Katy Perry turned 41 this week and decided to celebrate the milestone in a way only Katy Perry could—by yeeting her birthday cake across the room like it was part of a Vegas show finale. The pop star, still in costume after her Lifetimes Tour performance, blew out the candles on a massive sheet cake, picked it up, and launched it toward a crew member. The cake missed its target, splattered across the floor, and instantly became the most divisive dessert on the internet.
The moment, caught on video, made its rounds on X and Instagram faster than you can say “I Kissed a Girl.” In the clip, Perry laughs as her dancers scoop handfuls of the floor cake to eat, while her boyfriend, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (yes, you read that right), stands in the background watching the chaos unfold with the composure of a man who’s seen one too many political scandals.
But the internet wasn’t laughing. One X user claimed her mother baked the cake and was devastated to see her hard work reduced to frosting splatter. “My mom was the one that baked this cake. She was so excited about the opportunity to make a cake for Katy Perry and spent so long on it. I’m genuinely confused and upset as to why she would do this,” she wrote. Others joined in on the outrage. “The most disrespectful thing is her being okay with her crew having to demean themselves to eat food off the floor which she threw instead of serving it up for them,” another user said.
Comments poured in calling the move “cringe AF” and “disgusting,” with one person summing up the collective confusion: “A grown 41-year-old woman not caring about the person who will clean up her mess & the person who put hard work into making that cake.”
Of course, not everyone saw it as a crime against dessert. A few defended Perry, arguing that she likely paid for the cake and could do whatever she wanted with it. “Katy Perry probably decided there was no way she was going to risk eating that cake or letting anyone in her crew risk it,” one person said. “If I were a celeb, I’d NEVER eat anything sent to me by a fan.” Another added, “Once paid for, whoever bought the cake can do whatever they want with it.”
Some fans even found humor in the failed toss. “Her missing the target made me genuinely laugh,” one user admitted, which, to be fair, is pretty on brand for Perry’s chaotic sense of humor.
Still, the backlash shows no signs of cooling. “Never understand why people throw or push people’s faces into them, such a waste,” one critic wrote. Another added, “Lowkey feel bad for her crew cause they looked excited for some cake.”
It’s not the first time Perry’s antics have split fans, but this might be the first time frosting was involved. Whether you see it as a harmless bit of fun or an ungrateful act of waste, Katy Perry’s birthday party is the only one this year that ended with a cake crisis and a cameo from Justin Trudeau.
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