One Moment Proves Katy Perry Is The Only "Main Character" On American Idol
While viewers appear to have mixed feelings against any season of America's longest-running singing competition (on TV), slightly a few intriguing moments captured the public's attention in the twenty first season, which started in February 2023.
One of them was once an audition episode that went from serious to cringe in reality speedy. All because of Katy Perry.
Fans Think Katy Perry Turned A Contestant's Tragic Story All About Herself
The incident in question happened in Episode 2 of Season 21 of American Idol.
Trey Louis, a young mattress salesman from Santa Fe, Texas, walked in for the “golden price tag” audition round with large power dripping off of him.
Self-titled as "Trey from the Fe", Louis built an instant rapport with all three judges of the show – Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan. And then he proceeded to sing “Stone” by way of rock/country band Whiskey Myers, earning himself a status ovation from the judges, and a comparability with Chris Stapleton from Luke Bryan.
But the enthusiastic excellent energy quickly grew to become critical after Bryan asked Louis why he decided to audition for American Idol.
Louis mentioned that the primary reason was once that all the people he followed were given their start on the reveal. But the 2nd reason why was to bring awareness to one of the largest problems in America at the moment: gun violence and college shootings.
“In May 2018, a gunman walked into my college,” Louis advised the judges, looking to cling back his emotions.
He described how he was in “art room one” when the shootings started in “art room two”. And then the gunman made his option to Louis' school room.
The incident happened on May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe High School, and left 8 scholars and two academics lifeless. Thirteen more people were severely injured. The assailant used to be 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a student of the high school. His trial is ongoing as of April 2023.
All three judges had been confused after Louis completed talking. And when Richie and Bryan in the end mentioned something, it felt like they had been attempting their best possible to not say one thing improper given the gravity of the scenario, and trying to carry the subject again to the way Louis sang just moments before.
Katy Perry though had something utterly different on her mind.
Fans Say Katy Made The Audition About Herself
After her fellow judges finished talking, Perry waited for a couple of seconds for the silence to elongate sooner than dramatically masking her face together with her arms and placing her head down on the table before her.
When she lifted her head after a couple of extra seconds, she had tears in her eyes and emphatically said:
“Our nation has f***ing failed us!”
Perry went on to say that Louis will have to have auditioned as a result of he liked tune and no longer as a result of he went thru one thing so tragic.
“You didn’t need to lose 8 buddies,” Perry stated. “I'm hoping that you simply remind those who we need to change as a result of... I’m scared too!”
Bryan and Richie comforted Perry after her outburst. “We have tolerated this for goodbye,” Richie added as Perry composed herself subsequent to him.
Perry then went on to invite Louis to continue "to lead” the conversation on the subject. “Can you do me that favor?” Perry asked. Louis said he would.
But people on the internet are not impressed.
Fans are saying Perry was being “over-dramatic” and used the situation to draw attention to herself. “Oof. This was tough to watch. My skin turned inside out,” one person wrote on Reddit.
Another mentioned that it was off-putting to see Louis comfort Perry even though he was the one who lost friends in the school shooting.
“Being a narcissist, tip no. 1: when anyone else in the room is stealing your attention and sympathy for ANY reason, immediately cry loudly to regain full attention,” wrote another user.
Most people agreed that Pery had "attained most draw back," with some wondering whether she was drunk or otherwise under the influence during the emotional outburst.
This Isn't The First Time People Have Called Out Katy Perry's Antics On The Show
Katy Perry has been the center of quite a few controversies since she became a judge on American Idol.
There was the time she mom-shamed an aspiring contestant during the latter's audition. Then the time she kissed a teenager on the lips. The 19-year-old later expressed that he would have said “no” if she had asked first. The singer even ripped her pants on the show once.
Of course, from the standpoint of American Idol producers, being controversial is better than being a bore. Which is probably why Perry has been judging the show since 2017.
And this was apparent even in the online discussions about Trey Louis' American Idol audition.
“I thought they ended that show,” another user commented.
They are probably aware now that American Idol never went away; the show has been running since 2002.
Someone else commented on Katy Perry's appearance, “She doesn’t look much like Katy P anymore.”
Perry's changing face possibly due to plastic surgery and Botox is another thing fans routinely talk about when discussing the show.
As for Trey Louis – the Santa Fe native made it to California however got eradicated before he could reach the “Top 24.” But he's nonetheless very energetic on TikTook and his different socials the place he has even launched some original songs.
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