Being a dead ringer for a celebrity can get you places — just askKaty Perry.
During anInstagram Livevideo on Monday night withZooey Deschanel(the star of Perry’s new music video,“Not the End of the World”), the singer revealed that she used to leverage the fact that the two resemble each other to enjoy certain perks back in the early 2000s, before she was a household name.
“I have to admit something, Zooey,” said Perry, 36. “When I came to L.A., I was pretty much a nobody, and you were just getting so huge at that time — itwas like Zooey Deschanel ran the world. … In that moment, I was so complimented to look like you.”
“But I have to admit something to you on a Live: That when I first got to L.A., I went to the club alot,” she continued. “And I wanted to get into the club and I had no money, I had no clout, I had nothing, and sometimes I would pose as you to get into the club.”
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To Perry’s surprise, Deschanel, 40, admitted that she knew what was going on, from word of mouth.
“People would be like, ‘I saw you!’ " theShe + Himsongstress recalled, laughing. “But I’m such a Goody Two-shoes and people kept going, ‘I saw you out! I made eye contact with you!’ And I was like, ‘No!’ And then everybody kept telling me about this girlKaty, Katy, who looks just like you,‘and I’m like, ‘Who is this Katy?’ "
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“And then when I met you, I was so relieved because you’re so pretty and I was like, ‘Oh, thank God. She’s so pretty,’ " Deschanel added. “You never know when people say you look like somebody what they’re gonna look like and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s gorgeous. Thank you.’ "
Perry went on to recall that she “got pretty crunk in the club,” admitting that from when she arrived in L.A. at age 17 until about age 23, when"I Kissed a Girl"came out, she “was a wild child.”
“I was turned up to 11 at the club,” she said. “I’m sorry if I misrepresented you; I wanted to say that now.”
“It’s a compliment!” theNew Girlstar assured her with a laugh.
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Perry, who welcomed daughterDaisy Dovewith fiancéOrlando Bloomin August, created the concept of her new music video while on maternity leave, and suggested that Deschanel step in for her.
On Monday, theAmerican Idoljudge celebrated the release of her new music video on Instagram, writing, “BREAKING NEWS 📢#NotTheEndOfTheWorldVideoIS HERE!!!! Link in bio.”
“Not the End of the World” appears on Perry’s latest albumSmile, which was released in August and includes her songs “Daisies,” “Smile,” “Never Really Over” and “Harleys in Hawaii.”
source: people.com
