Luke Bryan and Katy Perry.Photo:Disney/Art Streiber
Disney/Art Streiber
Katy Perryis making sureLuke Bryanstays healthy.
During Sunday’s episode ofAmerican Idol, the “Teenage Dream” singer made her fellow judge partake in a vitamin-filled IV drip on set of the ABC singing competition series after repeatedly encouraging the country star to get his nutrients.
Perry, 39, was already seated in the audition room withLionel Richiewhen Bryan, 47, walked in, saw the IV drip next to his chair and cheekily asked, “Is that urine in there?”
Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.ABC
ABC
“No, it is not,” replied Richie, 74, while Perry jokingly shrugged.
“This season I was going to get vitamins into you, even if I had to stab you in the veins with them,” she told Bryan. “After seven frickin' seasons, you ain’t taken one of them!”
Luke Bryan and Katy Perry.Eric McCandless White via Getty Images
Eric McCandless White via Getty Images
“I told you! You’d be so much better with a little Cs and Ds and Es,” quipped Perry, who filmed Bryan getting the IV inserted into his arm.
“Katy is making me take my first-ever IV with vitamins,” said Bryan, narrating the pop superstar’s video.
“Why do we have to go this route, Luke?” Perry shadily asked. “‘Cause you won’t orally take vitamins. We have to stick you with them.”
While Bryan was physically connected to the IV drip,American Idolresumed auditions — and the next contestant, Aniston Pate, expressed confusion before performing an original song written for her mom.
At one point after the judges admitted Pate through to Hollywood, Bryan took out his IV drip and claimed removal was the most painful part of the process.
Perry’s efforts to keep Bryan’s health in order comes as she prepares to exitAmerican Idolat the end of the current season. She announced her departure during a recent appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!, and Richie spoke about his reaction in an interview on the same show shortly afterward.
Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan.Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty
Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty
“I’m not mad — it just made me run off the road when I first heard about it,” the “Hello” performer laughed, adding: “My phone blew up.”
While Richie didn’t know about Perry leaving before she announced the news on Kimmel’s show, he said “it makes sense.”
“In other words: The reason I love coming on the show with you and the reason I’m doingAmerican Idolis because I have 400 years of stories and a life in the music business. I have things that I’ve done," he told the host, 56.
source: people.com
