Kesha‘s mom Pebe Sebert is opening up about how the controversial Jeffrey Dahmer line came to be in Kesha’s 2010 hit song “Cannibal” following backlash from the recently released Netflix series, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Sebert took to TikTok to explain how the lyric ended up in the song and to explain that she was the one who came up with the line in a video captioned, “Some context on the lyric that’s bothering people 12 years later. All opinions are valid. Not meant to shut anyone down, just more info.”
@pebesebert Some context on the lyric that’s bothering people 12 years later. All opinions are valid. Not meant to shut anyone down, just more info #jeffreydahmer #kesha #cannibal #dahmer ♬ Cannibal – Ke$ha
Sebert Explains Where The Now Controversial Line Originated And Why
“The whole Jeffrey Dahmer lyric in ‘Cannibal’ is a big controversy right now,” she said as she was driving to a big theater event. “And I thought I would just say a few things about it because that was my line that I wrote in ‘Cannibal.’ At the time, Kesha and the other writer were too young to even know who Jeffrey Dahmer was.” She went on to explain how it happened. “I have this rhyming program called Master Writer for Songwriters. We were looking for a rhyme for goner. At the very end of the widest rhymes, it was Jeffrey Dahmer,” she explained. “And I was like ‘Oh My God, that’s the perfect lyric.'” The lyric she’s discussing is – “Be too sweet and you’ll be a goner, yeah, I’ll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer.”
She went on to explain that she’s not trying to be insensitive to anyone, especially the families of the victims, and all who were involved. “At the time, it was a song that we were writing about Kesha,” she continued. “Kesha was not the most popular girl at high school. She ended up not even getting asked to go to the prom.”
After fame hit Kesha, things changed, and Sebert explained just what happened. “Later on when she got famous, all these guys that never paid any attention to her where coming around and like ‘remember me? remember me?’ and she was like ‘and now that I’m famous you’re up my anus.’ It was a tongue-in-cheek funny song. It was not actually about cannibalism. It was just the title.”
“We Certainly Never Meant To Hurt Anybody”
Sebert then apologized to anyone who lost a family member in this tragedy and said, “we certainly never meant to hurt anybody or make anybody feel bad.” She also went on to point out that the song has been out for more than 12 years and wasn’t just written at the time of the Netflix series. “This is not something that we recently written. Once again, Jeffrey Dahmer’s name wouldn’t even be in the song if it wasn’t for the Master Writer that threw his name out there,” she said. “Jeffrey Dahmer was just part of the culture back then. Everybody talked about him for many years. What he had done was so extreme and worse than anything anyone had ever done that anybody knew about.”
Sebert’s TikTok Followers Are Supportive
Sebert’s followers were overall supportive of the lyric and the song and many said there’s nothing for Sebert to apologize for.
“Nothing to feel sorry for but you’re a kind heart so I understand! I’m suprised no one’s talking about the dahmer verse Katy’s Perry’s “dark horse”
“People need to chill, you shouldn’t have to apologize, nor should Kesha. Jeff Dahmer is part of history and these young people need to accept reality”
“not y’all making Kesha’s mom apologize! 😫”
“The fact that it’s only an issue NOW is telling 🙄”
“I swear Mama Pebe, people will do anything to try and come up or get there 15. You and Kesha are a absolute gift and light to anybody that meets y’all”
“perfectly worded❤️”
“I love how NO ONE cared about the lyrics until this new Netflix show came out 10 years after the song was released”
