP TO INDIA, AND ON OCTOBER 23, 2010, THE UPLE MARRIED INDIA A TRADNAL HDU CEREMONY. ACRDG TO THE TIM OF INDIA, THE WEDDG FEATURED A PROCSN OF MELS, ELEPHANTS AND HORS, PL FIRE JUGGLERS, SNAKE CHARMERS, DANCERS AND MICIANS. THEIR UNN, HOWEVER, DID NOT LAST LONG, AS BRAND FILED FOR DIVORCE DECEMBER 2011.PERRY HAS ALSO BEEN ROMANTILLY LKED TO MICIANS JOHN MAYER AND DIPLO, AS WELL AS ACTOR ORLANDO BLOOM. ON FEBARY 15, 2019, SHE ANNOUNCED HER ENGAGEMENT TO BLOOM WH AN INSTAGRAM PHOTO THAT SHOWED HER FLOWER-SHAPED RG. 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The "I Kissed a Girl" sger tailed how she "prayed the gay away at my J mps" * was katy perry gay *

Katy Perry opened up about her sexualy this weekend, revealg that she “prayed the gay away” after grapplg wh her own cursy.

IS KATY PERRY GAY? ‘CHAED TO THE RHYTHM’ SGER SLAMS HER CHRISTIAN UPBRGG

Katy Perry has apparently “e out,” as she openly talked about beg bi-cur. While she talked about her gay enunter, the “Chaed To The Rhythm” sger also blamed her nservative Christian upbrgg. She said she was tght to fear homosexuals. Katy was honored wh the Natnal Equaly Award at the 2017 HRC Los Angel Gala […] * was katy perry gay *

“When I was growg up, homosexualy was synonymo wh the word ‘abomatn’ and ‘hell, ’” she said, addg that she “prayed the gay away at my J mps. There's no doubt that Katy Perry is a gay crashed onto the pop mic scene back 2008 wh "I Kissed A Girl, " a flirty dip to the pool of bisexualy that, at first, angered nservative listeners and even some people the LGBTQ+ muny.

" Ariana Gran recently lled "The One That Got Away" (om Perry's rerd-breakg 2010 sophomore LP Teenage Dream) "one of the most perfectly wrten pop songs ever om one of the bt pop albums of all time. "When I was growg up, homosexualy was synonymo wh the word 'abomatn' and 'hell, '" she add that she then "prayed the gay away at my J mps.

Her folks may not have been 100% homophobic. To go om that type of upbrgg to beg lled a gay in go to show that people n certaly change.

