Katy Perry Gets Dragged for Barack Obama Joke

Katy Perry made a joke on Instagram over the weekend, and some say it was disrespectful to former President Barack Obama.

Perry replied to a fan’s Instagram Live comment about her hair. “Oh, someone says, ‘I miss your old black hair,’” Perry said in her video. “Oh, really? Do you miss Barack Obama, as well? Oh, OK. Times change, bye. See you guys later.”

I'm sure we can all do without @katyperry right ??? #Loser pic.twitter.com/r9bQcuaCBi

— DJ SCREAM (@DJSCREAM) April 30, 2017

Some couldn’t figure out why Perry mentioned Obama’s name to begin with, but internet sleuths figured out the username of the person who had made the comment about Perry’s hair—“MsBarackObamaAsWell”—which has since been deleted.

https://twitter.com/slitherswift/status/858700597142401025

https://twitter.com/_zolarmoon/status/858741997338677248

Wow Katy Perry. The reference to former Pres. Obama was offensive & a poor, tasteless attempt at humor. Your privilege is showing.

— Paris Carter (@pariscarerra) April 30, 2017

There’s one music-industry person who isn’t shocked at Perry’s joke. The Weeknd’s producer, Mano, posted back in 2015 about how Perry had called him the n-word:

https://twitter.com/CallMeMano/status/562015824102576131

He dug up his 2-year-old tweet over the weekend to remind people that he wasn’t lying then:

https://twitter.com/CallMeMano/status/858879060017074178

https://twitter.com/CallMeMano/status/858862142682013697

Perry has not commented about her joke, but she did promote her new song “Bon Appetit,” in which she sings about her vagina with Migos:

🍒🍓🍌🍑🥐https://t.co/F1kLWFqWiR 🥐🍑🍌🍓🍒 pic.twitter.com/7Y25S3Zg3g

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) April 29, 2017