Pregnant Katy Perry has discussed her impending motherhood and life as an expectant mother in the midst of a global pandemic.
The Roar singer, 35, is currently expecting her first child with fiancé Orlando Bloom and admitted she has been getting emotional thanks to her pregnancy and the global health crisis, while also revealing she wasn’t certain she could be a mum.
Appearing on both Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show and Fleur East’s Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Friday morning, she discussed her pregnancy and lockdown.
Tough times: Pregnant Katy Perry has discussed her impending motherhood and life as an expectant mother in the midst of a global pandemic
On being a new mum, Katy told Fleur: ‘I’ve always wanted to be that. I didn’t know if I could be that, or if I’d have the capacity…
‘My sister is the most maternal one in my family and I’m a logistics strategiser, you know, show off, and I didn’t have the maternal gene, so I’ve had to really learn how to have that.’
Speaking to Zoe, Katy said: ‘My plan pre-COVID was, you know, just to keep going and put out a record in the summer until my waters break, then I was going to transition into being a mum…
‘But there’s obviously a certain skill set that’s needed in being a full time mum, and I guess I get to have a test run. But like everyone else I go sit in my parked car outside of my house, lock the doors and sometimes just cry off my fake eyelashes.’
Radiant: The Roar singer, 35, is currently expecting her first child with fiancé Orlando Bloom and admitted she has been getting emotional thanks to her pregnancy and the global health crisis, while also revealing she wasn’t certain she could be a mum
After Zoe gave her a glowing introduction, Katy quipped: ‘You’re like and here’s a bunch of accolades, and she’s done this she’s done that, but I can barely make three nourishing meals for myself and anyone else a day!
‘I’ve got a little bit of OCD, I like to organise and I can’t do dishes as dishes for me are the epitome of never really over, they’re just never done, you turn around and there they are. So I can sweep and feel great because it’s a pile, it feels good…
‘I’ve got something to show for myself afterwards. So it’s like I’ve made it, I have a pile from sweeping, but yeah.’
A vision: Katy has just released her new single ‘Daisies’
Meanwhile, Katy – who has just released her new single ‘Daisies’ – is currently in quarantine with her nieces and Orlando’s son Flynn, nine, from his first marriage to Miranda Kerr, and Katy said having them around is preparing her for motherhood.
She explained: ‘It’s been wild, I’m quarantining with my three year old and six year old niece and then Orlando’s son who’s 9 and, you know, just getting used to having kids around the house.’
And she insisted that the Covid-19 pandemic has made her appreciate everything more and said she won’t take anything for granted ever again.
Grateful: And she insisted that the Covid-19 pandemic has made her appreciate everything more and said she won’t take anything for granted ever again
Katy said: ‘For me in quarantine time, it’s kind of taken on a whole new meaning because I think we’ve had a lot of time to reflect and think about what we have taken for granted in our lives and what we have kind of pushed to the wayside…
‘As far as dreams go thinking ‘Oh, there’ll always be time, and I’ll always be able to do it’, then all of a sudden you lose all right to do anything in some ways and you go ‘Oh wow’, if I ever get the chance to live again I’m really gonna live fully…
‘I’m going to try and go for all those dreams I kind of put on a shelf.’
Full house! She explained: ‘It’s been wild, I’m quarantining with my three year old and six year old niece and then Orlando’s son who’s 9 and, you know, just getting used to having kids around the house’
On how she announced the news, she said: ‘I always like to announce things through my music, which is my main focus and everything stems from that…
‘I wanted to do something creative and related to music and it just seemed so natural. I was getting really big, couldn’t hide it, and I was getting sick of hiding it too. I was like, how many purses can I put in front of me?..
‘It was either, I put it out or some tabloid puts it out. It’s nice to have control over your first kid.’
Listen to Zoe’s BBC 2 Breakfast Show on https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08h8z5t
Listen to Fleur East on Hits Radio Breakfast every weekday morning from 6am – hitsradio.co.uk