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HER IMAGE RADILLY CHANGED BY THE TIME OF HER 2008 SMASH SGLE "I KISSED A GIRL," OM ONE OF THE BOYS, AND SHE WENT ON TO TOP THE CHARTS WH THE FOLLOW-UP ALBUMS TEENAGE DREAM, PRISM AND WNS. PERRY IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE DURG THE 2015 SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, HER MARRIAGE TO EDIAN RSELL BRAND AND HER SELECTN AS A JUDGE FOR AMERIN IDOL.EARLY LIFE AND MIL ASPIRATNSKATY PERRY WAS BORN KATHERYN ELIZABETH HUDSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 25, 1984, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. FANS MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE SGER WHO WR ABOUT SEXUAL EXPLORATN "I KISSED A GIRL" GREW UP A VERY NSERVATIVE FAY. BOTH OF HER PARENTS ARE PASTORS, AND THEY REFED TO LET HER LISTEN TO ANY ROCK OR POPULAR MIC. "THE ONLY THGS I WAS ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO WERE THE SISTER ACT 1 AND 2 SOUNDTRACKS," PERRY TOLD ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY. SHE AND HER TWO SIBLGS WERE ALSO NOT PERMTED TO WATCH SUCH BLE CHANNELS AS MTV AND VH1.PERRY STARTED TAKG SGG LSONS AROUND THE AGE OF 9 AND LEARNED TO PLAY GUAR WHEN SHE WAS 13. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE BEGAN REBELLG AGAST HER STRICT UPBRGG BY PIERCG HER OWN NOSE. SHE SOON BEME TERTED PURSUG A REER MIC. WH HER MOTHER, PERRY MA SEVERAL TRIPS TO NASHVILLE TO RERD A GOSPEL ALBUM, KATY HUDSON, WHICH WAS RELEASED 2001. "IT REACHED LERALLY MAYBE 100 PEOPLE, AND THEN THE LABEL WENT BANKPT," PERRY EXPLAED TO ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY.AS A TEENAGER, PERRY WAS EXPOSED TO OTHER MIL FLUENC. ONE IEND TRODUCED HER TO THE MIC OF QUEEN, WHICH REMAS ONE OF HER FAVORE GROUPS. "I'M VERY SPIRED BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}FREDDIE MERCURY AND HOW FLAMBOYANT AND THEATRIL HE WAS," SHE TOLD FASHN MAGAZE WWD.IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE STROVE TO BE HER OWN PERSON, CHOOSG NOT TO LIM HERSELF TO ONE SOCIAL GROUP. "I WAS A HOP-AROUND. I HUNG OUT WH THE ROCKABILLY CREW, THE GUYS WHO WERE TRYG TO BE RAPPERS, THE FUNNY KIDS," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN MAGAZE. FOCED ON HER MIC, PERRY GOT HER GED AND MOVED TO LOS ANGEL TO WORK WH PRODUCER AND SONGWRER GLEN BALLARD, WHO HAD LLABORATED WH SUCH ARTISTS AS CHRISTA AGUILERA AND ALANIS MORISSETTE. SHE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND BEG ON HER OWN PROVED TOUGH. "IT WAS FIVE YEARS OF LIVG L.A. WH NO MONEY, WRG BAD CHECKS, SELLG MY CLOTH TO MAKE RENT, [AND] BORROWG MONEY," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN. PERRY ALSO EXPERIENCED A STRG OF DISAPPOTMENTS BEFORE GETTG HER BIG BREAK. SHE AND BALLARD WERE UNABLE TO FD A RERD PANY WILLG TO TAKE THEM ON, AND HER 2004 LLABORATN WH MIC PRODUCERS-TURNED-PERFORMERS THE MATRIX WAS SCRAPPED SHORTLY BEFORE THE PROJECT WAS TO BE RELEASED. AFTER HAVG THREE RERD ALS FALL APART, PERRY FALLY SIGNED WH CAPOL RERDS 2007.ALBUMS AND SONGS'ONE OF THE BOYS'FOLLOWG THE NOVEMBER 2007 RELEASE OF THE SGLE "UR SO GAY," WHICH UGHT THE ATTENTN OF MADONNA, PERRY SAW HER REER TAKE OFF WH HER NEXT EFFORT, "I KISSED A GIRL." THE SONG H THE TOP OF THE CHARTS THE SUMMER OF 2008, PROPELLG PERRY'S ALBUM, ONE OF THE BOYS, TO THE BILLBOARD TOP 10. A