Katharine clears up old tales

Katharine McPhee may not be joining the ranks of Tom Cruise and John Travolta just yet - the Idol star admitted to Salon.com that she only dabbled in the celebrity religion to impress a guy. "I took a couple of courses," McPhee said. "It was really all about a guy. It was a guy that I was totally obsessed with - not obsessed with but totally into and, you know, guys and girls can do that to their lives and make us think we're into something that we're not." McPhee said the rumors that she was a full-fledged member of the Church of Scientology just took on a life of their own. "I'm not a Scientologist," the singer asserted. "I've clarified this rumor over and over again, but people will keep saying I am, but whatever."

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