Sara Beth Liebe QUITS American Idol after Katy Perry ‘mom-shamed’ the contestant

American Idol contestant Sara Beth Liebe has sensationally dropped out of the competition, after judge Katy Perry received backlash for mocking the mother of three during her audition.

During the March 5 episode, Sara Beth shocked the judges when she revealed that she had given birth to three children before the age of 25, prompting Perry to joke that the young mother had “spent too much time at the dinner table.” in a widely derided comment. observation.

Sara decided to walk away from the competition to “be with her babies” during Sunday’s Hollywood Week episode, leaving the show’s judges and producers in shock.

She had performed her first-round song, The Police hit Roxanne, before telling judges Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie: “This opportunity is really cool, but it’s actually going to be my last performance, because my heart is at home.”

‘So, I’m going home to my babies. They need me.

Under fire: During the March 5 episode, Sara Beth shocked the judges when she revealed that she had given birth to three children before the age of 25, prompting Perry to joke to the young mother that she had “been too long at the table” in a comment widely ridiculed

Bryan called the decision a ‘mistake’ while Perry begged the mom to reconsider, with Sara responding: ‘I don’t even know what show business is. I have been a mom since I was 18 years old. I have been married since I was 18 years old. I don’t think I realized how difficult it would be to be away from my children.

All of them are still very young. There is a lot of guilt when you let your children do something completely selfish. I feel like I’m not going to win the show anyway, so I better go home.

This comes after Sara opened up about the incident with Perry which sparked massive outrage.

When she revealed that she had welcomed three children before her 25th birthday, Katy, 38, pretended to faint, prompting Sara Beth to say: “If Katy lays down on the table, I think I’ll I’m going to faint.” ‘

Katy, who is also a mom, quipped, “Honey, you’ve been laying on the table too much.”

In a new TikTok, the aspiring singer admitted she found the joke “hurtful” and discouraged others from participating in “mommy shaming.”

“At the beginning of my audition before singing, I mentioned that I had three children and that I was a young mother and Katy Perry made a joke that was not very nice,” Sara Beth began, as transcribed by justjared.

“I don’t have much to say about my feelings on it because it’s probably self explanatory.”

Speaking: American Idol contestant Sara said it was ’embarrassing’ to hear Perry’s comments

Nervous: During the audition, Sara Beth appeared to be incredibly nervous as she stood in front of Katy and judges Lionel Richie, 73, and Luke Bryan, 46.

She continued: ‘It was embarrassing to have that on TV. And it was painful and, you know, that’s it.

Sara Beth continued to encourage others to encourage women and spoke directly to other young mothers who reached out to her in support.

“But I wanted to take this opportunity to say that I think women who support and encourage other women are great and I think mother-shaming is super lame.”

‘And I think it’s hard enough being a mother and it’s hard enough being a woman. I wanted to take this opportunity to say that I see all the young moms and moms in general who have commented on all the videos and posts… I see you and I hear you and I am thankful for you.

‘Keep loving your babies. No one deserves to feel bad about it. I think if you’re a good mom and you love your babies, that’s all that really matters and other comments don’t feel necessary,” Sara Beth concluded.

According to her TikTok, Sara Beth welcomed her first child at the age of 18.

For the most part, she keeps her three children off social media and hasn’t revealed any details about their ages or genders.