Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Ex-etiquette — the big business of a dignified celebrity breakup
msn.comcouples. “A beauty” is what rapper Travis Scott wrote underneath an Instagram grid shot of the mother of his two children, Kylie Jenner, smouldering in a body-con dress during a photo shoot for her new Kylash mascara line.
That she is his ex and he would compliment her publicly in this way seemed so incomprehensible — they must be getting back together, right?
But the duo has been on/off for years and in that time have never bad mouthed one another: whether they are back together or not, they are just one of many (former) couples who are consistently nice to each other online — and in the press.
Jenner’s sister, Khloe Kardashian could teach a masterclass in being magnanimous to errant partners. She regularly celebrates and compliments her ex Tristan Thompson, who cheated on her numerous times and even fathered a child with personal trainer Maralee Nichols behind Kardashian’s back, writing things like “Happy birthday @realtristan13.
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