Los Angeles, Mar 31 (IANS): British comedian Russell Brand, who is back to standup comedy, has denied reports that he has got rid of his ex-wife Katy Perry's tattoo from his body.

Brand's marriage to singer Katy Perry ended after 14 months in December last year.

"I'm doing well. You don't need to brush it off if you don't get it on you in the first place," people.com quoted Brand as saying. However he did not specify what "it" means.

When asked about reports that he has removed Perry's tattoo from his body, he said: "Nope, I never had a tattoo removed. Never happened. I don't have to let anything go. I don't hold on to anything negative. It's the same as zero-ness."

"It's not about letting it go. You can't let go of something you don't hold, you know. It's meaningless and much of our world is predicated on meaninglessness. And I don't do that anymore."

Brand also made news when he was arrested in New Orleans for allegedly grabbing a photographer's iPhone and tossing it.

That, too, he said, "is meaningless to me. It's like it never happened. It's meaningless."