Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade leaps to Katy Perry's defense in 'Dark Horse' copyright case

Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade feels surprisingly strongly that Katy Perry didn't copy a Christian rap song, leaping to the pop star's defense on Tuesday morning.

Kilmeade made his case on the morning show after a Los Angeles jury on Monday decided that Perry's song "Dark Horse" copied Christian rapper Marcus Gray's 2009 song "Joyful Noise." The Fox & Friends host argued that the jury, unless they consisted "musicians or producers," was not "equipped" to make this decision, because "you need to a be a musician to understand" this situation.

He went on to argue that the jury consisted of "amateurs" who have "no right" to make this call, suggesting it should have instead been decided by the judges of American Idol.

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"And there's no original song," Kilmeade said. "I mean, everyone's taking a little bit from everyone. So I side with Katy Perry on this ... to me, it sounds totally different."

By the end of the segment, a fervent Kilmeade appeared very concerned about what Perry will have to pay in the case as Steve Doocy was clearly ready to move on. President Trump was watching Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning based on his Twitter feed, and after he earlier this year randomly liked an old tweet wishing Perry a happy birthday, don't be surprised to soon see him weigh in with a strong defense of his own. Brendan Morrow