Katy Perry has broken her silence on being the ‘most hated person on the Internet’ amid a series of gaffes on her Lifetimes world tour.

The Teenage Dream hitmaker, 40, who was mocked over her ‘mom moves’ on the opening night of the tour last month, performed to a sold-out crowd at Chicago‘s United Center on May 12, and the emotional star addressed a cheering crowd.

In a video captured by a fan, the star takes a moment to look around at her fans, and says: ‘Well, I thought I was the most hated person on the internet.

‘I think that’s false’  Perry gushed as the cheering got louder.

The California Gurls singer launched her Lifetimes Tour last month in Mexico and will embark on a string of dates across North America in support of her seventh studio album, 143, which was widely panned by critics on its release in September.

Ticket sales for the tour have struggled in contrast to the singer’s heyday – her show in Dallas, Texas on May 21 at the American Airlines Center still has hundreds of tickets unsold for as little as $50.

Katy Perry has broken her silence on being the ‘most hated person on the Internet’ amid a series of gaffes on her Lifetimes world tour – pictured last month

The Teenage Dream hitmaker, 40, who was mocked over her ‘mom moves’ on the opening night of the tour last month, performed to a sold-out crowd at Chicago’s United Center on May 12, and the emotional star addressed a cheering crowd – pictured last month

While it is unclear how many of her VIP packages, which cost upwards of $200, are still available, there are tickets for most nights, as well as resales which are being listed for over $1000 on some dates.

‘There were already concerns about poor ticket sales even before Blue Origin,’ one source told DailyMail.com last month. ‘They were pretty dismal. Katy truly believed her tour would take off like Taylor’s.

‘Some higher-ups at Live Nation were sceptical from the beginning. There are talks about what to do if the venues don’t fill up further.’

Multiple dates outside of the US. Seat maps for dates in Canada’s Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto in late July and early August show whole blocks of seating have been booked up.

Extra dates were also added in Europe and Australia due to high demand.

Last month social media users were merciless in making fun of her stilted, awkward choreography.

‘Not the mom moves,’ groaned one observer, while another joked: ‘Maybe she should have spent less time in space and more time rehearsing lmao.’

One social media user compared her moves to ‘my cat when she’s cleaning herself,’ another called her a ‘straight up soulless vessel’ and still another marveled that ‘her fans have the audacity to say she’s a better performer than gaga… byeee.’

She also attracted unfavorable comparisons to Taylor Swift, as one X user snorted: ‘Girl wtf is this, even Taylor dances better than this.’

In a video captured by a fan, the star takes a moment to look around at her fans, and says: ‘Well, I thought I was the most hated person on the internet. ‘I think that’s false’ Perry gushed as the cheering got louder – pictured last month

Last month social media users were merciless in making fun of her stilted, awkward choreography.

Perry was accused of ‘giving lazytown,’ as one viewer said: ‘every time i think she can’t possibly flop harder she pulls some s*** like this’

Insiders claim the singer, 40, had scuppered her chances of securing last minute ticket sales after she joined an all-female crew on the Blue Origin fleet that headed to space last month

The news came amid the ongoing backlash over her much-derided 11-minute space flight which saw her join Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, as well as NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and activist Amanda Nguyen, on the all-female Blue Origin fleet.

Perry was seen floating inside the capsule holding a daisy in a nod to her four-year-old daughter Daisy, whom she shares with her fiance Orlando Bloom.

She was ridiculed on landing back to Earth and emerging with the flower in hand which she held to the sky before dropping to her knees and kissing the ground.

She then proceeded to claim she was ‘super connected to love’ and thanked a reporter who incorrectly referred to her as an astronaut.

‘It’s not about singing my songs. It’s about a collective energy in there. It’s about us. It’s about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging,’ she said in a post-flight interview.

‘And it’s about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth.’

It wasn’t long before she was branded ‘tone deaf’ and ‘dramatic’ for her actions, which came days after NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after being stranded in space for more than nine months.

An inside source told DailyMail.com that she had regrets about ‘making a public spectacle out of’ the trip, which she reportedly thought would be ‘good PR for her tour.’