Katy Perry Cringes After ‘American Idol’ Contestant Sings Ex John Mayer’s Song: ‘You Should Wikipedia Me’

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Some friendly advice. Katy Perry had a hilarious reaction when an American Idol contestant sang a track by her ex-boyfriend John Mayer — and she offered him a tip he could use in the future.“I feel like maybe you should Wikipedia me,” the “Roar” singer, 37, quipped during the Monday, April 25, episode of the Fox series after Noah Thompson sang “Heartbreak Warfare” by Mayer, 44. “I picked John Denver!”Perry’s fellow judge Luke Bryan admitted that he chose the tune for Thompson, 20. “It’s a great song,” the California native told the singer. “You did great, but I can’t talk anymore.”The Grammy nominee then hid under the desk while Bryan, 45, and Lionel Richie attempted to comfort her. “Who’s going to pay for my extra hour of therapy?” she joked.The “Never Really Over” songstress and the Connecticut native dated off and on from 2012 to 2014.

In August 2013, they released a duet titled “Who You Love,” which appeared on Mayer’s album Paradise Valley.Three years later, the Dead & Company musician admitted that he wrote “Still Feel Like Your Man” about his ex-girlfriend. “Who else would I be thinking about?” he told The New York Times in March 2017. “And by the way, it’s a testament to the fact that I have not dated a lot of people in the last five, six years.

That was my only relationship. So it’s like, give me this, people.”The song included lines like, “I still keep your shampoo in my shower / In case you wanna wash your hair.”Earlier this year, the Grammy winner said that he still thinks fondly of the track he recorded with Perry while they were dating. “That’s a fun song,” he said during a February interview on Backstage With Andy Cohen. “I think it ages pretty well.