Katy Perry accidentally revealed the team she’ll be supporting in the 2024 AFL Grand Final on Saturday.
The 39-year-old American pop singer will perform at the Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans match at the MCG this weekend.
On Thursday, after her appearance on Channel Seven’s Sunrise, the Teenage Dream singer stepped out and appeared to cheer on one of the coveted teams.
“Come on, Lions!” Perry said in a TikTok video, before falling silent and using random words to cover up her mistake.
“I mean, la-, mwah- swa…” he continued.
Lions fans were equally surprised and shocked by the mistake.
“SHE’S A LIONS FAN,” one user commented.
“Katy and the Lions win,” wrote another.
Katy Perry has accidentally revealed the team she will be supporting in the 2024 AFL Grand Final on Saturday
The pre-match entertainment star insists he will have no special loyalty to Brisbane over the Sydney Swans when the two interstate sides meet at the MCG on Saturday.
“You know, I’m Swiss,” the artist told reporters at the MCG on Thursday.
‘What I’m still trying to get over is that Melbourne has 10 teams, and they’re not here!’
Perry will perform a series of her biggest hits to a crowd of 100,000, including I Kissed a Girl with Australian artist rumoured to be Tina Arena, in one of her biggest shows since the 2015 Superbowl.
The 39-year-old American pop singer will perform at the Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans match at the MCG this weekend.
It will be her second performance at the stadium after her appearance at the 2020 Women’s Cricket World Cup, which she said was a huge adrenaline rush.
“It’s been almost 10 years since I’ve done something like this in the United States, and to be able to do something like this again after so long, that doesn’t always happen to an artist, so I’m super excited,” she said.
The American tried her hand at Australian slang and AFL references in a press conference littered with “speccy” and “granny” after running around the turf in high heels while practising handballs with AFLW stars.
“She was super-bubbly,” Swans AFLW star Chloe Molloy told AAP.
‘You never think you’ll rub shoulders with someone like pop icon Katy Perry.
“These are simply the joys of football and how it brings people together.”
Local pop singer and elite swimmer Cody Simpson will perform the national anthem on Saturday and compared his nerves to those at the starting line of the pool.
“It’s a huge honour, it’s probably the ideal way to be able to get back on stage,” he said.
The pre-match entertainment star insists he will have no special loyalty to Brisbane over the Sydney Swans when the two interstate sides meet at the MCG on Saturday.
Elsewhere, Christine Anu will take to the stage alongside her daughter, and avid Swans fan, Zipporah, for a special rendition of their hit song My Island Home.
“It’s great to be able to take part in such an important event as the grand final between two of my favourite teams, so I’ve already won,” said Anu.
Up There Cazaly singer Mike Brady has confirmed he will reprise his original hit, without any reference to late football legend Ron Barassi, in what he believes will be his 20th or 21st appearance at the grand final.
“I’ll probably have to serve longer,” he joked.
Perry tried her hand at Australian slang and AFL references at a press conference littered with ‘speccy’ and ‘granny’ after running around the turf in heels while practising handballs with AFLW stars.