FOLLOW-UP SGLE, "HOT N COLD," ALSO CHARTED HIGHLY.ALONG WH EARNG A BT FEMALE POP VOL PERFORMANCE GRAMMY NOMATN, PERRY BEME FAMO FOR HER THEATRILY. ON THE WARPED TOUR, SHE PERFORMED "I KISSED A GIRL" WH A GIANT TUBE OF LIP BALM, REFERENCG A LE THE SONG. PERRY HAS ALSO JUMPED TO A LARGER-THAN-LIFE KE AND APPEARED A NUMBER OF WILD OUTFS WHILE ONSTAGE. DCRIBG HER STYLE AS "LUCILLE BALL MEETS BOB MACKIE," SHE TOLD ESQUIRE, "IT'S ABOUT NUENDO. I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET THE JOKE, BUT I WANT THEM TO THK ABOUT FOR A MUTE."IN 2009, PERRY APPEARED HER OWN ATIC SPECIAL ON MTV. THE SOUNDTRACK OM THE SHOW, KATY PERRY: MTV UNPLUGGED, WAS RELEASED AROUND THE SAME TIME.'TEENAGE DREAM' PICKG UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF, PERRY RELEASED A NEW SGLE WH SNOOP DOGG, "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAY 2010. THE SGLE SHOT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, PAVG THE WAY FOR S ACPANYG STUD ALBUM, TEENAGE DREAM, TO DO THE SAME. PERRY'S FOLLOW-UP SGL, "TEENAGE DREAM," "FIREWORK," "E.T." AND "LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (T.G.I.F.)" ALL FOLLOWED THE PATH OF "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAKG PERRY JT THE SEND ARTIST, AFTER MICHAEL JACKSON, TO HAVE FIVE NO. 1 HS OM A SGLE ALBUM.IN 2012, SHE RELEASED A NEW EDN OF HER H ALBUM, LLED TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTN. THE RERD HAD SEVERAL NEW TRACKS, CLUDG THE SUCCSFUL SGL "PART OF ME" AND "WI AWAKE." 'PRISM'PERRY NTUED TO DOMATE THE MIC CHARTS WH 2013'S PRISM. THE ALBUM'S LEAD SGLE, "ROAR," CLIMBED TO NO. 1, AND "DARK HORSE," HER LLABORATN WH JUICY J, ALSO SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS THE TOP SPOT, PHG PERRY PAST MARIAH CAREY FOR MOST TOTAL WEEKS WH A NO. 1 H (46). THE ALBUM'S FIFTH AND FAL SGLE, "THIS IS HOW WE DO," FEATURG RIFF RAFF, ALSO PERFORMED WELL.'WNS'A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF "CHAED TO THE RHYTHM," WH SKIP MARLEY, PERRY DROPPED HER LATT STUD EFFORT, WNS, JUNE 2017. WNS BUTED THE TOP SPOT, GIVG THE ARTIST HER THIRD STRAIGHT NO. 1 ALBUM. DPE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUPPORTG WNS: THE TOUR, SCHLED TO N OM SEPTEMBER 2017 TO AUGT 2018, THE ALBUM'S SAL DROPPED THE FOLLOWG WEEKS; AFTER HER PREV THREE ALBUMS RACKED UP A BED 17 LN SAL, WNS WAS AT A RELATIVELY MOST TOTAL OF 840,000 AS OF JANUARY 2018.THE ARTIST WAS BACK WH NEW MIC BY 2019, BEGNG WH HER LLABORATN WH ZEDD ON "365." SHE THEN TEAMED WH DADDY YANKEE AND SNOW FOR A REMIX OF "CON CALMA," BEFORE UNVEILG HER NEW SOLO SGLE, "NEVER REALLY OVER," MAY.'AMERIN IDOL' JUDGEIN MAY 2017, PERRY WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST JUDGE SELECTED FOR THE REBOOT OF AMERIN IDOL. SHE WAS LATER JOED BY UNTRY STAR LE BRYAN AND R&B AND POP SGER LNEL RICHIE, WH RYAN SEACRT ALSO AGREEG TO RETURN AS HOST.PERRY HAD PREVLY SERVED AS A GUT JUDGE ON IDOL 2009, TEMPORARILY REPLACG PLA ABDUL. SCE THEN, SHE HAD TURNED DOWN OFFERS TO APPEAR ON OTHER SGG PETN SHOWS, LIKE THE X FACTOR.THE POP STAR IMMEDIATELY MA WAV FOR HER BEHAVR DURG THE TWO-PART PREMIERE OF SEASON 16 MARCH 2018: AT ONE POT SHE FELL WHILE DANCG ON STAGE HIGH HEELS, AND AT ANOTHER MOMENT SHE SMOOCHED A SHY NTTANT WHO SAID HE WAS SAVG HIS FIRST KISS FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL, DRAWG THE IRE OF MANY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PERRY LATER RETURNED WH BRYAN, RICHIE AND SEACRT FOR SEASONS 17 AND 18.SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWON FEBARY 1, 2015, PERRY WAS THE FEATURED PERFORMER DURG THE SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW. ALONG WH APPEARANC BY GUT ARTISTS LENNY KRAVZ AND MISSY ELLTT, THE SHOW WAS REMEMBERED FOR THE SEEMG MISMATCHED CHOREOGRAPHY OF TWO DANCERS SHARK STUM WHILE PERRY BELTED OUT "TEENAGE DREAM." 