Katy Perry’s Copping Bulk Heat Over An Ill-Timed Barack Obama Joke

In the digital internet age, dear friends, you either die a hero or live long enough to become problematic. And when you combine the ability to broadcast live to thousands at any given moment of the day with a lack of direction or editorial oversight, you’re pretty much on a express-path to doing something silly.
Katy Perry is currently feeling the fiery wrath of the online thanks to a rather poor choice of words during an Instagram Live video session she hosted over the weekend.
The singer, whose IG following runs to some 64 million, was fielding fan questions when someone mentioned they “missed her old black hair,” in reference to the 32-year-old’s new platinum blonde cut.
Perry responded thusly:

‘I miss your old black hair,’ ohhh do you miss Barack Obama too? Okay, times change. Bye.”

Sure, she was probably referring to the idea that you can’t cling to the past and that change is inevitable, but god damn it, P H R A S I N G.

Quicker than a hiccup the ferocity of social media latched onto the slightly off choice of words and, as you’re all aware by now, forgiveness isn’t exactly a known concept in that regard.

There’s really no excuse for it, it’s a poor choice of words.

Loose lips sink ships, as the old saying goes.

Source: Instagram.
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty.

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