Kesha's Mom Pebe Addresses Controversial Jeffrey Dahmer Line in 'Cannibal'

“I thought I’d just say a few things about it because that was my line that I wrote in ‘Cannibal,’” she said.

“At the time, Kesha and the other writer were too young to even know who Jeffrey Dahmer was. The way it happened is 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 was Jeffrey Dahmer. I was like ‘oh my God, that’s a perfect lyric,’” she explained.

“Not to be insensitive to anybody whose families were involved in this and lost loved ones,” she went on to say.

“At the time, it was a song that we were writing about Kesha…Kesha was not the most popular girl in high school. She never even got asked to the prom…later on once she got famous, all these guys that never paid any attention to her were coming around…’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 a title. I’m sorry for anybody who lost a family member in this tragedy. We certainly never meant to hurt anybody or make anybody feel bad. There’s a movie out right now that’s bringing attention back. The song’s been out for more than 10 years, probably 12 years.”

“Jeffrey Dahmer was just part of the culture back then. Everybody talked about him for many years. What he’d done is so extreme, and worse than anyone had ever done that anybody knew about,” she went on to say.

Kesha just submitted a filing to a New York judge amid her ongoing legal battle with music producer Dr. Luke.