Katy Perry is once again proving that Hollywood privilege doesn’t equal historical literacy.
The pop star sparked outrage online after weighing in on the violent anti-ICE riots erupting in Los Angeles. In a string of Instagram stories, Perry appeared to defend the chaos by claiming that illegal immigrants are being “hunted like criminals” in what she bizarrely referred to as their “ancestral home.”
The backlash was swift and brutal.
Critics flooded X (formerly Twitter), dragging the “Teenage Dream” singer for backing lawlessness and romanticizing borderless America — all while ignoring basic facts about U.S. history and immigration law.
For those who skipped U.S. history: California was ceded to the United States in 1848 as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million and legally acquired the land after winning the Mexican-American War — you know, how countries and borders actually work.
Perry’s post came as parts of Los Angeles descended into chaos, with masked agitators attacking police, throwing rocks, looting stores, and clashing with federal agents trying to enforce immigration law. President Trump responded by deploying the National Guard to restore order.
But instead of condemning the violence, Perry chose to echo the same talking points being pushed by open-border activists — portraying lawbreakers as victims and ICE agents as villains.
Hi-Rez, Chad Prather, and other artists on the right have been slamming this kind of Hollywood hypocrisy for years — the kind where celebrities living in gated mansions call for defunding police and erasing borders, all while hiding behind private security and luxury.
Katy Perry might have reached for the stars on her Blue Origin space flight, but down here on Earth, people still expect facts to matter — especially when it comes to national security.
Stick to bubblegum pop, Katy. America already has enough amateur historians rewriting the past to justify anarchy in the present.
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