Luke Bryan Not Surprised by Katy Perry’s ‘American Idol’ Exit

Luke Bryan will be unhappy to see Katy Perry go away American Idol, but he’s not shocked by the singer’s conclusion.

“I experienced read whispers that she was wondering about it – it was not like a huge shock,” Bryan, 47, shared in a modern job interview with Style of Nation. “I feel she kinda just acquired caught up in the instant with [Jimmy] Kimmel and it’s possible announced that she was finished.”

Perry, 39, teased that the existing time 22 of American Idol will “probably” be her previous through a February visual appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Stay!. “I imply, I like Idol so much,” she mentioned at the time. “It’s related me with, like, the heart of The united states, but I truly feel like I have to have to go out and come to feel that pulse to my personal conquer, you know what I’m expressing?”

She included: “I wanna go and see the entire world and it’s possible bring new songs. Perhaps I’ll come back again if they’ll have me just one working day.” Us Weekly achieved out for remark about Perry’s exit at the time.

Bryan explained to Flavor of Country that it is “been a good run” judging with Perry since year 16 in 2018. “She and I have developed a great friendship and to function along with her, I necessarily mean, heck, I was there right before her daughter was born, and now her daughter is 3 or 4 a long time outdated.” (Perry and her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, welcomed their daughter, Daisy, 3, in August 2020.)

“Just viewing her be a mother via this complete approach. I suggest, it’s just been really entertaining having to know Katy,” Bryan gushed. “She appreciates that no subject what her subsequent endeavors are, that she can choose up the mobile phone and simply call me and examine in and say hey. If she at any time desires fishing guidance or any random stuff like that.”

As for his personal upcoming on American Idol, Bryan hinted that it’s up in the air. “Every 12 months we re-kinda negotiate how we do Idol, and it’s a yr motivation,” he described. “It’s not like I have a five-yr deal or just about anything. So when we start out finding into the later stages of Idol, we’ll get started deciding whether or not we appear back or not, and that is how we have done it for 7 yrs.”

Back in February, Richie, 74, unveiled all through his possess interview with Jimmy Kimmel that he was “not mad” about Perry’s departure just before joking, “It just manufactured me operate off the road when I to start with listened to about it. My cell phone blew up.”

Richie went on to be aware that he and Bryan had been unaware of Perry’s exit prior to she declared it but that they assume it “makes sense.” He ongoing: “When Katy suggests, ‘I want to go and make some stories,’ recall, she’s younger. The level is that you have to acquire some time and really be an artist.”

When there’s been no term about who will swap Perry’s Idol sneakers, 1 of the show’s most famous alumni claimed she’d be interested in having in excess of for the pop star. “Oh hiiii @AmericanIdol – I listen to a seat opened up at the judges table! I’m placing my title in the hat! 🙋🏽‍♀️,” season 6 winner Jordin Sparks wrote by way of X in February.

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