What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and in a new interview, Katy Perry just opened
up about everything from why she and Taylor Swift eventually decided to make up so publicly
to her mental health struggles to her baby on the way.
Alright you guys, so Katy Perry sat down with Howard Stern on Tuesday for a new interview.
“Katy’s here she’s got a new album Smile it drops on August 14th.
Well I’m about to drop a lot of stuff actually, my uterus is dropping right now as we speak.”
They started off by talking about her new album and how important her single Smile is
to her.
“I made a ton of edits on that cause it was really important for me to um get that
story right cause it really tells you know, the whole definition or it’s the opus of
the record and the journey that I went through for the past two and a half years to get here.”
And speaking of things Katy has gone through over the past two and a half years, we all
know that Katy and Taylor Swift famously and publicly made up after the years long feud
last summer.
As fans know, the two stars were friends at first, but had a massive falling out over
things like back up dancers, boys, and other celebs.
I’m not gonna rehash all of that here today, because it’s 2020 and there’s enough negativity
in the world right now.
Katy and Taylor’s on again off again feud went on for almost a decade until they officially
put the bad blood behind them last summer.
They reunited at the end of Taylor’s music video for her song You Need To Calm Down dressed
up as a hamburger and French fries and it was an iconic moment none of us will ever
forget.
And in the Howard Stern interview, Katy opened up about why it was so important for her and
Taylor Swift to publicly put their conflict behind them!
The goal was to set an example for young women.
Katy said quote, “Gossip and lies, they take the elevator.
But truth takes the stairs … What I'm so grateful for is that we did get to make up
and we made up publicly to be an example of redemption.”
She continued on saying quote, “It's hard for young girls, growing up with cliques and
high school and pettiness and all that stuff, so now we're super friendly and I've always
wanted the best for her and we can talk about the best we want for each other.”
And fans on Twitter are still so glad to see Katy and Taylor as friends now instead of
enemies.
Since the interview, they have been tweeting things like “My two beautiful queens,”
“I love that @taylorswift13 and @katyperry are friends again, seriously I think about
it once a week and it makes me smile,” and then there are TONS of people begging them
to collab.
And while we would love nothing more than a Katy/Taylor collab, Katy’s got more important
things to focus on right now, AKA her baby girl who’s coming very soon.
While she didn't reveal her exact due date, she said the baby is coming "soon" and, thankfully,
she's quote "not anxious at all about it.
Katy said that she feels “super blessed" and admitted that she's had a really easy
pregnancy.
She also jokingly said that if the baby is anything like her mom she'll arrive late,
right before showing off her belly in the interview.
And before we dive into talking about this next part of the interview, I just wanted
to give a quick trigger warning that Katy gets into some heavy topics like mental health
and suicide, so please only continue watching if you feel comfortable doing so.
We’ve also linked some resources down in the description in case you or anyone you
know needs them.
Alright, so Katy also candidly discussed how she battled depression while making her new
album.
She said quote, “It was more than I had ever faced in my life.
I'd had bouts of depression before, but I had been able to avoid falling into the really
dark depression by making music.
It's like all these things you do to distract -- you eat, you work you get a new boyfriend,
you shop.”
Katy went on and explained that she was quote, “so ashamed about being on medication because
I was like...
'I wrote 'Firework.’
But it was one of those things where I'd sprained my brain a little bit.”
Katy also credited her fiancé and father to their baby girl, Orlando Bloom for supporting
her through all the ups and downs of her mental health struggles.
She talked about how when she even contemplated suicide at one point, Orlando accompanied
her to a week-long stay at the Hoffman Institute, which she said focuses on, “re-wiring your
neural pathways through psychological and spiritual exercises.”
Katy said quote, “He's the only one that could handle it and that's why we're in this
position.
I showed him all of it.
And I still test him and he still shows up and he still is not phased by it and that's
why he is perfect for me -- because I'm a lot!”
And bringing it back to her upcoming album, Katy talked about the image of a clown, which
she portrays on the album's cover, because she remembered that her music has always had
a playful side that somehow got lost in the sauce.
She said quote, "A smile is such an indication of mental health, a physical alert of your
mental health.”
And we’re just so glad Katy is in a happy, healthy place before the release of her album
and the birth of her baby.
We truly can’t wait for both!
If you want more on Katy and Taylor's friendship, click right over here for another Clevver
News video.
And let us know down in the comments below what you think of Katy’s new interview and
her friendship with Taylor.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!