Katy Perry has taken on People.com and won, after the website claimed on Sunday that she had had a little rant about her ex-boyfriend, Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy, at a recent show.
People.com quoted Perry as saying: "Girls, if you have ever dated a boy - specifically the lead singer from Gym Class Heroes - don't do it! Boys should have a heart. You know what I mean girls? Boys just want the milk, but they don't want to buy the cow".
In fact, she was telling people that she had not got engaged to Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard. She & Him's Zooey DeChannel has, and she looks a little bit like Perry.
Clearing up the confusion, Perry dedicated a performance of her debut single, 'Ur So Gay', to Gibbard, saying: "Girls if you feel me, if you've ever dated the lead singer from Death Cab For Cutie … it's not like that, I'm not engaged … this one goes out to him". She later added, while introducing her single, 'Hot N Cold': "To all of the my upcoming relationships - one foot in, one foot out. He wants the milk but he never wants to buy the cow".
People subsequently issued a correction to their story and apologised for their error. Commenting on this (under the heading "That's fuckin' right it was an error"), Perry wrote on her blog: "I challenged them to actually find the audio clip/video of me 'QUOTED' saying that. They, of course, couldn't 'cause… I didn't say that. I would never be so tacky".
"I go great lengths to keep it about the music. I made a different random type of joke before I introduced my song, 'Ur So Gay'. I never mentioned Travis or his lovely band, as they are all still friends of mine. I don't care if you make fun of me, my music, my zits, my cellulite or my bad choice of clothing, I really don't. Just have some soul, and don't LIE. I am not asking to be exempt from the media, I am just asking for some fucking fact checking".
I have just checked, and Katy Perry definitely wrote that.