In what was one of the most bizarre segments ever to appear on ESPN’s College GameDay, pop singer Katy Perry joined the program as the Guest Picker. The traveling roadshow that is GameDay visited Oxford, MS for the first time ever and to say this edition was memorable is an understatement.
Usually the guest has a connection to the school or location, but Perry who was born in California admitted to host Chris Fowler that her manager was from Mississippi and the Alabama-Ole Miss game was the first college football game that she would attend.
Dressed in something pink that had to be seen to be believed, Perry upstaged everyone on the set from Desmond Howard to Lee Corso.
She brought her own props from a huge pencil to corn dogs that she eventually threw at the camera after Corso’s headgear pick. She asked if one of the games she was picking had the Gamecocks, but omit “Game” and also hit on Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight (“Call me”).
Trying to play to the crowd, Perry picked Mississippi State against Texas A&M which didn’t go over well, but she did take Mississippi over Alabama which got everyone into a frenzy. And to top it off, she removed Corso’s elephant head when he picked Alabama.
Here’s a sample of her appearance today thanks to Uproxx’s Andy Isaac.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqs24zhKq4
And here are some reaction tweets. Let’s just say Perry was polarizing.
I hope all of Katy Perry’s football picks today are right, and she comes back to GameDay every week, and gets all her picks right forever.
— jesse spector (@jessespector) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry was great as a guest picker really KNEW her stuff..what a stupid I am!
— Dan Dakich (@dandakich) October 4, 2014
I love Katy Perry's music…but please keep her away from college football
— Kristi Dosh (@SportsBizMiss) October 4, 2014
Eminem watching Katy Perry on College Gameday pic.twitter.com/6abUvkiBdp
— JD Harmeyer (@jdharm) October 4, 2014
.@katyperry Do you think Indiana will cover 13.5 vs. North Texas
— Faux Pelini (@FauxPelini) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry brought corn dogs and is now officially the best guest picker of all time
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry holding a corn dog on ESPN. I don't even know what demographic they're going for anymore.
— Aisle 424 Has Fallen (@Aisle424) October 4, 2014
My reaction when katy perry said "Did you say LSU or L-S-PEW?" on college day game http://t.co/6MuWsxm134
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) October 4, 2014
There’s not much that could top this and why would ESPN try?
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