Katy Perry receives TV apology from Barbara Walters
Katy Perry has received a formal apology from veteran broadcaster Barbara Walters after the pop star was scolded for showing up late to a special TV interview in 2011.
The I Kissed a Girl hitmaker recently revealed she had risked the wrath of the revered reporter after running behind schedule for the meeting, which occurred just weeks before her then-husband Russell Brand filed for divorce to end their one-year marriage.
She told Billboard magazine, "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?'
"I was like, 'Oh, snap! Yes, b**ch!' I think it's the coolest thing
that Barbara Walters shaded (trashed) me."
Perry, who had kept her relationship woes a secret during the media
chat, went on to admit that she should have pulled out of the Top
10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 interview altogether because she
was facing such a tough time in her private life.
Her confessions have now prompted Walters to reach out to Perry to
express her sympathies as she had no idea how much pressure the pop
star had been under.
Addressing the singer's comments on The View on Monday (30Sep13),
Walters said, "Katy, if I made you feel at all unhappy, during a
time when you were obviously unhappy, and I didn't know, I'm sorry,
but you can't always know!"