Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Katy Perry says she’s ‘quit shaving’ her legs since becoming a mom
nypost.comgiving birth to daughter Daisy Dove with fiancé Orlando Bloom in August.Perry, a judge on the show, told contestant Cassandra Coleman, “As a new mother I don’t have very much time, so I’ve quit shaving my legs.”Continued the star, “But when you sang, the hair on my legs grew an inch and a half.
Full-body chills! It was amazing.”She even gave her fellow judges a glimpse of her stubble, stretching her legs out on the table.
It’s not the first time Perry has gotten real about motherhood on “American Idol,” as she previously shocked the other judges by wearing a breastfeeding-friendly dress on the show.me: I'm going to be productive todayalso me: pic.twitter.com/PvsKoaxGc5She’s been known to share candid mom moments on social media too,.
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