Katy Perry accused of racism after dressing as a geisha at the AMAs

She thrilled her fans when she dressed as a geisha during a tour of Japan earlier this month.
But Katy Perry has been accused of being racist after wearing an almost identical costume for her opening performance at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
A host of watchers took to Twitter to accuse the popstrel of 'appropriating culture' due to her colourful performance of Unconditionally at the beginning of the show.

Colourful: But a host of fans took to Twitter to accuse Katy Perry of being racist for performing as a geisha at the AMAs

One viewer called Nathan Hatcher tweeted: 'Oh, good. Katy Perry is dressed as a geisha. I was afraid her sharp vocals would outshine her racism.'
Another offended was Shaina Cooper, who wrote: 'As soon as I turn on the awards, Katy Perry dressed as a geisha...What did we tell y'all about race appropriation smfh.'
One even likened it to Julianne Hough's recent blackface storm when they wrote: 'This is the performance equivalent of an offensive Halloween costume.'

Shadowy figure: But some viewers were left shocked and offended when it turned out to be the singer

Brolly bad show: The singer was accused of 'cultural appropriation' for her performance of Unconditionally

Twits: These viewers of the show were shocked she had decided to dress in the traditional garb

Of course it may have also been the case that the singer was giving a nod to her fans in Japan, who she visited earlier this month.
In fact, she tweeted a picture of herself in an almost identical outfit along with some genuine Japanese geishas at the time.
At the time she wrote: 'One of these things is not like the other.'
Katy was the only one not wearing the Geisha's famous porcelain figurine makeup, which she adopted for her AMA's performance.