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THE FOLLOWG MONTH, PERRY AND HER LLABORATORS WERE ORRED TO PAY $2.78 LN PENSATN.HOWEVER, THE VERDICT WAS OVERTURNED UPON APPEAL MARCH 2020, WH A FERAL JUDGE TERMG THAT THE DISPUTED PORTN OF "DARK HORSE" — AN EIGHT-NOTE OSTATO THAT NS THROUGH MUCH OF THE SONG — WAS NOT DISTCTIVE ENOUGH TO BE PROTECTED BY PYRIGHT LAWS.MOVI AND OTHER ENAVORSTHE ARTIST WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE TOBGRAPHIL DOCUMENTARY KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (2012), WHICH FEATURED BEHD-THE-SCEN FOOTAGE AND CLIPS OF YOUNG PERRY ALONG WH HER DAZZLG NCERT PERFORMANC. SHE ALSO VOICED THE CHARACTER OF SMURFETTE FOR THE SMURFS (2011) AND THE SMURFS 2 (2013) AND MA A MEO AS HERSELF ZOOLANR 2 (2016). IN 2014, PERRY ALSO LNCHED HER OWN MIC LABEL, METAMORPHOSIS MIC, AS A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPOL. THE LABEL CHANGED S NAME TO UNSUB RERDS 2016.AFTER VISG MADAGASR ON BEHALF OF UNICEF APRIL 2013, PERRY BEME A UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR LATE THE YEAR. IN FEBARY 2020, SHE WAS NAMED AN AMBASSADOR OF THE BRISH ASIAN TST BY BRA'S PRCE CHARL.PERSONAL LIFEIN 2009, PERRY MA TABLOID HEADL FOR HER RELATNSHIP WH BRISH EDIAN RSELL BRAND. THEY WERE ENGAGED OVER THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY WHILE ON A TRIP TO INDIA, AND ON OCTOBER 23, 2010, THE UPLE MARRIED INDIA A TRADNAL HDU CEREMONY. ACRDG TO THE TIM OF INDIA, THE WEDDG FEATURED A PROCSN OF MELS, ELEPHANTS AND HORS, PL FIRE JUGGLERS, SNAKE CHARMERS, DANCERS AND MICIANS. THEIR UNN, HOWEVER, DID NOT LAST LONG, AS BRAND FILED FOR DIVORCE DECEMBER 2011.PERRY HAS ALSO BEEN ROMANTILLY LKED TO MICIANS JOHN MAYER AND DIPLO, AS WELL AS ACTOR ORLANDO BLOOM. ON FEBARY 15, 2019, SHE ANNOUNCED HER ENGAGEMENT TO BLOOM WH AN INSTAGRAM PHOTO THAT SHOWED HER FLOWER-SHAPED RG. JT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 5, PERRY LIVERED ANOTHER SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT BY REVEALG A BABY BUMP AT THE END OF HER NEW VIO FOR "NEVER WORN WHE."FD WH TAYLOR SWIFTPERRY AND TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO BOTH DATED JOHN MAYER, END THEIR IENDSHIP AFTER PERRY ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO POACH SOME OF SWIFT'S TOUR DANCERS. PERRY'S SONG "SWISH SWISH" IS APPARENTLY ABOUT THE FD. “I THK 'S A GREAT ANTHEM FOR PEOPLE TO E WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYG TO HOLD YOU DOWN, OR BULLY YOU,” PERRY SAID. "I THK ‘SWISH’ IS A LIBERATN OM ALL THE NEGATIVE THAT DON'T SERVE YOU.”ON MAY 8, 2018, PERRY PUT AN END TO THEIR FD BY EXTENDG AN OLIVE BRANCH — LERALLY, SHE SENT SWIFT AN ACTUAL OLIVE BRANCH — WH A NOTE THAT SAID, "I’VE BEEN DOG SOME REFLECTG ON PAST MISMUNITN AND HURT FEELGS BETWEEN ."RELATED {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

