Katy Perry Asked Not To Be Seated Close To Rihanna.

Rihanna and Katy Perry were once BFFs, spotted laughing and gossiping with each other at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6, 2012. Fast forward to Feb. 10, and you’ll find that they’re no longer friends. Katy doesn’t approve of RiRi’s relationship with Chris Brown, and her feelings caused a lot of frustration for staffers in charge of seat assignments at the Grammy Awards. A source close to Katy, 28, tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively, “there was a request made to the seating people at the Grammys by Katy’s people. They asked that Katy and Rihanna not be seated in the same section. Katy feels like there’s awkwardness there and she just didn’t want to deal with it.”