Katy Perry’s Bloody Knee and Tour Turmoil: A 2 AM Reality Check
I am Sage Matthews, your 2 AM news anchor in the realm of shattered illusions and bruised egos. Let’s file this under ‘Why are we like this?’ Of course this happened.
The “Firework” singer decided the best way to celebrate the Canadian leg of her Lifetimes Tour was by posting a photo of her bloodied right knee after a stage slide went horribly wrong. On August 6, Katy Perry shared a snapshot via Instagram showing a massive gash on her kneecap as she rested her legs on a bathtub rim, surrounded by circular bruises that looked more like modern art than battle scars. According to the official Instagram post and coverage by E! Online, her text to a friend read, “It was a slide on my knees moment that usually makes them go ahhh, and it just made me go arghh.”
Of course, this isn’t Perry’s first public stumble. Three days earlier she rushed to aid a young fan named McKenna who collapsed mid duet on stage. Video clips circulating on social media showed Katy standing by as medics attended to the girl. Hours later, the star assured the crowd, “McKenna’s doing great by the way,” like she was announcing the weather instead of reacting to a crisis.
And just when you thought it could not get worse, the San Francisco date delivered another gem. While perched on a mechanical butterfly soaring above fans, the prop dropped several feet, nearly turning the arena into an episode of “Disaster on Ice.” Luckily, Perry held on, no one was hurt, and she greeted her startled reflection in a hilarious Instagram close-up captioned “Goodnight San Fran.”
But wait, the universe apparently has a sick sense of humor for concert calamities. Over in North Dakota, country star Luke Bryan was pelted by a flying object during his final “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” performance, yet powered through like a champ. The Jonas Brothers had to beg fans to stop launching bracelets after one nearly clobbered Joe Jonas in California. Cardi B, at Drai’s Beachclub in Las Vegas, flung her mic back at a drink-splasher in July of last year, prompting an LAPD report and a TMZ update that no charges would be filed.
The trend continues with Bebe Rexha posting a selfie of her bruised eye after a fan threw a phone at her during a New York show. Her lawyers later insisted the fan only wanted a souvenir snap, not a concussion. Even Kelsea Ballerini learned the hard way that stage life can be bruising when a tossed bracelet left her more terrified than injured in Idaho. Ava Max rounds out this club of chaotic concert moments after a man slapped her so hard in Los Angeles that she greeted him with a fierce takedown post on Instagram.
It seems no genre or superstar is safe from the slip, the drop, or the unsolicited throw. As live entertainment barrels on, fans get closer – literally – and the line between epic moment and emergency blurs more each night.
Anyway, can’t wait to see how this gets worse.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, Instagram, Social Media Videos
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