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'American Idol' judge wants Taylor Swift to replace Katy Perry after exit
Fox News
"American Idol" judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, along with host Ryan Seacrest, weighed in on Katy Perry's impending exit from the hit show.
"Katy's great," said Richie. "The first season, she made me turn into my mom and dad and grandma so fast, ‘Like what are you doing? You can't do that in public.' Everything that was adult came out of me. I realized this lady was out of control. Then Luke would come in and say some stuff. Then I started thinking about my reputation. But then we got to the point where it settled in, I became papa bear and I have the children." Christina Dugan Ramirez is a freelance entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
"I'm going to miss her. Finding someone who has that sense of humor, it's going to be tough," he added.
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