'Most of my unnsc adolcence, I prayed the gay away at my J mps,' the former church sger revealed at a Human Rights Campaign gala. * was katy perry gay *

This California gurl ntu to she her sce her pop but 2008 wh "I Kissed A Girl, " Katy Perry beme a gay in for generatns to then, the star has shattered rerds around the world, earned five number one sgl off of one album (Teenage Dream), and solidified herself as a fg artist pop and mic overall. "Plenty of gays also love a mpy moment — and PLAY is no exceptn.

"First and foremost, I wouldn't be here whout the gay muny supportg me.

"Perry lov her LGBTQ+ fans so much that she even clus the gay anthem "Walkg On Air" every show's setlist. "I feel like, they prayed to the gay gods and the gay gods listened! Some of the biggt songs to e om that era clu "I Kissed A Girl, " "Hot n Cold, " "Wakg Up Vegas, " "Ur So Gay, " "Thkg of You, " and "Lost.

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HER IMAGE RADILLY CHANGED BY THE TIME OF HER 2008 SMASH SGLE "I KISSED A GIRL," OM ONE OF THE BOYS, AND SHE WENT ON TO TOP THE CHARTS WH THE FOLLOW-UP ALBUMS TEENAGE DREAM, PRISM AND WNS. PERRY IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE DURG THE 2015 SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, HER MARRIAGE TO EDIAN RSELL BRAND AND HER SELECTN AS A JUDGE FOR AMERIN IDOL.EARLY LIFE AND MIL ASPIRATNSKATY PERRY WAS BORN KATHERYN ELIZABETH HUDSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 25, 1984, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. FANS MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE SGER WHO WR ABOUT SEXUAL EXPLORATN "I KISSED A GIRL" GREW UP A VERY NSERVATIVE FAY. BOTH OF HER PARENTS ARE PASTORS, AND THEY REFED TO LET HER LISTEN TO ANY ROCK OR POPULAR MIC. "THE ONLY THGS I WAS ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO WERE THE SISTER ACT 1 AND 2 SOUNDTRACKS," PERRY TOLD ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY. SHE AND HER TWO SIBLGS WERE ALSO NOT PERMTED TO WATCH SUCH BLE CHANNELS AS MTV AND VH1.PERRY STARTED TAKG SGG LSONS AROUND THE AGE OF 9 AND LEARNED TO PLAY GUAR WHEN SHE WAS 13. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE BEGAN REBELLG AGAST HER STRICT UPBRGG BY PIERCG HER OWN NOSE. SHE SOON BEME TERTED PURSUG A REER MIC. WH HER MOTHER, PERRY MA SEVERAL TRIPS TO NASHVILLE TO RERD A GOSPEL ALBUM, KATY HUDSON, WHICH WAS RELEASED 2001. "IT REACHED LERALLY MAYBE 100 PEOPLE, AND THEN THE LABEL WENT BANKPT," PERRY EXPLAED TO ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY.AS A TEENAGER, PERRY WAS EXPOSED TO OTHER MIL FLUENC. ONE IEND TRODUCED HER TO THE MIC OF QUEEN, WHICH REMAS ONE OF HER FAVORE GROUPS. "I'M VERY SPIRED BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}FREDDIE MERCURY AND HOW FLAMBOYANT AND THEATRIL HE WAS," SHE TOLD FASHN MAGAZE WWD.IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE STROVE TO BE HER OWN PERSON, CHOOSG NOT TO LIM HERSELF TO ONE SOCIAL GROUP. "I WAS A HOP-AROUND. I HUNG OUT WH THE ROCKABILLY CREW, THE GUYS WHO WERE TRYG TO BE RAPPERS, THE FUNNY KIDS," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN MAGAZE. FOCED ON HER MIC, PERRY GOT HER GED AND MOVED TO LOS ANGEL TO WORK WH PRODUCER AND SONGWRER GLEN BALLARD, WHO HAD LLABORATED WH SUCH ARTISTS AS CHRISTA AGUILERA AND ALANIS MORISSETTE. SHE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND BEG ON HER OWN PROVED TOUGH. "IT WAS FIVE YEARS OF LIVG L.A. WH NO MONEY, WRG BAD CHECKS, SELLG MY CLOTH TO MAKE RENT, [AND] BORROWG MONEY," SHE TOLD SEVENTEEN. PERRY ALSO EXPERIENCED A STRG OF DISAPPOTMENTS BEFORE GETTG HER BIG BREAK. SHE