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Ellen invites Katy Perry into her bathroom

Last Thursday, Katy Perry appeared on Ellen Degeneres' Bathroom Concert Series, a new feature on her talk show where she invites guests to sing out-of-tune duets with her. Of course, the song of choice was "I Kissed a Girl."

One might be confused as to why Ellen would sing along to a song that paints same-sex smooching as something naughty and abnormal, but check out Ellen's facial expressions as she sings certain lines:

0:31 — "It's not what I'm used to." (Ellen smirks, fake-winces, and rolls her eyes.)

0:48 — "I kissed a girl and I liked it." (Ellen enthusiastically nods in agreement.)

0:57 — "I hope my boyfriend don't mind it." (Ellen puts her finger to her lips and pretends to look guilty.)

1:34 — "It's not what good girls do." (Ellen smiles, nods her head and gestures sarcastically with her eyebrows while Katy Perry is making a "no no" sign with her pointer finger.)

Ellen has certainly mastered the art of subtle commentary. (However, after seeing this clip, many of you might conclude that she should stick to dancing.)

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  • cosmiccowgirl's picture

    That's hilarious!! Katy

    That's hilarious!! Katy Perry seems so clueless about the irony.
    nicole eggett's picture

    =P

    people make to big of a fuss over this song i think it was hilarious and katy perry does seem pretty clueless which is so funny :) this was one of my favorite bathroom series performance.
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    loved it!

    loved it!
    username_taken's picture

    Awesome!

    I couldn't stop smiling throughout the entire rendition. Ellen says so much without having to actually say anything...she's amazing! =)

    "Bon anniversaire et donne moi le salle de bains. Which translates as 'happy birthday and hand me....the bathroom.'"

    SoundandFury's picture

    hilarious

    I love how awkward it was... planned or not. So funny. Ellen rocks!!!!
    BiRobot's picture

    hahahahaha

    That was amazing.  I love Ellen and her masterful use of the eyebrows.

    Also, Katy Perry, how do you forget the words to your own song?

    "No problem is insoluble, given a big enough plastic bag."

    Klik Trak's picture

    forgetting your own song

    Quote:
    Also, Katy Perry, how do you forget the words to your own song?

    I've done that dozens of times. Haven't you ever forgotten the name of your pet, or a good friend? It's related to a certain emotional state. She was probably, (somewhere, dimly) aware that there was something awkward going on. Maybe it had just dawned on her that she was sitting right next to a ... a ... LESBIAN, and that threw her off.

    Whatever the case, if you get thrown off kilter you can forget anything. 

    Nicole Mooring's picture

    i forget the lyrics to my

    i forget the lyrics to my own songs all the time. especially when i'm singing in front of millions of people. 
    Klik Trak's picture

    1000s or millions?

    Well, I've never sung in front of millions of people, but in front of a couple thousand, yes. I don't think it really matters how many after a certain point whether it's a thousand, a hundred thousand, or a million. Your brain can't really process that difference. Usually, if I stumble over something that I've performed flawlessly hundreds of times, I can improvise my way around it and most people don't notice. However, I do have to check myself, because it's a clue that I'm not in the right place mentally.
    Sarah from Chicago's picture

    Well done Ellen

    Gah, but I hate that song with the firey passion of a thousand suns.

    I initially would have been really worried about Ellen having Katy Perry on her show, given the marginalisation of that nasty piece of 'music'. But to have her on in order to show it up and denigrate the lyrics? Priceless.

    Well done Ellen :)

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    BridgetIsTheGoddess's picture

    I bow to Ellen's greatness

    When I saw this I cringed cuz I knew the lyrics that would follow, but Ellen is brilliant! I'm so glad she did this! Katy Perry is so clueless. I mean she does get a little tiny bit serious just before she says "it's not what good girls do" but it's so subtle I don't even know if it's real. A song talking about kissing girls as something naughty and bad... it's just dumb and stupid. It would be fine if it was only about a straight girl having an attraction towards some chick... if she had just shut up about what's right or wrong.
    Katys's picture

    Oh please guys, stop with

    Oh please guys, stop with the hypocricy.Very few of us like Katy Perry,judging from previous comments and posts about her and her song,yet you all love her now just because Ellen had her on the show.And how come no one comments on the fact Ellen looks very very thin lately?

    Booo.

    Ed Would's picture

    Errr...

    What hypocrisy?  I think you're seeing things, as all the comments seem to be about how amusing it is to see Ellen insult Perry.
    Sarah from Chicago's picture

    Err ..

    I'm with the other replier to your post above, where is the hypocrisy?  

    Everyone here has, rightly so, stated how much they dislike Katy Perry for her revolting song, and how much they enjoyed Ellen taking her down ... the love is for Ellen, not Perry.

