Katy Perry Opens Up About Dealing With The Title Of The World's Most Hated Celebrity And How She Handles It

Katy Perry is undoubtedly the face of the 2010s music scene. The singer has become one of the best-selling music artists of all time — her songs have broken several records — and Katy has been on lists of the highest-earning women in the music industry for several years in a row.

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However, all of these accolades are often associated with attention. And, according to Perry, being always in the limelight is quite difficult. When she and her husband divorced, many paparazzi and regular people felt free to make changes in her life.

“I’m tired of being famous already! But I’m not tired of creating. Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do,” Katy explained. She also dislikes the idea that her fans want to admire her rather than see her as a normal person. When she meets her fans, she tries to be friendly and sympathetic, but when they see her, they start weeping, and instead of talking, Perry has to pacify them.

It's said that the boundary between hatred and love is quite thin. Over the years, the vocalist has undergone both internal and outward transformation. And now Katy's harshest detractors are the same people who once idolized her. This took place after the publication of her album Witness.

Her fans refused to embrace the singer's updated appearance. This hatred became an eye-opener to Perry, who had to p out the other side of fame, “People don’t let people grow. They just want a time capsule. And they want them to be one thing. And we have to start reimagining that.”

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“I stopped Googling myself a long time ago, and I don’t read comments. So if I’m on social media, I post and ghost,” Perry said. She doesn’t let anyone judge her looks, her work, or her life. The singer leaves these things to her family, friends, and personal therapist.

To deal with stress, she drinks a cup of water straight after waking up and does morning meditation and yoga. The singer also remembers to take care of herself and makes time in her busy schedule for a massage, bike ride, or walk. Katy also appreciates fate every morning for everything she has got, with all of its benefits and drawbacks.

Even when it seems like the entire world is against her, Katy strives to remember why she works. She wouldn't be able to accomplish so much good for the world if she wasn't so well-known. Right now, the singer is devoting all of her time and energy to the Firework Foundation, which provides arts education to children from underserved communities.

This is only a small portion of Perry's humanitarian efforts. She helps children in Madagascar and Vietnam with food and education, builds juvenile shelters, and raises funds for those suffering from AIDS and cancer. The singer was awarded the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award in 2016 for her work with the world's most disadvantaged children. All of this would have been impossible without Perry's celebrity, which she had been battling for years.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom welcomed a daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom, in 2020. Katy now has one additional incentive to strike a suitable balance between herself and her celebrity. The singer desires that her child remain out of the spotlight. She simply wishes to embrace her new position.

In a recent interview, the star said that her life is now centered on her baby. She drives her to courses and tries to spend as much time as she can with Daisy. And when someone recognizes her while she’s with her daughter, she says, “Hi, nice to meet you. I care about my kid and take her to classes.”

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