--- title: Katy Perry Addresses Taylor Swift Feud on Today Show 2017 description: Katy Perry has more to say about her feud with Taylor Swift, going so far as to say "I love her, I always have." canonical: https://time.com/4865003/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-comments/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-19T18:54:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:30.294Z og:title: Katy Perry on Taylor Swift Feud: 'I Love Her, I Always Have' og:description: "God bless her on her journey" og:url: https://time.com/4865003/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-comments/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: 2011 American Music Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry on Taylor Swift Feud: 'I Love Her, I Always Have' twitter:description: "God bless her on her journey" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Katy Perry on Taylor Swift Feud: 'We've Had Our Differences' But 'I Love Her, I Always Have' > Sponsored content. 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LIVE on November 20, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Taylor Swift and Katy Perry arrive at the 2011 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on November 20, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Jeff Kravitz/AMA2011/FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 19, 2017 6:54 PM UTC [Katy Perry](http://time.com/4784928/katy-perry-prank/) is doubling down on her desire to end her feud with fellow pop princess Taylor Swift. While promoting [her new album _Witness_](http://time.com/4812588/taylor-swift-streaming-katy-perry-memes/), Perry who brought up the beef with Swift on _Carpool Karaoke_ and during other interviews, [revealed its origin](http://time.com/4790154/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-carpool-karaoke/) and released [ the track “Swish Swish”](http://time.com/4793002/katy-perry-taylor-swift-swish-swish/) which fans viewed as a comeback to Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood, before stating that she wanted to make amends. Perry even went so far as to [change inflammatory lyrics on the diss track](http://time.com/4816737/katy-perry-changes-lyrics-swish-swish-feud-taylor-swift/). While Swift hasn’t responded yet, it looks like Perry wants to make it clear that she’s still down to end the feud. During an interview with [Australia’s _Today_](http://ew.com/music/2017/07/19/katy-perry-taylor-swift-more-comments/) show, Perry said that she holds no ill will towards Swift and has, in fact, always loved her. “I love her, I always have,” Perry said. “We’ve had our differences but I just continue to say, ‘God bless her on her journey.'” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4865003/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-comments/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4865003/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-comments/"},"headline":"Katy Perry on Taylor Swift Feud: 'We've Had Our Differences' But 'I Love Her, I Always Have'","datePublished":"2017-07-19T18:54:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:30.294Z","description":"\"God bless her on her journey\"","url":"https://time.com/4865003/katy-perry-taylor-swift-feud-comments/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Katy Perry","Taylor Swift"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca24c8b24a0db722/6988cc68a988ca6e0c6bc1fd/taylor-swift-katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2011 American Music Awards - Red Carpet","caption":"Taylor Swift and Katy Perry arrive at the 2011 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. 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