     

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    Que's picture

    well

    its safe to say that you're the type of girl who cares more about physical appearence than the soul....
    gidge's picture

    Ellen's vegan now

    She is going to look SUPER THIN now that she's made a huge change to her diet.
    invisicoll's picture

    I hate to say it

    But I thought this was the most awkward thing I've seen in a while.  Even the eye commentary didn't save it for me.  She should have sung Hot 'n Cold and been done with it. 
    Jamie's picture

    I don't understand the

    I don't understand the appeal of Katy Perry, I mean yeah, she is beautiful, but her songs paint homosexuality as something bad ("I Kissed A Girl" and "You're So Gay, And You Don't Even Like Men").

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    gidge's picture

    Lyric check!

    It's "You're So Gay" as the title. The words, "you're so gay and you don't even like boys."

    How do not like a song that insults straight men for primping?

    Melissa Hsu's picture

    oh jeez, I dislike Kate

    oh jeez, I dislike Kate Perry too much to have finished this video 
    Busy CDBC's picture

    OK....

    Am i really the ONLY one thats gonna comment that Kate Perry doesnt even know the words to her own song????? I mean REALLY!!!!!!! wow Kinda scary.

    PLUS wtg ellen for making fun of her without directly doing so. I mean really she has to be NICE to kate...but this was great!!

    Najara87's picture

    I was thinking the same

    I was thinking the same thing!!! I mean, this girl doesn't even know the lyrics of her own song :)

    And Ellen, with that facial expressions :P

     

     

     

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    Bea's picture

    LOVE KATY!!

    Always have and always will, and I'm as gay as they come.

     Sure, people have a right to their own opinion, but I really don't see how Ellen is taking the piss out of Katy. I think it's just wishful thinking for some. And the point of Katy not remembering the lyrics...seriously!, you actually thought she didn't remember? Wow!

    I thought the bathroom session was hilarious! The part where they sing "I hope my boyfriend don't mind it", you see Katy making a gesture with her hand as if she's saying "oh who cares what he thinks!" But that's just my point of view.

     And Katy, I don't care if it experimental, I'd make out with you, even if it is "just to try it"!

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    soakthesin's picture

    i so agree. enough with the

    i so agree. enough with the we-hate-katy already!
    pavasars's picture

    and

    Am I really the ONLY one who's gonna say it was HILARIOUS!!? Both Ellen and Katy did a great job with the eyes and the body language:)

    I like Katy Perry (don't know much about the music though apart from the "controversial " pieces) and  I don't find her songs offensive, I find them totally straight, and IT IS FINE!:)

    It's like singing about a boy you are wrong to be attracted to cos he comes from the bad neighbourhood.

    Get a sense of humour and calm down..

    Bea's picture

    Nope...

    I agree with you completely.

    I don't get the fuss about the song being offensive either, as I have stated in numerous posts before.

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    claudia's picture

      I'm with u , it

     

    I'm with u , it becomes offensive only cuz you make it offensive...people need to chill...and I really don't get how Ellen was making fun of her but...whatever!

    jordan-writes's picture

    Ahhhh!

    I loved this for so many reasons! Katy is not as dumb as some of you seem to think. She gets it. I like Katy Perry. I think that she is hilarious. I've done some major research on her (trust me there was a time when I was not fond of my Katy Perry feelings) but the more I learned about her, the more I liked her. She has a great sense of humor, and the whole forgetting the words to her own song was part of that sense of humor. She doesn't really give that much of a shit about what people think.

    I feel that its very easy to dislike her (and I completely understand how some of you are angry about her lyrics, and you have a right to your feelings) but I simply can't dislike her. I've tried. She is by no means clueless as to what people think about her. I think that her coming on Ellen, and singing "I Kissed a Girl" with her, more than anything proves that she gets it.

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    angersch's picture

    She should stick to dancing??? Come on!

    "many of you might conclude that she should stick to dancing"

    Oh, come on! That clip is hilarious. That's what I love about Ellen, she's so extremely multisided funny.

    RavenDenise's picture

    Funny but

    It's bad when the original singer cannot even sing her own song. Ouch like nails on a chalkboard. Both should stick to dancing haha. Ellen really saved that piece for me with the nodding and the eyebrows.

     

    Edit: before the attacks here is a video of Katy singing live

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czk2hKr4eC8 

     

    Kayyo's picture

    Love or hate?

    I don't choose to love or hate Katy Perry. I just choose to accept her.
    Sam.e's picture

    Awkwardness = Fun For Us :]

    Haahahahah what Ellen did with it was great...I'm sure everyone loveedd the irony :p
    Von18's picture

    I wonder if some of you are

    I wonder if some of you are letting your hate for that song cloud any other view you could have on Katy. She's actually pretty hilarious,and I don't think she's nearly as naive as most people think she is. Maybe you just need to take her songs with a pinch of salt. 

    Anyway, I thought this was cute! Ellen is quite the singer. 

