Katy Perry goes nude to encourage people to vote in US presidential election

The singer ripped off her clothes at a polling station
Stripping off: Katy Perry goes nude at the polling station
Funny or Die
Emma Powell29 September 2016
The Weekender

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Katy Perry has stripped off in an attempt to encourage people to head to the polls and vote in the upcoming US presidential election.

Perry, 31, ripped off her stars and stripes pyjamas as she made her way to a polling station in a Funny or Die and Rock the Vote skit.

The short video shows the singer waking up on the morning of Election Day with unruly hair and heading to the polling station.

“November 8th is Election Day and I’ve got some great news,” she says. “This year, you can look like s*** when you vote.

*warning video contains strong language*

"Yep, I’ve briefly scanned the constitution and nowhere does it say you can’t just roll out of bed and come to the polls in whatever state you woke up in. In the name of democracy, any just-out-of-bed look is a-okay.”

Perry – who is a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter – tells viewers they can vote in a child’s onesie, briefs, an oversized t-shirt, dressed as Scrooge or covered in slime.

Keen to prove that you can even vote naked, the singer rips off her clothes and goes full frontal – with only two black bars covering her modesty – but is pounced upon by two police officers.

“I read the constitution, I know that I have the right to vote naked,” she says, to which one of the officers asks her: “Did you read it or did you just briefly scan it?”.

Perry is then bundled into a police car with another naked voter.

"Scratch that, got to wear clothes," she says. "My bad. See you at the polls on November 8."

The video comes hours after Perry teased she would strip off and told followers that she was planning to “use my body as click bait to help change the world”.

A host of celebrities have taken to encouraging people to vote including Joss Whedon who rallied a group of stars to tell people to vote for Clinton over Donald Trump.

He promised Mark Ruffalo will go full frontal in his next film if Clinton wins the race to the White House.

The cast of Will and Grace also reunited for the first time in 10 years to make a short episode about the importance of voting.

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