Katy Perry shows too much gurl for Sesame Street

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Katy Perry shows too much gurl for Sesame Street
Katy Perry shows too much gurl for Sesame Street

Katy Perry's appearance on Sesame Street has been pulled after TV bosses decided she was showing too much cleavage for a children's show. The show said it won't screen a taped segment featuring the California Gurls singer with Elmo. The pop star, who is engaged to Russell Brand and is known for her risque outfits, wore a gold bustier top as she sang a version of her hit Hot And Cold. But some felt it was too revealing for the children's show. In a statement, Sesame Street said that in light of the 'feedback we've received' after the excerpt was screened on YouTube they wouldn't include it on the show. Katy's representative did not comment.

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.