Katy Perry To Star On Raising Hope

Misti Schindele | February 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Katy Perry is bouncing back just fine. Straight off her stellar performance on last week’s Grammy Awards and with her new single “Part of Me” debuting at #1 on iTunes comes news that Katy will be staring in the FOX comedy “Raising Hope”.

Perry will make her guest appearance on March 6th, 2012 when “Raising Hope” debuts in its new Tuesday night time slot of 8pm EST. Who will she be playing? Well according to FOX Katy will play “Rikki”, a prison attendant who claims to be a friend from Sabrina’s (Shannon Woodward) past.

How did she get the part? Well, her best friend in real life just happens to be Shannon Woodward. “Shannon Woodward is my best friend,” said Perry. “A couple weeks ago, I was home, just toasting up a frozen chicken fillet when she called me up and asked if I wanted to do something ‘fun’ for a change and try out a guest role on her TV show. I thought, ‘Sure, I have nothing else to do, and I like chillin’ with my best friend.’ Greg was nice, but I hope he’s not secretly sabotaging my potential future career by type-casting me in the role of just a looker, so that I would never be able to play anything more challenging.”

In the all-new episode, Sabrina is arrested after participating in an Occupy Natesville protest and is sentenced to two weeks in prison. Rikki (Perry), the prison attendant, will stop at nothing to make Sabrina’s stay in the slammer as dreadful as possible, until she remembers their childhood friendship. Meanwhile, the mayor of Natesville (guest star Mary Birdsong) grants Virginia (Martha Plimpton) three wishes after she helps the town’s top official avoid a public scandal.