KATY PERRY STEPPIN OUT ON BARACK OBAMA
In this weeks Steppin Out magazine, pop superstar Katy Perry sits down with Chaunce Hayden and tells how she feels about the tabloids and negative press, how she deals with fame and fortune .....and gives her thoughts on President Obama.
Katy Perry In Steppin OutON THE TABLOIDS AND NEGATIVE PRESS:
Well, it’s a new beast for everyone, actually, I think. The media has always been very interested in the details of, I guess, people’s lives but in a whole new huge kind of playing field way where there’s no judge or editor ,or there’s no, like, editor God. Like, you could take this interview and take just one little thing I say and make it the headline and make me out to be the devil. And it’s unfortunate, but I think nobody is really exempt and especially, people with big personalities. I mean, you kind of have to be super private with a very almost bland personality to kind of control it. And with me, you know, I think that’s what separates me, as I’m very approachable. I pride myself as being very approachable. I love people, and I have a big personality. So, I guess, I get a little bit bulls-eye targeted more than other people, but, you know, I’ve turned my Google alerts off, and I think that is something you have to do if you can’t read your own press. If you read your own press, it’ll ruin you because everybody has an opinion, and you don’t understand sometimes why they have their opinions. I mean, I’m just going to continue to be myself. I just really think it comes down to you can’t read your own press, period. Because when you start reading it, you nitpick over it, and all of a sudden, all the small things are really important to you when, really, they were never important to you in the beginning. So, I guess, I’m just going to stay focused on trying to be more like Freddie Mercury or something like that.
ON FAME AND FORTUNE:
You know, I was really gearing up for it. I was preparing myself for it. I was kind of preparing to kind of catch my lucky star and hold on tightly. And thank God I actually was in training for so long, because I really don’t think I would have been able to handle it when I thought I would have been able to handle it. You know, at 17, 18, 19. Because there’s a lot that you don’t realize that people in the public eye deal with rather than just making music. I mean, the whole world is a big, fat kitchen with a gazillion cooks, and everybody is always commenting and stuff, so you have to definitely be strong or learn how to sift in the good and keep out the bad. And it’s exciting. I mean, I definitely prepared myself for this. And living in Hollywood for eight years ... man, that will prepare you whether you like it or not, because I had the luxury of watching other people get famous, like some of my friends and seeing some of them fail pretty miserably at it. And then, I’d sit back and take notes and say, “OK, I’m not going to do that if I ever have the opportunity.”
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA:
Well, he’s our president, you know? So, I think it’s fantastic, and I have major respect for him. I think it’s exciting. Everybody is excited for a new change. It’s a new year, a new president, and we haven’t had that in eight years. And I think everybody’s kind of looking for some fresh brains. And I think, for me, I really do believe, from all the things I’ve seen and the bits and pieces that I’ve read here and there, that he is a very wise man and very graceful, and I do think he has a lot of pressure on him and that he shouldn't be viewed as a Messiah because he is also still a man. But I think he’s a very smart man, very graceful, very humble, and I think he has the face of the people right now, and I think all you have to do is pray for him, I guess. I guess you just pray for your country and pray for your president that they make the right choices. And that’s all you can do, really, because people are people.
Well, it’s a new beast for everyone, actually, I think. The media has always been very interested in the details of, I guess, people’s lives but in a whole new huge kind of playing field way where there’s no judge or editor ,or there’s no, like, editor God. Like, you could take this interview and take just one little thing I say and make it the headline and make me out to be the devil. And it’s unfortunate, but I think nobody is really exempt and especially, people with big personalities. I mean, you kind of have to be super private with a very almost bland personality to kind of control it. And with me, you know, I think that’s what separates me, as I’m very approachable. I pride myself as being very approachable. I love people, and I have a big personality. So, I guess, I get a little bit bulls-eye targeted more than other people, but, you know, I’ve turned my Google alerts off, and I think that is something you have to do if you can’t read your own press. If you read your own press, it’ll ruin you because everybody has an opinion, and you don’t understand sometimes why they have their opinions. I mean, I’m just going to continue to be myself. I just really think it comes down to you can’t read your own press, period. Because when you start reading it, you nitpick over it, and all of a sudden, all the small things are really important to you when, really, they were never important to you in the beginning. So, I guess, I’m just going to stay focused on trying to be more like Freddie Mercury or something like that.
ON FAME AND FORTUNE:
You know, I was really gearing up for it. I was preparing myself for it. I was kind of preparing to kind of catch my lucky star and hold on tightly. And thank God I actually was in training for so long, because I really don’t think I would have been able to handle it when I thought I would have been able to handle it. You know, at 17, 18, 19. Because there’s a lot that you don’t realize that people in the public eye deal with rather than just making music. I mean, the whole world is a big, fat kitchen with a gazillion cooks, and everybody is always commenting and stuff, so you have to definitely be strong or learn how to sift in the good and keep out the bad. And it’s exciting. I mean, I definitely prepared myself for this. And living in Hollywood for eight years ... man, that will prepare you whether you like it or not, because I had the luxury of watching other people get famous, like some of my friends and seeing some of them fail pretty miserably at it. And then, I’d sit back and take notes and say, “OK, I’m not going to do that if I ever have the opportunity.”
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA:
Well, he’s our president, you know? So, I think it’s fantastic, and I have major respect for him. I think it’s exciting. Everybody is excited for a new change. It’s a new year, a new president, and we haven’t had that in eight years. And I think everybody’s kind of looking for some fresh brains. And I think, for me, I really do believe, from all the things I’ve seen and the bits and pieces that I’ve read here and there, that he is a very wise man and very graceful, and I do think he has a lot of pressure on him and that he shouldn't be viewed as a Messiah because he is also still a man. But I think he’s a very smart man, very graceful, very humble, and I think he has the face of the people right now, and I think all you have to do is pray for him, I guess. I guess you just pray for your country and pray for your president that they make the right choices. And that’s all you can do, really, because people are people.
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