When Exes Attack: The Travis McCoy Edition…..A blast from the past is about to put a damper on Katy Perry’s wedded bliss with funnyman fiance Russell Brand.
Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy dated Perry on and off for more than three years before the couple finally called time on their sometimes-stormy romance in April 2009, and the musician still feels a twinge of something — jealously maybe? — when he thinks of how quickly the “I Kissed A Girl” hitmaker bounced back from their split and ended up engaged following a whirlwind romance with Brand.
Now Travis is channeling his heartbreak in the form of mixtape titled Forgetting Katy Perry — a new solo project inspired by Brand’s hit movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The 2008 comedy centers around a man struggling to recover from a breakup.
“I think it was inspired by that whole situation. At the end of the day, I think anyone who has been thorough some s**t can relate to (the music). It could have been about my girlfriends before, but I’m (going to) keep it real with you, it was definitely about Katy Perry. I definitely felt a certain way about the whole situation. Having a year and a half to reflect on it, you start questioning everything,” Travis confides in a new interview with Complex.com.
McCoy says he’s no longer in touch with Katy, but he couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at her rebound love affair with the British comic.
“The timelines… she got engaged so quickly after. I was like, ‘Really?’ I had to sit back and reassess what was really going on. After you have some time to start thinking about it, you start putting things together. It’s been a year and a half. I’m over it,” Travis reflects.
“I’m sure she knows. The mixtape is not airing out any dirty laundry. If anything, it’s me poking fun at myself. If you’ve seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall, that’s my life. I’m that dude.”