AND BALLARD WERE UNABLE TO FD A RERD PANY WILLG TO TAKE THEM ON, AND HER 2004 LLABORATN WH MIC PRODUCERS-TURNED-PERFORMERS THE MATRIX WAS SCRAPPED SHORTLY BEFORE THE PROJECT WAS TO BE RELEASED. AFTER HAVG THREE RERD ALS FALL APART, PERRY FALLY SIGNED WH CAPOL RERDS 2007.ALBUMS AND SONGS'ONE OF THE BOYS'FOLLOWG THE NOVEMBER 2007 RELEASE OF THE SGLE "UR SO GAY," WHICH UGHT THE ATTENTN OF MADONNA, PERRY SAW HER REER TAKE OFF WH HER NEXT EFFORT, "I KISSED A GIRL." THE SONG H THE TOP OF THE CHARTS THE SUMMER OF 2008, PROPELLG PERRY'S ALBUM, ONE OF THE BOYS, TO THE BILLBOARD TOP 10. A FOLLOW-UP SGLE, "HOT N COLD," ALSO CHARTED HIGHLY.ALONG WH EARNG A BT FEMALE POP VOL PERFORMANCE GRAMMY NOMATN, PERRY BEME FAMO FOR HER THEATRILY. ON THE WARPED TOUR, SHE PERFORMED "I KISSED A GIRL" WH A GIANT TUBE OF LIP BALM, REFERENCG A LE THE SONG. PERRY HAS ALSO JUMPED TO A LARGER-THAN-LIFE KE AND APPEARED A NUMBER OF WILD OUTFS WHILE ONSTAGE. DCRIBG HER STYLE AS "LUCILLE BALL MEETS BOB MACKIE," SHE TOLD ESQUIRE, "IT'S ABOUT NUENDO. I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET THE JOKE, BUT I WANT THEM TO THK ABOUT FOR A MUTE."IN 2009, PERRY APPEARED HER OWN ATIC SPECIAL ON MTV. THE SOUNDTRACK OM THE SHOW, KATY PERRY: MTV UNPLUGGED, WAS RELEASED AROUND THE SAME TIME.'TEENAGE DREAM' PICKG UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF, PERRY RELEASED A NEW SGLE WH SNOOP DOGG, "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAY 2010. THE SGLE SHOT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, PAVG THE WAY FOR S ACPANYG STUD ALBUM, TEENAGE DREAM, TO DO THE SAME. PERRY'S FOLLOW-UP SGL, "TEENAGE DREAM," "FIREWORK," "E.T." AND "LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (T.G.I.F.)" ALL FOLLOWED THE PATH OF "CALIFORNIA GURLS," MAKG PERRY JT THE SEND ARTIST, AFTER MICHAEL JACKSON, TO HAVE FIVE NO. 1 HS OM A SGLE ALBUM.IN 2012, SHE RELEASED A NEW EDN OF HER H ALBUM, LLED TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTN. THE RERD HAD SEVERAL NEW TRACKS, CLUDG THE SUCCSFUL SGL "PART OF ME" AND "WI AWAKE." 'PRISM'PERRY NTUED TO DOMATE THE MIC CHARTS WH 2013'S PRISM. THE ALBUM'S LEAD SGLE, "ROAR," CLIMBED TO NO. 1, AND "DARK HORSE," HER LLABORATN WH JUICY J, ALSO SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS THE TOP SPOT, PHG PERRY PAST MARIAH CAREY FOR MOST TOTAL WEEKS WH A NO. 1 H (46). THE ALBUM'S FIFTH AND FAL SGLE, "THIS IS HOW WE DO," FEATURG RIFF RAFF, ALSO PERFORMED WELL.'WNS'A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF "CHAED TO THE RHYTHM," WH SKIP MARLEY, PERRY DROPPED HER LATT STUD EFFORT, WNS, JUNE 2017. WNS BUTED THE TOP SPOT, GIVG THE ARTIST HER THIRD STRAIGHT NO. 1 ALBUM. DPE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUPPORTG WNS: THE TOUR, SCHLED TO N OM SEPTEMBER 2017 TO AUGT 2018, THE ALBUM'S SAL DROPPED THE FOLLOWG WEEKS; AFTER HER PREV THREE ALBUMS RACKED UP A BED 17 LN SAL, WNS WAS AT A RELATIVELY MOST TOTAL OF 840,000 AS OF JANUARY 2018.THE ARTIST WAS BACK WH NEW MIC BY 2019, BEGNG WH HER LLABORATN WH ZEDD ON "365." SHE THEN TEAMED WH DADDY YANKEE AND SNOW FOR A REMIX OF "CON CALMA," BEFORE UNVEILG HER NEW SOLO SGLE, "NEVER REALLY OVER," MAY.'AMERIN IDOL' JUDGEIN MAY 2017, PERRY WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST JUDGE SELECTED FOR THE REBOOT OF AMERIN IDOL. SHE WAS LATER JOED BY UNTRY STAR LE BRYAN AND R&B AND POP SGER LNEL RICHIE, WH RYAN SEACRT ALSO AGREEG TO RETURN AS HOST.PERRY HAD PREVLY SERVED AS A GUT JUDGE ON IDOL 2009, TEMPORARILY REPLACG PLA ABDUL. SCE THEN, SHE HAD TURNED DOWN OFFERS TO APPEAR ON OTHER SGG PETN SHOWS, LIKE THE X FACTOR.THE POP STAR IMMEDIATELY