Katy Perry jokes about selling MSG after rebound

Katy Perry I’m kidding.

The pop star celebrated a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday, August 11, and has had fun with the backlash she has received in recent months.

“They said, ‘No way! msg, this is impossible to accomplish.’ I was also scared. A journey of a lifetime.

Perry, 40, was announcing “The truth I said is that I ate a hot dog from the corner!”

She continued: “I rolled the dice yesterday and I liked it. Give me the giant onion.”

Perry went on to call Manhattan “special” but also called Manhattan “beautiful hot chaos.”

“I rolled into New York and smelled like New York City. You know what I’m talking about,” the audience laughed. “It was late at night. We came in from Philadelphia and there were drunk people vomiting in the same corner with people. That was New York City! I love it.”

Perry explained that she had been to Big Apple all her life, but this time she “finally understood” its charm.

She added: “You know why? Because New York City represents life – highs, lows, victims, all the messy things, everything beautiful, and it’s certainly hell not perfect, because perfection is a fantasy.” “And I understand it because I resonate a lot with it because one of my favorite words is authenticity. You know what New York is? Real!”

Perry was with her last year Publish “Women’s World” As a proposition from her seventh studio album, 143. Social media users criticize the former American Idol judge Cooperate with it Dr. Luke back Kesha Producer who accuses songwriters and rapes He denies.

Perry faces more criticism in April Fly into space In the all-female blue origin flight Critics exploded Both Expensive and worn PR stunts.

Later that month, Perry acknowledged Feel like “human piñata” While calling social media a “dumpling ground” for hate comments.

“Please know I’m OK,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “I’ve done a lot [of] It’s important to me to understand who I am, what is real. ”

Perry continues to quote her globally A journey of a lifetimethe book started in April and is currently scheduled to end in December, writes that she likes to see fans’ “faces every night, singing unanimously, reading your notes [and] Feel your warmth. ”

“I’m not perfect, and I’ve actually omitted the word from the vocabulary,” she concluded. “I’m on a journey of playing games of life with many viewers, sometimes I fall, but…I’m back and keep playing games and somehow through my abuse and hurt adventures, I’m always looking for light and unlocking at a new level.”