As for Jelly Roll, who was previously a guest mentor on season 22 of the ABC singing competition, he couldn’t help but sing Katy’s praises following her comments.

“I love you, Katy Perry,” Jelly Roll recently told E! News. “Find you a friend that talks about you like Katy Perry talks about me in the media. Thank you, Katy Perry. I love you to death.”

“She’s the same person privately as she is publicly,” he continued. “Because every time I’ve seen her, she’s like, you need to be on American Idol. And the first time somebody asked her it was y’all and she was like, ‘Jelly Roll.'” 

And he’s more than to pack his bags for Hollywood. He joked, “I’d go clean the American Idol toilets if they wanted me to—I’m in.”

As we wait for Katy to reveal the big news, keep reading to see where former American Idol stars are today.