Katy Perry: ‘My heart goes out’ to ‘Catfish’ victim

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pop singer Katy Perry has finally commented on last week’s Catfish episode that starred Knoxville man Spencer Morrill, who thought he had dated Perry for six years online.

Perry shared her thoughts on the situation during an interview on the SiriusXM radio show The Morning Mash Up, saying "my heart goes out to" Morrill.

"You know, like, my heart goes out to him actually because anybody that's been fooled like that or just, you know, people have dreams, and people live in different parts of world where not everything is always so accessible. Like we live on the coast, and we, you know, get stuff in a way that some other people don't get, and I felt bad for him, and so I didn't really like to indulge in that," said Perry.

'Catfish' thought he dated Katy Perry for six years online

The singer said she found out about Morrill because someone sent her a link about what happened on the show last Wednesday.

"Yes someone sent me a link, and I didn't actually read through it because I just think it's really unfortunate and very sad," she said.

During the Catfish episode, Morrill, with the help of show hosts Nev Schulman and Max Joseph, found out that he had been catfished by a woman named Harriet who lives in England and pretended to be Perry. After the episode aired, Harriet bragged about catfishing Morrill on Twitter, receiving praise and disapproval by other Twitter users.

Morrill admitted to being gullible and said he won't pursue another online relationship in the future.