Jack Antonoff Causes Controversy by Wearing Earplugs During Katy Perry’s VMAs Performance

Jack Antonoff is getting slammed as “disrespectful” after he put in earplugs during Katy Perry’s performance at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards … 7 years after his infamous banana drama.

Here’s what went down … Katy took to the stage at the UBS Arena in New York Wednesday evening, where she performed a medley of her greatest hits before accepting the show’s coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

While the consensus online was that KP killed it in her VMAs performance, one person seemed less than impressed with her act … as the music producer was caught on the audience camera slipping some noise-canceling plugs into his ears.

If Jack was really trying to shade Katy, it wouldn’t be surprising given their complicated history. For those not clued in, Jack has taken shots at Katy a handful of times amid her former feud with his BFF, Taylor.