Katy Perry Wants Jelly Roll to Replace Her on American Idol

Katy Perry has some ideas on who should exchange her as a judge on American Idol just after her closing season.

“I gotta say Jelly Roll was ridiculous when he came on the demonstrate,” Perry, 39, informed E! Information on Monday, April 15. “I was persuaded at something he stated. He could operate for president, he could be my pastor, I could possibly go again to church for him. He could offer me just about anything.”

Perry extra of the artist, who appeared on an episode of Idol before this month, “So I like him. And to have any of these fellas additionally Jelly on the exhibit would be wonderful. I love you, Jelly!”

When it arrives to what would make a fantastic judge, Perry claimed honesty is the ideal good quality. “I want a real truth teller,” she mentioned. “I want someone that is not scared to tell the truth of the matter in a sleek way.”

In February, Perry discovered on Jimmy Kimmel Reside! that she was leaving the singing competition  just after a 7-period operate.

“I feel this will likely be my final show, my past year for Idol. I imply, I really like Idol so substantially … it is related me with, like, the coronary heart of The usa but I really feel like I have to have to go out and sense that pulse — that pulse to my own defeat,” she reported at the time. “You know what I’m expressing?”

Perry hinted that her fellow judges, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, didn’t know about her designs. “Well, they’ll come across out tonight,” she informed host Jimmy Kimmel. “They know that I have some things planned for this yr.”

While she’s leaving the Idol environment powering, Perry nonetheless has big things in the performs for her job. “Well, you know, essentially this slide in September, I’m likely to be accomplishing this enormous audio pageant in Brazil known as Rock and Rio,” she reported. “It’s definitely thrilling. It is a big offer for folks all about the world, specifically for my Brazilian admirers.”

All over her time on Idol, it just cannot be denied that Perry has had some entertaining. During Monday’s episode, she hilariously lined up a wardrobe malfunction when her major broke although judging a contestant.

“I want my major to keep on,” she reported when creation crew customers rushed to resolve the again of her shirt. “If it’s not preset, this exhibit is gonna get extra than it wished.”

Perry then joked to the contestant, “That music broke my top off,” introducing, “It’s a spouse and children display.”

American Idol year 22 airs on ABC Sundays and Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.