Perry: 'Celibacy vow was a joke'

Katy Perry has said that her comments about taking a year-long vow of celibacy were intended as a joke.

It was reported yesterday that the American popstar planned to avoid sex following her split from Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy.

"No kissing anyone. Just my cat, Kitty Purry," she said.

However, the 'I Kissed A Girl' singer has now retracted the comments, insisting that she was just messing around.

"I am not going to be celibate," she told People. "That was a joke, and any fine journalist would have got that."

She added: "Please, celibacy for the whole year? I'd rather die."