Katy Perry Narrowly Avoids Wardrobe Malfunction Live on ‘American Idol’

Katy Perry is having a fashion crisis!

The American Idol panelist, 39, had an embarrassing moment on Monday night’s episode when her top broke in the middle of judging a contestant.

The wardrobe malfunction happened just before Top 14 hopeful Roman Collins performed “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” by James Brown when Perry’s silver sculptural crop top by Kate Barton, appeared to come loose at the back. 

In a behind-the-scenes video posted by Perry on Instagram after the show on Monday, April 15, the singer was seen being tended to by a group of crew members as they tried to fix her top while she remained sitting at the judging panel.

“My top broke #idol,” Perry explained in the caption.

“I need my top to stay on,” the “Daisies” singer said in the clip, before giving a concerned look at the camera. “If it’s not fixed, this show is going to get more than it wanted,” she joked in a following shot as her top was repaired. 

Fellow Idol Judge Luke Bryan then stepped in to help. “Hey, I got it!” The country singer, 47, said as he pulled out a pair of tiny scissors and reached toward the back of Perry’s top. “I’m going in!” He shouted. 

Bryan paused shortly after and changed his mind as he said, “Never mind.” A slide then appeared with a voiceover reading the words, ‘A few moments later …”

Perry was next seen in a clip from Monday night’s Idol episode immediately after having had her wardrobe malfunction as she wrapped her arms around her chest while standing at the judging panel. 

 “That song, uh, broke my top off!” the panelist told contestant Collins. “I guess it is a woman’s world,” she added, playfully referring to his song rendition. 

“Ratings! Here we come ratings!” Bryan was heard joking beside her.

Perry, kneeling behind the panel table to cover herself, joked, “It’s a family show!”

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A final shot showed the singer back in her seat as she held a pillow over her chest to protect her modesty.

“I wouldn’t call it a malfunction, I’ll just call it an interesting moment on live television,” Perry told Access Hollywood after the show. “It seems like every season, I’m either tearing the seam of my pants or … I’m just super expressive physically!” 

“I just love this outfit so much and I knew I was rolling the dice but I was like, who cares?” she added.