Katy Perry in Knife Controversy
Pop sensation Katy Perry has caused outrage in the UK after a photo of her posing with a knife was discovered on the internet.
The picture was part of a series of photos taken to promote her debut album One of the Boys but was discarded as a leading image.
Perry who is best known for her single I Kissed A Girl which topped the UK charts earlier in the year, is still to comment on the picture.
Richard Taylor, father of knife victim Damilola Taylor, told The Sun newspaper "This woman's behaviour is unacceptable.
"She must be out of her mind to pose for a picture like this. There is nothing glamorous about knives - they wreck families."
What are your thoughts on the photograph? Is Katy at fault for posing with a deadly weapon or are media being too sensitive? Could this picture influence young people to carry knives or is it simply a harmless PR stunt?
I think for younger teens they are easily influenced and so seeing a singer they love holding a knife as if its no big deal is a problem.
The image was pulled and should not have been seen so they obviously realised it was wrong so i dont think she should be getting negative press for it, after all it was the reord companies choice at the photoshoot and not hers i bet.
Was it right to do the photo ? no, not as a role model. Should she get negative press for the photo ? no, it was pulled.
Next people will be banned from carrying pens or pencils and be forced to resort to crayons.
Slow news day was it people?
Get real people kill not knives
for posing with a knife in a country essentially ran by an oversensitive media.
seriously - half the problem with knives is everyones terrified of them. a tiny minority of people carry them, which will have likely tripled over the past several months with the knife crime stuff; wouldnt be as much of an issue if knife crime wasnt such a moral panic.
this isnt saying i think shes right though - she could probably have guessed the effect thisd have. unless all shes good for is writing annoying as hell songs :p haha
She's just holding a knife, not stabbing someone!
I think she should make a public apology.
Don't think we'll remember her music or this photo in a few months never mind years
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