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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She’s never the right pick!........
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.
“B” cups?
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.
She’s perfect. She has a head like a soccer ball.
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.
Totally agree. Why would they pick her? (I almost said something not very nice.)
I would rather have Left Shark.
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?
I’m surprised that they didn’t get Shakira🙄.......
Is this happening in the country who launched a massacre upon dogs ahead of this spectacle ?
If so, what did she think about that?
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.
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.
The Soccer natives are restless about this “news”
There’s more air in Katie’s head than in a soccer ball so go for it.
Maybe she should do a duet with Miley Cyrus and get a 2fer?
But, seriesly folks, you've been a wonderful audience. I'll be here all week. Good night.
Katy Perry? Bring on the dancing sharks!
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....
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