The “Tik Tok” singer says she’s focused on pleasure after her protracted legal battle with Dr. Luke.

Kesha reveals that she’s ‘mostly celibate’ (except in Italy) and masturbates to ‘gratitude meditations’

The "Tik Tok" singer says she's focused on pleasure after her protracted legal battle with Dr. Luke.

By Raechal Shewfelt

Raechal Shewfelt

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- Kesha revealed on the *Call Her Daddy* podcast that she's celibate… in every country but one.

- The "Tik Tok" artist also said she gets off on "gratitude meditations."

- Kesha tied her current state of seeking pleasure to having gained her freedom after a yearslong court battle with Dr. Luke.

Kesha knows exactly what she wants — and she's not relying on anyone else to give it to her.

During a recent appearance on the *Call Her Daddy* podcast, the "Tik Tok" singer was asked about reclaiming her sexuality and said the process has been "a miracle."

"Do you know? Should I say this? I probably should," she told host Alex Cooper. "I don't care. I'm free. I'm now mostly celibate, you know, except for when you're in Italy."

Kesha clarified that she meant when *she* was in Italy.

"Listen, whatever, but so now I actually masturbate to gratitude meditations," the two-time Grammy nominee added.

Kesha performing in Los Angeles.

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When Cooper suggested that she was being lied to, Kesha, 39, replied: "Don't knock it till you try it."

Kesha, whose full name is Kesha Sebret, said she starts every day with a gratitude meditation.

"It's been amazing," she continued. "Literally, when I got my freedom, I was like, I think, you know, I'm pissed about a lot of stuff, but one of the things is that like pleasure. I keep coming back to pleasure. It is okay as a woman to feel pleasure in this world. When you go through things, pleasure is not like the number one neural pathway that your brain always goes to when you have survived things, and I had to reprogram that, and I do it every f‑‑‑ing day and I'm not even embarrassed about it.

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The "Die Young" artist was previously locked in a decadelong legal battle with music producer Dr. Luke (real name Lukasz Gottwald), whom she accused of drugging and raping her in 2005, as well as sexual, physical, and emotional abuse during her time with his label. He denied the allegations.

While a lawsuit filed by Kesha lawsuit was dismissed in 2016, Dr. Luke filed a countersuit against her for defamation, which was only settled out of court in June 2023. She subsequently parted ways with his Kemosabe label.

When the two announced their settlement, Kesha wished "nothing but peace to all parties involved."

Dr. Luke said the same, noting that it was "time to put this difficult matter behind me."

Watch Kesha's full *Call Her Daddy* interview above.

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