After splitting with Florence and The Machine guitarist Rober Ackroyd, Katy enlisted super glamorous 91-year-old Ann Hudson as her date.
The 27-year-old Part Of Me singer even coordinated her shimmering floor-length gown with her smokin' grandmother's diamante walking stick. Ahead of the event, Katy teased on Twitter: 'My date to tonight’s Billboard Music Awards is hotter than the Las Vegas weather. SMOKIN’!'
Later in the evening Katy was crowned winner of the Spotlight Award after she became the only female artist in history to have had five number one hits from the same album. Accepting her gong on stage, she said: 'The real rock star here is my grandmother.. She's 91 years old and she's from Las Vegas. I can't wait to go and do shots with you after this.'
Following her split from Brit comedian Russell Brand, Katy hooked up with with Robert Ackroyd at the Coachella Festival last month. But the singer, who also performed her new single Wide Awake at the ceremony last night, is reluctant to get into yet another long distance relationship and has apparently cooled things off with the tattooed musician.
A source told the Daily Mirror: 'Rob was the first guy Katy had been with since splitting from Russell. She was still extremely fragile but had told pals their two weekends at Coachella together made her feel sexy and alive again. Even when Rob left to continue touring America with Florence they would speak on the phone up to three times a day and she’d be constantly texting him.'
But the parallels between Robert and her relationship with the British comic were just too much for her to handle.
'The main thing which led to her split with Russell was spending the majority of her marriage to him on tour, and she said dating Rob felt like being with Russell all over again,' the source continued.
'It’s a shame as they both liked each other but Katy wants to be able to have a relationship with someone she isn’t constantly having to work out what time zone they’re in. Rob was gutted but Katy said she didn’t want to get in too deep and then break his heart so it was best to cut things off before they got serious.'
Following her split from Brit comedian Russell Brand, Katy hooked up with with Robert Ackroyd at the Coachella Festival last month. But the singer, who also performed her new single Wide Awake at the ceremony last night, is reluctant to get into yet another long distance relationship and has apparently cooled things off with the tattooed musician.
A source told the Daily Mirror: 'Rob was the first guy Katy had been with since splitting from Russell. She was still extremely fragile but had told pals their two weekends at Coachella together made her feel sexy and alive again. Even when Rob left to continue touring America with Florence they would speak on the phone up to three times a day and she’d be constantly texting him.'
But the parallels between Robert and her relationship with the British comic were just too much for her to handle.
'The main thing which led to her split with Russell was spending the majority of her marriage to him on tour, and she said dating Rob felt like being with Russell all over again,' the source continued.
'It’s a shame as they both liked each other but Katy wants to be able to have a relationship with someone she isn’t constantly having to work out what time zone they’re in. Rob was gutted but Katy said she didn’t want to get in too deep and then break his heart so it was best to cut things off before they got serious.'
