Jack Antonoff poked fun at rumors he dissed Katy Perry by wearing earplugs during her 2024 MTV Video Music Awards performance on Wednesday.
Jack Antonoff brushed off rumors he intentionally dissed Katy Perry by wearing earplugs during her 2024 MTV Video Music Awards performance Wednesday night.
The music producer took to X Thursday to sarcastically address critics who slammed him as “disrespectful” when a clip of him putting something in his ear while the “Roar” songstress sang went viral.
“I would like to tell you directly from me that i (sic) did in fact use earplugs the other night,” he wrote. “they were blue ‘hearos’ brand and im mortified to admit that i’ve been using them for a long time as well as buying them in bulk.”
Antonoff, 40, jokingly added it was “humiliating” for him to disclose that he not only uses the earplugs in extremely loud environments but “on planes and every night while” sleeping.
“there is nothing left to do but apologize and thank those who have covered this story because although it’s an embarrassment to my family and i, i do believe that this was a very important and pressing issue that needed to be exposed,” he quipped.
The “Rollercoaster” star continued, “i’m sorry to those i let down and today i will not being going to work and instead thinking about my earplug use and everyone that has been affected by it.
