Katy Perry Refuses Russell Brand Questions At Super Bowl

We all know Katy Perry can get vocal, at least in her music, but she's staying mum on the subject of her failed marriage to British actor Russell Brand. The "Teenage Dream" singer took special precautions to keep prying journalists at bay when she performed at a Super Bowl party hosted by HDNet's Mark Cuban.

Before Katy walked the press line, all reporters were removed from the red carpet so she could pose for photographs and video only -- no questions about "The One That Got Away."

"Katy isn't ready to talk about what happened with Russell," an insider tells me. "She wanted to focus on putting on a great show at the hottest party of the weekend and enjoy hanging out with her friends. She knew that if she let media ask questions, they would ask her about Russell and she just didn't want to go there."

Onstage, at least, Perry gave no hint of being weighed down by problems at home. She performed a set of nine songs and told the crowd, including Madonna's daughter Lourdes, Tom Cruise's son Connor, Shaquille O'Neal and Neil Patrick Harris, that she wanted to dedicate the tune, "Peacock," to NFL player Tim Tebow.

After the show, Katy -- who confessed she was only watching the big game to see Madonna's half-time performance -- was spotted laughing with friends in her VIP section.

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[Rob Shuter]

04:57 PM on 02/07/2012

SHE SOUNDED GREAT AT HDNET PARTY

[Artos]

02:13 PM on 02/07/2012

She needs to stop dying her hair constantly. If she keeps it up, before long she's gonna end up with Technicolor dandruff.

[Travis M]

12:48 PM on 02/07/2012

I heard the carpet matches the drapes..

[jayjay00]

12:28 PM on 02/07/2012

katy perry is a true artist... the beatles of today imho

[monsieurjac]

12:27 PM on 02/07/2012

KP has a great voice, she was really good on SNL a few months back and her new grey hair look adds a nice cougarish charm. I like her and wish her well.

[Sinibaldi]

11:47 AM on 02/07/2012

In the flower.

In this way,
and with a
delicate song,
there's a flower
where a fine
day appears
in the novel
seaside.

Francesco Sinibaldi

[ESJ247]

10:44 AM on 02/07/2012

Is she really necessary?

[albar]

11:22 AM on 02/07/2012

NO

[henrypapillon]

11:28 AM on 02/07/2012

Look at ME!

[amanandamouse]

10:37 AM on 02/07/2012

Wow! That hair looks like someone left the cake out in the rain.

[Guy Incognito]

11:00 AM on 02/07/2012

...all that sweet green icing flowing dowwwwwwnnnn....

[Issa]

12:18 PM on 02/07/2012

Stop it, you guys, I don't think that I can take it - cause it took so long to bake it -

[luvsox]

10:36 AM on 02/07/2012

So that's who Romney's campaign strategist is. " No talkin', just keep walkin'.

[Bloviator88]

10:26 AM on 02/07/2012

What Katy needs is an overweight, balding, middle class computer programmer from Texas. Call me, babe!

[InsideBrooklyn]

10:21 AM on 02/07/2012

I like the Headline on the front page. " Katy Perry Clears Out Reporters on the Red Carpet." What she do? Pass gas?

[FirstSpeaker]

11:05 AM on 02/07/2012

I know - I thought the same thing, that maybe she had broken a particularly evil wind. I have a dog that does that....

[henrypapillon]

11:28 AM on 02/07/2012

Zass what I was tinkin

[gtp]

10:16 AM on 02/07/2012

Sounds like a fun party for a bunch of 1%ers.

[KateB21]

11:03 AM on 02/07/2012

I read that and I saw 'a bunch of w@nkers'.

Not much difference between the two, though.

[caryhartline]

11:17 AM on 02/07/2012

Not everyone in the 1% is evil. Stop generalizing people. Many 1%ers have contributed greatly through charities and have stimulated the economy in a great way.

[drmdj]

09:12 AM on 02/07/2012

Why did reporters have to be removed? Couldn't she just ignore the question if asked? I don't think she's a republican?

[cartograffer]

10:23 AM on 02/07/2012

Barking dogs, erratic car alarms, reporters...some things are hard to simply ignore.

[seiedvard]

12:29 PM on 02/07/2012

Your life must be hell, you know, avoiding all those reporters after you

[DeathSquad]

10:42 AM on 02/07/2012

"I don't think she's a republican­?"

She doesn't hate gay people, so I would assume she isn't.

[henrypapillon]

11:29 AM on 02/07/2012

She is. She's also a thumper.

[Stressedtothebone]

08:42 AM on 02/07/2012

I don't blame her one bit.

[frank day]

08:35 AM on 02/07/2012

That's an amazing look.

[henrypapillon]

11:30 AM on 02/07/2012

Look at ME!