MA WAV FOR HER BEHAVR DURG THE TWO-PART PREMIERE OF SEASON 16 MARCH 2018: AT ONE POT SHE FELL WHILE DANCG ON STAGE HIGH HEELS, AND AT ANOTHER MOMENT SHE SMOOCHED A SHY NTTANT WHO SAID HE WAS SAVG HIS FIRST KISS FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL, DRAWG THE IRE OF MANY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PERRY LATER RETURNED WH BRYAN, RICHIE AND SEACRT FOR SEASONS 17 AND 18.SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWON FEBARY 1, 2015, PERRY WAS THE FEATURED PERFORMER DURG THE SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW. ALONG WH APPEARANC BY GUT ARTISTS LENNY KRAVZ AND MISSY ELLTT, THE SHOW WAS REMEMBERED FOR THE SEEMG MISMATCHED CHOREOGRAPHY OF TWO DANCERS SHARK STUM WHILE PERRY BELTED OUT "TEENAGE DREAM." 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THE FOLLOWG MONTH, PERRY AND HER LLABORATORS WERE ORRED TO PAY $2.78 LN PENSATN.HOWEVER, THE VERDICT WAS OVERTURNED UPON APPEAL MARCH 2020, WH A FERAL JUDGE TERMG THAT THE DISPUTED PORTN OF "DARK HORSE" — AN EIGHT-NOTE OSTATO THAT NS THROUGH MUCH OF THE SONG — WAS NOT DISTCTIVE ENOUGH TO BE PROTECTED BY PYRIGHT LAWS.MOVI AND OTHER ENAVORSTHE ARTIST WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE TOBGRAPHIL DOCUMENTARY KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (2012), WHICH FEATURED BEHD-THE-SCEN FOOTAGE AND CLIPS OF YOUNG PERRY ALONG WH HER DAZZLG NCERT PERFORMANC. SHE ALSO VOICED THE CHARACTER OF SMURFETTE FOR THE SMURFS (2011) AND THE SMURFS 2 (2013) AND MA A MEO AS HERSELF ZOOLANR 2 (2016). IN 2014, PERRY ALSO LNCHED HER OWN MIC LABEL, METAMORPHOSIS MIC, AS A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPOL. THE LABEL CHANGED S NAME TO UNSUB RERDS 2016.AFTER VISG MADAGASR ON BEHALF OF UNICEF APRIL 2013, PERRY BEME A UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR LATE THE YEAR. IN FEBARY 2020, SHE WAS NAMED AN AMBASSADOR OF THE BRISH ASIAN TST BY BRA'S PRCE CHARL.PERSONAL LIFEIN 2009, PERRY MA TABLOID HEADL FOR HER RELATNSHIP WH BRISH EDIAN RSELL BRAND. THEY WERE ENGAGED OVER THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY WHILE ON A TRIP TO INDIA, AND ON OCTOBER 23, 2010, THE UPLE MARRIED INDIA A TRADNAL HDU CEREMONY. ACRDG TO THE TIM OF INDIA, THE WEDDG FEATURED A PROCSN OF MELS, ELEPHANTS AND HORS, PL FIRE JUGGLERS, SNAKE CHARMERS, DANCERS AND MICIANS. THEIR UNN, HOWEVER, DID NOT LAST LONG, AS BRAND FILED FOR DIVORCE DECEMBER 2011.PERRY HAS ALSO BEEN ROMANTILLY LKED TO MICIANS JOHN MAYER AND DIPLO, AS WELL AS ACTOR ORLANDO BLOOM. ON FEBARY 15, 2019, SHE ANNOUNCED HER ENGAGEMENT TO BLOOM WH AN INSTAGRAM PHOTO THAT SHOWED HER FLOWER-SHAPED RG. JT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 5, PERRY LIVERED ANOTHER SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT BY REVEALG A BABY BUMP AT THE END OF HER NEW VIO FOR "NEVER WORN WHE."FD WH TAYLOR SWIFTPERRY AND TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO BOTH DATED JOHN MAYER, END THEIR IENDSHIP AFTER PERRY ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO POACH SOME OF SWIFT'S TOUR DANCERS. PERRY'S SONG "SWISH SWISH" IS APPARENTLY ABOUT THE FD. “I THK 'S A GREAT ANTHEM FOR PEOPLE TO E WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYG TO HOLD YOU DOWN, OR BULLY YOU,” PERRY SAID. "I THK ‘SWISH’ IS A LIBERATN OM ALL THE NEGATIVE THAT DON'T SERVE YOU.”ON MAY 8, 2018, PERRY PUT AN END TO THEIR FD BY EXTENDG AN OLIVE BRANCH — LERALLY, SHE SENT SWIFT AN ACTUAL OLIVE BRANCH — WH A NOTE THAT SAID, "I’VE BEEN DOG SOME REFLECTG ON PAST MISMUNITN AND HURT FEELGS BETWEEN ." {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

