Katy Perry to leave American Idol after seven seasons as singer makes shock announcement on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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Katy Perry has surprised followers by asserting her departure from the hit US actuality collection American Idol.

The singer-songwriter has served as a decide on the favored TV present since 2018, having joined when the Fox collection relaunched on ABC.

Perry, 39, made the revelation throughout an look on the late-night discuss present Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Speaking to host Jimmy Kimmel, Perry was requested how lengthy she meant to stay as a decide on the televised singing competitors.

“I love Idol so much, it’s connected me with the heart of America,” she responded. “But I feel like I need to go out to feel that pulse of my own beat.”

Perry was on the judging panel alongside fellow musicians Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, each of whom additionally joined when the present relaunched in 2018.

Asked whether or not her co-stars have been conscious of Perry’s intention to step down, the musician replied: “They’ll find out tonight.”

“I love the show so much but I want to see the world,” she added. “Maybe I’ll come back if they have me one day.”

Perry will, nevertheless, be seen throughout Idol’s forthcoming twenty second season, which begins airing within the US on 18 February.

Last June, Bryan defended Perry from criticism over her verdicts in the show, claiming that the “I Kissed a Girl” hitmaker had been “picked on”.

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“We all get it,” Bryan said. “I mean, we’re judging children that individuals at residence fall in love with. We’re not going to bat a thousand as judges. I believe we get arrange. As judges, you already know, we sort of fall on the sword a whole lot of occasions. And get arrange to the place folks can get very vocal on socials and stuff.”

He went on to say that he and his fellow two judges are “doing the best we can”.

“Katy gets picked on for going out and trying to have fun making a TV show,” he continued. “You can’t be so safe in the moment that you’re so homogenised you can’t ever go for a joke, or go for a fun moment.

“It makes me appreciate [Perry] even more, just how big of a scale she’s had to deal with that her whole career.”

In March final yr, a contestant named Sara Beth Liebe stop the present after talking out about “mum-shaming” feedback Perry made about her.

After the aspiring singer instructed the judges that she was a 25-year-old mom to three youngsters, Perry bought up from her chair and pretended to faint, as Liebe stated: “If Katy lays on the table, I think I’m going to pass out.”

The “California Gurls” singer joked in response: “Honey, you been laying on the table too much.”

Last yr, Perry and Richie have been each absent from the present for an episode due to their involvement with King Charles III’s coronation live performance. Alanis Morissette and Ed Sheeran stepped in as visitor judges.