Katy Perry Made A Joke About Her Old Black Hair & Barack Obama, Twitter Wasn't Happy
By Isha Thorpe
May 2, 2017
Katy Perry made a joke about her old black hair and Former President Barack Obama, and Black Twitter wasn't here for it AT ALL.
On Sunday (April 30), a video surfaced of Perry talking about people's reaction to her new hair. Previously, the singer's hair was long and black. Now, it's short and blonde. “Aw, someone says, ‘I miss your old black hair,’ Perry started. "Aw, really? Do you miss Barack Obama as well? Okay, times change."
Since hearing this joke, people on social media have been reacting to it. Many can't believe she said such an odd thing, while others think that even though it's a bad joke, she didn't mean it with a racist undertone.
See the video below.
But, that's not all. Producer Mano also reacted to this video by saying that years ago, Perry called him her "n**ga." Mano first mentioned this in 2013, and then again in 2015, and two days ago. Read those tweets in chronological order below.
And read some other Twitter reactions to Perry's video below.
I'm sure we can all do without @katyperry right ??? #Loser pic.twitter.com/r9bQcuaCBi
— DJ SCREAM (@DJSCREAM) April 30, 2017
Not Katy Perry pretending to be a woke activist then making an insensitive joke comparing her hair to Obama pic.twitter.com/uex3jZ8orS
— #1 snake stan (@slitherswift) April 30, 2017
@katyperry 😒 that was very disrespectful what you said about Obama I'm very disappointed smh
— TrE (@dat_leo_mYcAh) May 1, 2017
Some nicer reactions were...
@PerezHilton @katyperry y'all twisted this up. she wants Obama back but can't have him back...the same way people want her old hair & won't get it back b/c its gone
— Jessica (@Jes00sica) May 1, 2017
Katy Perry meant she wants Obama back and can't have him same way ppl want her black hair and won't get it back ... Christ ppl lol
— Wally Szczerbiak (@findingwhitney) April 30, 2017
Furthermore Katy perry loves Obama more than your great granny who lived to see the day of a black man in office. pic.twitter.com/vtyYiBjvaJ
— nicki follows (@CrazMinaj) April 30, 2017
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