Katy Perry bans two interview questions on the eve of the AFL Grand Final – and may have to drop one of her most popular songs from her half-time setlist

Katy Perry is hoping her half-time show at the AFL Grand Final on Saturday will ‘revive’ her faltering pop career.

The US pop star, 39, has high hopes the gig will help promote her recently-released 143 album which has been met with divisive reviews.

However, her promotional tour is believed to have had its difficulties as Katy has reportedly banned Australian media outlets from asking her two specific questions.

According to gossip newsletter Popb**ch, Katy has insisted she won’t take any questions about the ‘woeful reviews’ of her new album.

She has also reportedly banned interviewers from asking her about the highly-publicised Dr Luke controversy.

Katy caused a stir by continuing to work with the producer on her new album 143, after he was locked in a decade-long legal battle with singer Kesha, 37.

He sued Kesha in 2014 after she him of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, which he denied. The legal battle was ultimately settled.

Following the controversy, some of Katy’s fans took issue with the fact that she worked with Dr Luke on her new music, which she has lauded for being about female empowerment.

However, the I Kissed A Girl hitmaker later insisted that her lyrics all come from her own personal experiences and do not reflect the views of the producer.

Breaking her silence in September, Katy told the Call Her Daddy podcast: ‘I understand that it started a lot of conversations. And he was one of many collaborators that I collaborated with.’

The Wide Awake singer insisted Luke was simply someone who helped her to ‘facilitate’ her music.

She went on: ‘The truth is I wrote these songs from my experience of my whole life going through this metamorphosis, and he was one of the people to help facilitate all that—one of the writers, one of the producers.

‘I am speaking from my own experience.’

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Katy’s representatives for comment. 

Following the release of her album 143, Katy is reportedly being paid a staggering $5million to perform at the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne on Saturday.

Katy was said to have been hopeful to perform several songs from her new album to the crowd, in an attempt to promote the LP.

However, AFL heads were said to have quickly knocked back the suggestion and told Perry to stick to her well-known hits from her previous album Teenage Dream.

However, her promotional tour is believed to have had its difficulties as Katy has reportedly banned Australian media outlets from asking her two specific questions 

Katy reportedly insisted she won’t take any questions about the ‘woeful reviews’ of her album 143 or the Dr Luke controversy. Katy caused a stir by continuing to work with the producer after he was locked in a decade-long legal battle with singer Kesha (pictured in 2011)

Channel Nine reporter Tom Morris claimed that AFL big wigs told the hitmaker they expected her to perform her older hits, such as Firework and I Kissed A Girl.

Appearing on SEN Breakfast, the veteran AFL journalist claimed that Katy’s team had pushed back against an AFL request that the Teenage Dream hitmaker perform just one new song.

‘She’s playing about five songs and the AFL was very keen for her to play five classic tunes, she wanted to play two new ones,’ he said.

Tom added that both camps had reached a compromise with Katy reportedly agreeing to just one new track.

‘In the end they met halfway and she’s playing one new song and four classics,’ he said.

Co-host and AFL great Kane Cornes, admitting he was a Katy Perry fan, added that the AFL should have a say in the planning of the blockbuster stadium show.

‘The AFL are saying: “We only want your hits. We only want your bangers. We want Roar, Teenage Dream, Firework.” They want all the songs we know and love. And she’s pushed back and said, “No, I want to play two of my new songs.”

He added: ‘You know when you go to a concert and maybe they’re old and all you want is their good stuff. You want their greatest hits.’

Katy has reportedly also been asked not to sing Roar, one of her biggest hits, during the AFL showdown between the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans.

Following the release of her album 143, Katy (pictured at the VMAs) is reportedly being paid a staggering $5million to perform at the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne on Saturday 

There are fears that the 2013 hit could give the Lions an unfair advantage due to its title and lyrics, with Katy addressing the rumours on The Fox’s Fifi, Fev, and Nick.

‘Oh the Lions! I have to cut my song Roar out of the set because it’s not fair. That’s what everybody says,’ she explained.

‘No, you have to play it!’ said host Brendan Fevola. ‘Because you were booked in way before Brisbane made it.’

Katy agreed that she should play it but said there was yet to be a confirmed setlist for her headlining show.