    Lyriical Katani's picture

    Love Her

    Although im not a big fan of this song i love Katy Perry. yea the lyrics are a bit iffy but the song got her noticed now we should all move on to her better songs like hot and cold, and thinking of you. she really is a cool chick with a beautiful voice.

    as for them singing it together, tottally hilarious and i agree Katy tottally got the irony and knew what was going on, she just played it offmlike she didn't. this one is second only to the ellen and portia one, that one was so sweet

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    KanyeKane78's picture

    Katy Perry is horrible

    Katy Perry is horrible live.. Did anyone see her Grammy performance? God awful. I actually think Ellen sounded better than Katy did. Which is, I love you Ellen, kind of sad for a "professional singer". 
    smallfish444's picture

    Can we just make note of the

    Can we just make note of the fact that Katy Perry not only FORGOT the lyrics to her own song, but she also can't sing for shit. haha 

     

    To be honest I don't understand the big hubbabuloo about this song though. It happens. Straight girls kiss other straight girls at parties, and sometimes they like it. I don't see what's so damn controversial about it.  

    MuddPiez's picture

    How predictable of AE

    New drinking game, everytime Katy Perry is bashed take a shot.

    Hate the song all you want [I'm the first to say its def not my fav] but you are all projecting like crazy, in no way was Ellen trying to "take her down" because unlike many posters here, Ellen doesn't politicise a party song. KP is a pretty decent singer, cute, funny and extremely supportive of the gay community. It's not her fault the song became a hit, and its not meant to be offensive. I wish AE writers and readers would just give her a break...

    But whatevs the clip was funny :]

     

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    Kat's picture

    ohmygod that was

    ohmygod that was hilarious!!!
    MusicBum's picture

    Really?

    Everyone's distaste for Katy Perry seems quite overblown.  I understand if you don't like her music, but if it's because of your principles... well that's laughable 
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    singer

    i dont think katy is a talented singer, but she is who she is. i can tell she has a sense of humor even if i dont like her music. but come on people its supposed to be just a girl anthem. its not serious stuff, and lets face it sex sells and theyre just there to make a buck. plus shes going to perform at the Dinah this year, the worlds largest lesbian event, if that doesnt show her support of the community what does?

    plus shes pretty, just enjoy the view.

    gidge's picture

    Obviously some of you

    do not watch Ellen. The bathroom concert series is to sing songs in an offkey way and have fun. Katy Perry was joking when she said she forgot the words. The whole thing was just a good time and not meant as anything but that.

    Ellen doesn't "stick" it to anyone, unless they're truly hateful to gay people (John McCain) and I don't think that anybody has the right to say that she was doing that here.

    Katy Perry is great. Like jordan-writes said above, the more you learn about her the more you like her. She is a very beautiful and pro-gay woman.

    I wish everyone would just lay off Katy Perry, because she's not really the issue. Everyone who has a problem with her music should wonder why it became so popular in the first place. Fans make a song a hit by accepting and listening to it, it's not like KP just placed it at first place herself.

    I'm gay and I happen to like her music. I've seen her sing live and I now know she can truly sing.

    Like the saying goes, "Don't hate the playa, hate the game"

    I do have one question though. Does Bridget McManus like Katy Perry? She's always saying that she doesn't like lipsticks, but chapsticks, so I thought that fit perfectly here :)

    MeltingCharcoals's picture

    lol!

    i love it! i know Katy has a bad rep on lgbt community but damn i like the girl, i've seen her in some short interviews and i like her i-dont-effin-care attitude. she's hot and i'd do her :D

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    Stephanie's picture

    katy's song

    i love her song i kissed a girl, cuz thanks to it, i can flirt and kiss other girls in the club!! and the song put girls kissing other girls like something irresistible and so sexy

    seriously, in my country (mex) girls go wild with the song, and u can have a posibility that something happens during the song with some girl u like

    she's not really stupid, she's just acting and being fun, and obviously she didn't forget the lyrics, i mean, it's not possible for any person to forget something u have sang like 10000 times!!

    mousalope's picture

    Jill Sobule

    Just for the record,  it's not Katy's song.  Jill Sobule back in the mid 90s wrote "I Kissed a Girl".  Her version was cute, and the music video was funny.   Perry took that and made it vulgar and trashy.

    Has Jill ever been a guest with Ellen ?

     

    Lacey's picture

    Actually, it is Katy's

    Actually, it is Katy's song.

    Jill's had completely different lyrics. 

    Did you even listen to them both? Or did you just jup to conclusions like so many others have just because they share the same title?

    It's not vulgar it's a good little song. People need to stop being so snobish about it.

     

     

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    SanaaNaMila's picture

    ellen can do no wrong :-)

    i thought it was cute. ellen rocks!
    Silver_teardrop's picture

    Ha ha Ellen is fab! God it

    Ha ha Ellen is fab! God it seems Katy cant actually manage to sing her own song!? Go Ellen!

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