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Katy Perry's confusing career

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Shameless Media

Society & Culture

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Hello hello!  Welcome to a very special SCANDAL re-release AND update all about the one and only Katy Perry! So much has happened in Katy’s life since we initially dropped this Scandal series back in August 2024 – and today, we’re covering every single item on that list…  Thankyou so much to Elite Eleven and their premium heavyweight range for making this episode of Shameless possible. Also – shoutout to ANZ! This episode was researched by Eilish Gilligan and Chloe Elisabeth Wilson, and audio-produced by Ruby Hall.  Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, and executive-produced by Lucy Hunt. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn    Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux  Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp  Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast  Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

This episode of Shameless is brought to you by Elite 11.

0:10.0

Shop the new heavyweight range, oversized, elevated and cozy essentials.

0:14.0

Yeah, I've got the new rules.

0:19.0

Call me a renegade.

0:20.0

The one in the lion's cage, sipping on lemonade, oh, I've got the new rules. Call me a renege. The one in the lion's cage. Slipping on lemonade. I'm a dream. Got you matchstick. We act. Back on the sea. Yeah, you can call me the queen. Hello. Hello. Welcome to our bumper scandal episode about the one and only Katie Perry. There is so much one pack here. I'm excited to

0:39.3

be back here with you, Mish. We wanted to revisit this series because Katie, I think, has been in

0:44.0

the headlines so much this year for so many reasons. I know people listening will probably

0:48.7

remember all of them. But I think what those headlines forget is how massive and influential she was for pop music back in the 2010s.

0:57.4

And I remember recording this at the time being quite stunned about the level of critical and commercial success she received.

1:04.7

Oh, the prominence.

1:05.7

Yeah.

1:06.2

100%.

1:06.8

It's really fascinating to deep her past and trace it all the way back to her very strict

1:11.3

evangelical household to where she is now in 2025. It's been a roller coaster for sure. And it didn't

1:17.6

end after we put this scandal series together. As you said, Zaz, so many more headlines came out.

1:22.9

So at the end of this episode, we will be jumping back into your ears to update you with everything

1:28.6

that's been happening in Katie's world since we released these episodes over a year ago.

1:33.2

Yeah, so we will be touching on Katie's latest album, 143 or 143.

1:37.7

In fact, terrible that I don't know which one it is, I think quite telling perhaps

1:41.7

her world tour, that Blue Origin spaceflight and her

1:45.8

drip-fed separation from Orlando Bloom and then that little Justin Trudeau blip thing.

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