Katy Perry snubbed last-minute request to step in for X Factor's Kelly Rowland

by Ashleigh Rainbird, Daily Mirror 2/11/2011

KATY Perry rejected a last-minute request to stand in for the X Factors Kelly Rowland, who pulled a sickie had a dangerously sore throat and couldnt fly over from America.

Singer Katy, 26, was due to perform in Aberdeen for her California Dreams tour on Saturday when she got the call.

She told Real Radio: I would have loved to but I just didnt have time.

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I might have felt out of the loop as its not at the beginning. I wouldnt want to be an unfair critic by not knowing the artists history. Who actually ended up doing it?

It was Alexandra Burke, Katy. Wow, she really would have been well out of the loop.