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Katy Perry angers BTS fans with joke insinuating that the audience is mostly young children at Jingle Ball 2019
BY ratmonster · December 8, 2019
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American singer Katy Perry found herself in hot water by ARMY’s after making a joke at the KIIS FM Jingle Ball which some BTS fans found offensive.
After BTS performed on stage, it was Perry’s turn to perform, she joked that the audience should be happy since “most of you get to stay up late past your bed time.” The audience at the show was filled with ARMY’s since BTS was headlining the show.
A huge crowd of ARMYs attended the 2019 Jingle Ball tonight in support for BTS‘s performance. After BTS’s performance ended, Katy Perry was up next on stage but she irked the fans in the wrong way by joking that they were young kids. https://t.co/AqSEKuT0Hk
— Hannah🌼 (@Hennehke) December 7, 2019
The joke didn’t sit well with the ARMY’s at the Jingle Ball, with the fans taking the joke as “mocking” the ARMY’s in the audience and making assumptions about their ages. Some fans were so mad that they gave Katy Perry the silent treatment and turned off their lightsticks as she performed on stage.
im deaaadddd
— ً (@pinktweets_r) December 7, 2019
the crowd at jingle ball really gave katy perry the silent treatment
as if a black ocean wasnt bad enough 😭😭😭
dont mess with army
rip #JingleBall2019 pic.twitter.com/tEBwaHMHWq
katy perry a whole grown ass woman who has a whole ass fanbase and probably knows a thing or two about the generalization of fans and their ages really just made a joke about armys saying “you guys get to stay up past your bedtime” she ain’t it.
— i҉ 2 SUGAs Interlude (@ddaengbutera) December 7, 2019
Although many ARMY’s were mad at the singer, a lot of fans also defended her, insisting that the comment was only meant as a light hearted joke.
What do you think? Was it just an innocent joke or are ARMY’s right to be mad?
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