Katy Perry covers the October 5 issue of Billboard magazine and reveals that Barbara Walters once slammed her pretty good when she arrived well past the appointed time for an interview.
The ‘Roar’ singer recalls she was running late for a sit down with the iconic television journalist to record a segment for her ‘Most Fascinating People of 2011.’
KP explained, “I’d prepped everyone that I was running late, but Barbara showed up at the original time anyway. When I got there, I apologized immediately, but then she said to me, ‘You know, I’ve only ever waited for one other person this long, and you know who that person was? Judy Garland. You know how she turned out, right?'”
Perry added, “I was like, ‘Oh, Snap! Yes, b**ch!'” She now views it differently, “I think it’s the coolest thing that Barbara Walters shaded me.”
It turns out the singer was in the midst of a huge turmoil. She admits, “I just couldn’t tell her as we were sitting down for a mega-interview, ‘Hey, my marriage is falling apart. Give me a break.'”
She now acknowledges that she was battling thoughts of suicide. Two weeks after the interview her husband Russell Brand filed for divorce.
Katy later penned the song ‘By the Grace of God,’ to share with her fans “evidence of how tough it really was at a certain point. I asked myself, ‘Do I want to endure? Should I continue living?’ All my songs are real-life moments. I put all the evidence in the music. If you want to know the real truth about stuff, just listen to the songs.”
With ‘Prism’ set to release on October 22, she is in a happy place with singer John Mayer. She told Billboard, “He literally is a genius.”
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