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Katy Perry to headline 2026 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony as fans debate whether she's the right pick
Fox News ^ | May 9, 2026

Posted on 05/10/2026 6:09:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Soccer fans are not happy after Katy Perry was announced as the headliner for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony.

The 41-year-old singer was announced as the headliner on Friday, May 8, and many in the soccer community had strong opinions on the choice. Pop Crave shared the announcement on their X account and the comments section featured a mixed bag of reactions.

Many were against the organization's decision to sign her as the headliner, with one commenter writing, "I honestly think they could've picked someone better."

"On behalf of the football community we don’t know Katy Perry," another added. A third wrote, "What songs will she be performing, this World Cup is proving to be a disaster!"

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: fifa; music; ohwowanyway; sports
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1 posted on 05/10/2026 6:09:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

She’s never the right pick!........


2 posted on 05/10/2026 6:12:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I want Potty Mouth Bad Bunny instead of a slut who sold her soul to the devil. Won’t be watching anyway so who cares.


3 posted on 05/10/2026 6:14:24 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: MinorityRepublican

“B” cups?


4 posted on 05/10/2026 6:19:53 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

A terrorist attack is almost guaranteed at someplace in this tournament. I wouldn’t go to a game if they paid me and let me go armed.


5 posted on 05/10/2026 6:26:59 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)
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To: MinorityRepublican

She’s perfect. She has a head like a soccer ball.


6 posted on 05/10/2026 6:28:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Remember, King Hakeem and his butt buddy, Schumer are still going to try to reopen the border.)
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To: rktman; MinorityRepublican; Fungi

She’s the perfect pick.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/soccer-and-metric-system-jay-nordlinger/

Soccer and the metric system were rebukes to American exceptionalism — American thickheadedness and backwardness. The rest of the world did it; America was stubborn and behind, in its rejection of those things. America held on to this screwy imperial — imperialist! — system: feet and yards, pints and gallons. The rest of the world had this elegant and logical and non-imperialist — non-British! — system. America had its brutish sports: football, in particular. We needed to embrace the real football, soccer, played by thin, small, virtuous Third Worlders, who had no equipment save a ball, and maybe a few sticks for goals. Nets, too, if they were really lucky.


7 posted on 05/10/2026 6:28:57 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Red Badger

Totally agree. Why would they pick her? (I almost said something not very nice.)


8 posted on 05/10/2026 6:29:17 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I would rather have Left Shark.


9 posted on 05/10/2026 6:31:20 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
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To: rktman; MinorityRepublican; Fungi

She’s the perfect pick, 2.0

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4110365/posts

The World Cup, rather, is a working model of President Obama’s foreign policy vision: a world in which America has no special role, where inferior countries are no longer humbled by American greatness, where every country is exceptional, and free shots on goal are not earned, but given away as a handout to those who have mastered the art of falling down. In the group stage, at least, the games can end in a tie.

Attempts to exert even a modicum of American exceptionalism—e.g., calling it soccer, instead of “football,” like everyone else—are greeted with disdain. President Obama, for example, thinks we should abandon these imperialistic pretensions. Of course he does. He has spent the last six years trying to weaken America at home and abroad. Why stop now?


10 posted on 05/10/2026 6:34:59 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: FamiliarFace

I’m surprised that they didn’t get Shakira🙄.......


11 posted on 05/10/2026 6:38:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Is this happening in the country who launched a massacre upon dogs ahead of this spectacle ?

If so, what did she think about that?


12 posted on 05/10/2026 6:45:59 PM PDT by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wow. A singer. An Astronaut (I can’t say that with a straight face). Justin Trudeau’s beard. And now she’s going to open for gay football.


13 posted on 05/10/2026 6:47:33 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Red Badger

Personally, I would take Shakira over Katy Perry, although that would still be inappropriate. Not sure what American performer I would put in. Carrie Underwood maybe? She’s more wholesome that Katy (can’t make her mind up) Perry.


14 posted on 05/10/2026 6:53:21 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

The Soccer natives are restless about this “news”


15 posted on 05/10/2026 7:00:47 PM PDT by xp38
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To: MinorityRepublican

There’s more air in Katie’s head than in a soccer ball so go for it.


16 posted on 05/10/2026 7:07:26 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Fungi
I want Potty Mouth Bad Bunny instead of a slut who sold her soul to the devil.

Maybe she should do a duet with Miley Cyrus and get a 2fer?

17 posted on 05/10/2026 7:09:36 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Sean Combs would've been a better pick but he was already booked.

But, seriesly folks, you've been a wonderful audience. I'll be here all week. Good night.

18 posted on 05/10/2026 7:34:28 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Katy Perry? Bring on the dancing sharks!


19 posted on 05/10/2026 7:41:40 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: DoodleBob
When I was coming of age, soccer was pushed on us, and so was the metric system — and for the same reason: The rest of the world did it....

I remember my high school physics teacher telling us back in 1974 that it was only a matter of time before we went to the metric system. 1974. And yet here we are. We went to the moon and back on the English system; no one else has gone on any other system.

As for soccer.... we are told every World Cup this will kickstart the growth of soccer in the US. Bah....

20 posted on 05/10/2026 7:46:26 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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