Luke Bryan wants fans to stop coming down so hard on Katy Perry.

The Fireworks singer has faced increasing backlash on the show and on social media during her latest season as a judge on American Idol, which her co-star Bryan said is unwarranted.

Katy gets picked on for going out and trying to have fun making a TV show, the country singer told Fox News in an article published Monday.

You cant be so safe in the moment that youre so homogenized, you cant ever go for a joke. Or go for a fun moment, Bryan explained. Sometimes, you just gotta say stuff.

It makes me appreciate her even more, just how big of a scale shes had to deal with that her whole career, he added.

The Country Girl entertainer said that he, Perry and fellow judge Lionel Richie are doing the best we can on the show.