We all know Miss Perry has had countless issues with appropriation, derogatory conversation and all-around non-woke behaviour, and now her co-star is accusing her of sexual abuse.
Josh Kloss, a model that co-starred in Perry’s video for ‘Teenage Dream’ back in 2010 accused the singer for allegedly pulling down his pants and exposing his genitalia to a room full of people.
In a series of Instagram posts made on August 12, just a few days after the ninth anniversary of the music videos release, Kloss stated:
“When I saw her, we hugged and she was still my crush. But as I turned to introduce my friend, she pulled my Adidas sweats and underwear out as far as she could to show a couple of her guy friends and the crowd around us, my penis. Can you imagine how pathetic and embarrassed I felt?”
The incident allegedly occurred following Perry’s failed relationship with Russell Brand at Johny Wujek’s birthday party.
Kloss also stated that he only earned about $650 (USD) in total from the music video, despite being featured on multiple promotional videos Perry and her team released during her world tour.
Kloss claims Perry’s team ‘lorded over’ him, requesting he didn’t speak about Perry publicity while also editing and answering interviews arranged for him on his behalf.
Perry doesn’t exactly have a clean record when it comes to politically correct movies. The woman wore a whole geisha outfit in her 2013 performance of ‘Unconditionally’ at the AMA’s for crying out loud. Not to mention her insanely appropriated video clip for ‘Dark Horse’.
This isn’t even the first time Perry has been accused of sexual misconduct. In an episode of ‘American Idol’ in 2018, Perry kissed a 19-year-old contestant without his permission.
The contestant, Benjamin Glaze, had told the judges that he had never kissed anyone before because he was saving that special moment for his first relationship. Perry took it upon herself to call Glaze over and quickly kiss him before he was able to object.
Glaze told the New York Times later that he hadn’t felt sexually harassed by Perry.
“Would I have done it if she said, ‘would you kiss me?’ No, I would have said no. I know a lot of guys would be like, ‘Heck yeah!’ But for me, I was raised in a conservative family and I was uncomfortable immediately. I wanted my first kiss to be special.”
Glaze also told Talent Recap that the show edited certain parts of the conversation form his audition and that he was not entirely unaware the possibility of a kiss with Perry.
“I walked up with the knowledge that it could happen, and it wasn’t like I was thinking ‘oh man I cannot believe she’s gonna do this, she’s so creepy and old’. It was more like ‘oh man is this really happening’.”
Perry’s friend, Johny Wujek, who’s party Kloss and Perry were at when the incident allegedly occurred; also came to Perry’s defence following Kloss’ statements.
Wujek claims Kloss has an ‘ongoing obsession with her [Perry] since the day of filming that video’ and that he was ‘planning an imaginary future with her’.
“I’m not about to let you make accusations against my friend like this. This is such bullshit,” Wujek wrote.
Kloss has since responded with another post, this time sharing an edited copy of one of his interviews, claiming Perry’s team forced him to ‘minimise himself and to stay PC’.
Perry has yet to make a comment about Kloss’ allegations.
There is something to be said about people evolving and changing their toxic behaviour, yet for someone who’s had as many controversies as Perry, you can’t really blame me for struggling to believe a new hairdo is enough to signify a new Katy.
As for Kloss, he signs off in saying:
“happy anniversary to one of the most confusing, assaulting, and belittling jobs I’ve ever done. Yay #teenagedream.”
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