AN American Idol contestant, who auditioned for this year's show, has slammed judge Katy Perry for making "hurtful" and "embarrassing" comments to her.
She also accused the singer of "mom-shaming her."
On a recent episode of Idol, contestant Sara Beth Liebe auditioned and the judges could not believe she was 25.
"You look 16," Luke Bryan said.
"15," Katy spoke up.
"I have three kids, so that's like-," Sara Beth started to say.
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Katy got up out of her seat and turned around, placing her hands on the table by Luke and fanning herself.
"Are you OK, Katy?" he asked.
"Nope," the 38-year-old shook her head before returning to her seat.
"If Katy lays on the table, I think I'm gonna pass out," Sara Beth chuckled.
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"Three kids?" Lionel Richie asked.
But, it was this comment from Katy, that offended Sara Beth.
"Honey, you've been laying on the table too much," the singer said.
Luke laughed and the contestant seemed OK with it at the time, but later spoke up about it on her Tiktok page.
'WASN'T SUPER KIND'
Sara Beth took a break from her usual cover song videos and videos with her kids to talk about how she felt about Katy's comments.
"At the start of my audition before I sang, I mentioned that I had three children. That I was a young mom," she said.
"And Katy Perry 'made a joke,'" Sara Beth continued, putting the last three words in quotes, "that wasn't super kind."
"I don't really have too much to say on my feelings about it because I feel like it's probably pretty self-explanatory."
She continued: "I mean it was embarrassing to have that on TV and it was hurtful and you know, that's that."
"But, I did want to take this opportunity to just say that women supporting and uplifting other women is so cool and I think that mom-shaming is super lame."
"And I think that it's hard enough to be a mom and it's hard enough to be a woman," Sara Beth said.
The contestant ended: "I don't think there's really anymore to it. If you love your babies and you're a good momma then that's all that really matters, and other comments just don't feel necessary."
Katy, herself, is a mom to two-year-old Daisy Dove with her partner, Orlando Bloom.
'IS THIS YOUR DREAM?'
After Sara Beth delivered a performance of Benny and the Jets to the judges, Katy asked her if this was her dream.
"Is this your dream? If it's not your dream you might need to leave because there are a lot of dreams behind you," the judge said.
"Right, literally I'm still processing. I can't even answer," Sara Beth responded.
Katy then went on to call the contestant a "comic strip character come to life."
Luke liked her nervous energy and gave her a yes.
Lionel was concerned that she didn't want it enough, so he said no.
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But, Katy gave her a "Yeah, sure. Why Not?" sending her through to Hollywood.
American Idol airs Sundays at 8pm ET on ABC.
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