Katy Perry buried the hatchet with Taylor Swift to set a good example for other young girls

Pregnant superstar Katy Perry is all about women supporting women.

The 35-year-old recently opened up about why she and her former frenemy Taylor Swift finally fixed their long running feud, during an interview with Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show.

The soon-to-be first time mom said that the pair buried the hatchet because she wanted to set a good example for young girls. 

The Daisies hitmaker and the 30-year-old singer were previously at loggerheads for several years before they smoothed things out in 2018.

Katy has now said it was important for them to move past their public issues so they could both be better role models for young girls. 

Katy told Howard Stern: ‘It’s hard for young girls growing up, [with] cliques and high school and pettiness and all that stuff, so now we’re super friendly and I’ve always wanted the best for her and we can talk about the best we want for each other.’ 

After six years on the outs, Katy surprised fans by appearing in the music video for Taylor’s track You Need To Calm Down.

Dressed as a cheeseburger in the whimsical video, Katy reunited with Taylor who was dressed as french fries and together the hitmakers showed fans how far they had come. 

Meanwhile, the singer recently joked about the speculation that Katy and Taylor are actually cousins. 

When asked about the bizarre rumor, she said: ‘Well, we fight like cousins.’  

Taylor previously revealed she and Katy blamed their zodiac signs for their feud, which began in 2014 when Taylor accused Katy of stealing three of her backing dancers for her tour. 

The Lover singer explained: ‘Katy and I were talking about our signs … of course we were … we were talking about our signs because we had this really, really long talk when we were reconnecting and stuff.’

Taylor, born in December, is a Sagittarius and Katy, born in October, is a Scorpio according to the Zodiac. 

Swift continued: ‘And I remember in the long talk, she was like, “If we had one glass of white wine right now, we’d both be crying.” Because we were drinking tea.’

‘We’ve had some really good conversations. We were talking about how we’ve had miscommunications with people in the past, not even specifically with each other,’ the Grammy winner said of Perry.

‘She’s like, “I’m a Scorpio. Scorpios just strike when they feel threatened.” And I was like, “Well, I’m an archer. We literally stand back, assess the situation, process how we feel about it, raise a bow, pull it back, and fire.”

‘So it’s a completely different way of processing pain, confusion, misconception,’ Taylor concluded.