Olivia Rodrigo’s blunder sparks hilarious confusion among fans
Olivia Rodrigo’s British phrase backfires in hilarious music moment
Olivia Rodrigo may be one of America’s biggest pop stars, but it turns out her attempt at sounding British left her fans completely baffled.
The 23-year-old singer has revealed that a song she once wrote featured a very British insult that flew straight over the heads of her American listeners.
Speaking during Capital Breakfast’s A Very British Day Out with Jordan North, Olivia admitted she tried to channel her love of UK slang while writing about someone she wasn’t particularly fond of.
“I wrote this song about someone that I didn’t like, and I was actually trying to be British,” she laughed.
“And I wrote, ‘he’s a bloody a**hole’.”
But instead of taking it as an insult, her American pals were left scratching their heads.
“Everyone listened to it and they aren’t British, so they literally thought ‘bloody a**hole?’ Like something surgically or medically was going on,” she joked.
The hilarious confession is just the latest sign of her growing obsession with all things British.
The chart-topping star has long professed her love for UK culture, especially its comfort food.
Ahead of her Glastonbury performance, Olivia confessed she indulged in not one, not two, but three sticky toffee puddings.
“If the toffee’s really hot and the ice cream melts on top, it’s really good,” she said.
She’s also become famously obsessed with dippy eggs and soldiers, revealing friends now gift her egg cups from around the world because of her passion for the breakfast favourite.
Meanwhile, deja vu hitmaker’s newly released album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love features a special British connection.
Legendary Robert Smith appears on the track What’s Wrong With Me, and songstress admitted she has several favourites from the record, including The Cure, Cigarette Smoke, Purple and Honeybee.
