Overview
- During her Isle of MTV Malta headline set on July 22, Katy Perry climbed into a large inflatable water‑bottle prop intended to be rolled by the crowd toward a stage straw.
- Fan videos show the bottle drifting away from the stage as attendees carried it deeper into the audience and Perry repeatedly urged fans to steer it back toward the straw.
- After several minutes inside the prop she was guided back to the front, finished her performance of “I Kissed a Girl,” and thanked the crowd for returning her to the stage.
- Perry later addressed the mishap on Isle of MTV Malta’s Instagram, saying she was “a little bit worried I was not gonna come back” and calling the prop a favorite moment from her shows.
- The inflatable is a recurring element of her current Europe festival run and the Malta set — including the bottle incident — is scheduled for a global MTV broadcast in September, which could broaden scrutiny of stunt safety.