Katy Perry: 'I turned down X Factor judging role'
Published Jun 9 2012, 17:13 BST | By Alison Rowley
Katy Perry has suggested that she was offered a judging role on The X Factor, but turned it down.The 'Firework' singer told The Graham Norton Show that she had been approached by talent show executives, but had declined their offers.
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"There's (sic) not actual paper contracts," she explained, "But people have been interested in me judging other people."
Perry was rumoured to have been considered by Simon Cowell as a replacement for former Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland, who announced she had left the show in April.
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Perry previously stood in for a pregnant Dannii Minogue during the open audition stages of the 2010 contest. The star said that she feels she is too early in her career to be judging the talents of others, but has not ruled out taking on a panel role in the future.
"I would do it but I'm just not ready for it yet. Maybe in the future, I would love to," she added.
Watch the video for Katy Perry's 'Firework' below:
good girl for saying no! you deserve to be a judge on a better show, like the voice!
June 10th 2012 at 11:34pm(+2 likes)
When she said it on Graham Norton on Friday it made sense. She's my favourite singer and I'd love to have seen her on XFactor but not at the expense of her music career
June 10th 2012 at 8:25am(+2 likes)
That's a shame :(
June 10th 2012 at 3:32am
She'd make a bang tidy judge!!
June 10th 2012 at 12:07am
So what she is "quoted" as saying, she doesn't actually say?? Typical Media eh?
June 9th 2012 at 8:56pm(+3 likes)
Exactly. On Graham Norton she didn't even say it was X Factor, she said there are a lot of shows out there and you have to be careful which one you associate with yourself...and she didn't even suggest it was X factor, they were talking about X factor to Cheryl then he asked Katy...I wish DS would stop twisting things, making a whole page out of a few comments...whether it's x factor or not, I'd still be interested enough in what she said!
June 10th 2012 at 4:53pm(+1 like)