* was katy perry gay *

Katy Perry has opened up about her Christian upbrgg and beg tght to “pray the gay away at J mps” while acceptg an award for LGBT rights 32-year-old pop star ma an emotnal speech while acceptg the Natnal Equaly Award at the 2017 Human Rights Campaign Gala Los Angel on Saturday referred to her breakout h sgle, I Kissed a Girl, scribg herself as “jt a sger-songwrer”. ”The song was ntroversial upon s release 2008, cricised as beg meang to gay people – particularly when nsired the light st by her first sgle, UR So Gay (“and you don’t even like boys”) Perry implied on Saturday night that was based on lived experience. When I was growg up homosexualy was synonymo wh the word ‘abomatn’ and ‘Hell’, a place of gnashg of teeth, ntuo burng of sk and probably Mike Pence’s ultimate gut list for a BBQ....

So most of my unnsc adolcence, I prayed the gay away at my J mps.

KATY PERRY SAYS SHE 'PRAYED THE GAY AWAY' AS A YOUTH

While she talked about her gay enunter, the “Chaed To The Rhythm” sger also blamed her nservative Christian upbrgg.

KATY PERRY WASN'T 'ALLOWED TO INTERACT WH GAY PEOPLE' AS A KID

She said she was tght to fear homosexuals. When she released her gay enunter the 2008 song, was her attempt to start a nversatn about the issue. Katy Perry slammed her Christian upbrgg that tght her to fear gay people.

KATY PERRY PRODUCER SAYS PEOPLE DIDN’T ‘GET’ THE SONG ‘UR SO GAY’

Katy Perry talked about her growg days, when homosexualy was nsired equal to “hell” and “abomatn. ” She also said that she “prayed the gay away at J mps. And then, she apparently “disvered” homosexualy around her.

She said homosexuals stimulated her md and filled her heart wh joy. Unlike what she was tght, the “Chaed To The Rhythm” sger found gay people to be “the most ee, strong, kd, and clive people” she had ever met.

FOR GAYS, NEW SONGS OF SURVIVAL

Not only is she talkg about her gay enunters now, but she also supports Planned Parenthood, which is often acced of beg anti-Christian. Intertgly, The Gossip sger Beth Dto said 2009 that Katy was offensive to gay culture, and she gave her song, “I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It, ” as an example. She was not happy that Katy was on the ver of a gay magaze, even though she was not a lbian.

Young Katy Perry “prayed the gay away at J mps.

KATY PERRY, THE GRAMMY’S, GAY WEDDGS AND WCHCRAFT

The “Chaed To The Rhythm” sger referred to the Bible, while talkg about her realizatn regardg the gay muny. After havg three rerd als fall apart, Perry fally signed wh Capol Rerds and Songs'One of the Boys'Followg the November 2007 release of the sgle "Ur So Gay, " which ught the attentn of Madonna, Perry saw her reer take off wh her next effort, "I Kissed a Girl.

Katy Perry, The Grammy's, Gay Weddgs and Wchcraft - Good Fight Mistri

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