Katy Perry‘s “Teenage Dream” music video costar Josh Kloss said he endured “silent trauma” after she allegedly exposed his genitals at a 2012 party.
“Some people believe that if you’re pulling people’s pants down at a party, you’re pranking them and it’s normal,” Kloss, 45, told Page Six in an interview posted on Friday, April 24. “She had risen to complete success with the music video, everything was going well. … I freaked out [when she pulled my pants down and I said], ‘What the f*** are you doing?’ I freaked out and she laughed.”
Per Kloss, he hit it off with Perry when he played her love interest in the 2010 “Teenage Dream” music video and was invited to attend a birthday party for one of her associates two years later. Kloss alleged that when he greeted Perry with a friend outside the party, she pulled down his pants and underwear, exposing his genitals to other guests.
“It’s kind of weird, right? When you’re smitten by someone and then they reach out and they grab you or do something to you, that sometimes can be considered — from my generation — as flirtatious, as coming on to you,” he recalled.
Kloss told Page Six that one of Perry’s friends subsequently invited him to an after party because the singer “wanted to talk to [him].” He agreed to attend the bash despite feeling “pissed off” about what allegedly occurred earlier in the night.
Kloss remembered speaking to Perry briefly at the after party but both were pulled away by their friends before they could discuss the alleged assault.
Kloss initially came forward with his accusations via Instagram in August 2019. At the time, he allegedly faced pushback from some fans who said he should feel “fortunate” or “lucky.”
“She, who I should be grateful for, devalued and degraded me to the highest level in front of her closest peers. Why would I be grateful for that?” he pointed out.
Kloss said he expected Perry to reach out and apologize but she allegedly never did. In a 2020 Guardian interview, Perry did not address Kloss’s accusations directly but said “we live in a world where anyone can say anything.”
“I don’t comment on all the things that are said about me because if I chase that dragon, it would be about true and false-ing my whole life. It’s distracting from the real movement,” she added.
While Kloss insisted that he’s gotten over the alleged assault, he still struggles with Perry’s fans doubting his account.
“Publicly, when I came out [with my story], I was releasing some of the resentment I had toward her,” he said. “I put that out into the world and two people in her inner-circle lied on me and pretended I was making it up. They called me ‘obsessed.’”
He also admitted in the Page Six interview, “Publicly, some of the hard part is seeing people not believe [me] … Victims are not believed. I don’t call myself a victim but they aren’t believed.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Perry’s spokesperson for comment.
Perry has been embroiled in controversy since she was accused of historic sexual assault by Orange Is the New Black star Ruby Rose earlier this month, On April 11, Rose reacted to Perry’s social media posts about Coachella 2026 by publicly accusing the musician of sexually assaulting her at a Melbourne, Australia, club in 2010.
“Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice market nightclub in Melbourne. Who gives a shit what she thinks,” Rose wrote via Threads at the time. “After it I threw up on her. I told the story publicly but changed it to be a ‘funny little drunk story’ because I didn’t know how else to handle it. Later she agreed to help me get my US visa. So I kept it a secret. But I DID tell yall she wasn’t a good person. Instead I got attacked by.. Everyone.”
A Threads user tried to make light of the situation by referencing Perry’s 2008 breakthrough single “I Kissed a Girl,” only for Rose to clap back.
“She didn’t kiss me,” Ruby clarified. “She saw me ‘resting’ on my best friends lap to avoid her and bent down, pulled her underwear to the side and rubbed her disgusting vagina on my face until my eyes snapped open and I projectile vomitted [SIC] on her.”
Perry’s spokesperson strongly denied Rose’s accusations in a statement to Us on April 13.
“The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous reckless lies,” Ms. Rose has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, claims that have repeatedly been denied by those named.”
While Rose initially said that she was “not interested in filing a report over” the accusations, she did eventually speak to Melbourne police.
“Last update on this: As of this afternoon, I have finalized all of my reports,” she explained via Threads on April 14. “This means I am no longer able to comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved.”
The following day, Victoria Police in Australia confirmed that Rose’s allegations were being formally investigated.
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“Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) detectives are investigating a historical sexual assault that occurred in Melbourne in 2010,” a police representative told Us. “Police have been told the incident occurred at a licensed premises in Melbourne’s CBD.”
Perry has kept a low-profile in the two weeks since the police investigation started but did thank fans for showing her support on April 14.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
