Katy Perry has become the target of crybully outrage for her comments on mental health.
Perry, whose latest single is currently sitting pretty at 6th place on the charts since debuting this week in the UK, made was asked how she was holding up mentally. Speaking to celebrity interviewer Ryan Seacrest, the singer and entertainer explained why she took a brief hiatus from making music.
“It’s called taking care of your mental health,” she said in response to Seacrest’s questions. “I haven’t shaved my head yet.”
Her words were in reference to the mental breakdown that Britney Spears went through a decade ago in 2007, when she shaved her head and engaged in unusual behavior with paparazzi in tow.
Spears’ mental break made her the subject of public ridicule, meriting a cameo in South Park, which depicted her failing in a suicide attempt and making a public comeback with two-thirds of her head missing.
Perry made her comments while speaking to Seacrest at the Grammy Awards, enraging numerous social justice warriors who turned to their phones to express their disgust at the singer for being politically incorrect.
“Katy Perry perpetuating mental health stigma doesn’t affect me,” said Alex Illest with no shortage of snide. “Shading Britney while doing so, however… Blockedt.”
“No, Katy Perry, not feeling this song, this #GRAMMYs performance and you joking about Britney’s past earlier,” wrote BET writer Ernest Owens.
“Katy Perry wants to make ‘purposeful pop’ but takes not one but two jabs at Britney’s mental health?” remarked writer Kalinda Sharma. “If it ain’t woke, don’t fix it, gurl.”
“Why are we calling what Katy said about Britney ‘shade’? That wasn’t shade, she was just being a prick,” said Josh Manasa.
Their words were echoed by numerous others, who declared that her comments were stigmatizing to mental health.
Given the left’s willingness to declare anyone they disagree with — like the supporters of Donald Trump — “insane,” the outrage towards Katy Perry’s benign words rings a bit hollow.
Ian Miles Cheong is a journalist and outspoken media critic. You can reach him through social media at @stillgray on Twitter and on Facebook.