--- title: Katy Perry Responds to Taylor Swift Fan on American Idol description: Katy Perry had plenty to say after an American Idol contestant confessed he was a Taylor Swift superfan during his audition on the show. canonical: https://time.com/5204864/katy-perry-responds-to-taylor-swift-superfan-on-american-idol/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-19T14:46:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:27.449Z og:title: Katy Perry Responds to Taylor Swift Superfan on American Idol og:description: People think Perry was throwing shade. 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(Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) Scott Dudelson—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 19, 2018 2:46 PM UTC [Katy Perry](http://time.com/5019793/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-reputation-zine/) found herself addressing her seeming [feud with Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4914066/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-timeline/) yet again during Sunday night’s episode of [_American Idol_](http://time.com/4963971/new-american-idol-judges-2018/)after a contestant confessed that his musical idol was not Perry, but Swift. “I’m sorry for this, Katy,” he said. “Taylor Swift. I love Taylor Swift.” Perry took it in stride, tactly telling the contestant that she appreciated Swift’s musical talent. “Oh, you don’t have to be sorry,” Perry said. “I love her as a songwriter as well.” Perry, a celebrity judge on the singing television show, has spoken out often about her alleged feud with fellow pop princess Taylor Swift, including telling Ariana Huffington last year on the [_Thrive_ _Global Podcast_ ](http://time.com/4814535/katy-perry-forgives-taylor-swift/)that she was “ready to let it go” and “forgive” Swift. Perry’s time on _American Idol_ has already been eventful; she notably gave one contestant [his first kiss during his audition](http://time.com/5199798/katy-perry-american-idol-contestant-first-kiss/), an experience he said was “uncomfortable.” > [](https://twitter.com/musicnewsfact/status/975558427152961536) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5204864/katy-perry-responds-to-taylor-swift-superfan-on-american-idol/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5204864/katy-perry-responds-to-taylor-swift-superfan-on-american-idol/"},"headline":"Here's How Katy Perry Responded to a Taylor Swift Superfan on American Idol","datePublished":"2018-03-19T14:46:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:27.449Z","description":"Here's what Perry had to say","url":"https://time.com/5204864/katy-perry-responds-to-taylor-swift-superfan-on-american-idol/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5488a9193371332/69892b44929fadeb2bbf0006/katy-perry-response-taylor-swift-fan-american-idol.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/bltd5488a9193371332/69892b44929fadeb2bbf0006/katy-perry-response-taylor-swift-fan-american-idol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"One 805 Kick Ash Bash","caption":"One 805 Kick Ash Bash","creditText":"Scott Dudelson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5204864/katy-perry-responds-to-taylor-swift-superfan-on-american-idol/","name":"Here's How Katy Perry Responded to a Taylor Swift Superfan on American Idol"}}]}] ```