Katy Perry is in on the joke.

The pop star poked fun at the backlash she has received in recent months as she celebrated a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday, August 11.

“They said, ‘No way! MSG, it couldn’t be done.’ And I was scared too,” she began in a lengthy speech to the crowd during the latest stop of her Lifetimes Tour.

Perry, 40, then quipped that she was “not talking about a sold-out show” before declaring, “I’m talking about the fact that I ate a hot dog from the corner!”

“I rolled the dice yesterday, and I loved it. Give me a jumbo with the onions,” she continued.

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Perry went on to call Manhattan “special” — but also a “beautiful hot mess.”

“I rolled into New York, and it smel

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