The British hitmaker has been the subject of criticism the last few weeks ever since she offered to name a swine after one lucky Netizen if he or she joined her #twittermillion team and donate to her Red Nose Day page as part of an annual fundraising effort by Comic Relief. Allen also promised to send the winner "some sausages once the pig has reached its end."

That didn't go over well with animal lovers, a number of whom sent her nasty tweets and texts, prompting the 27-year-old crooner to plead for a halt to the abuse and clarify that she was really only joking (her efforts are on behalf of Comic Relief, after all).

"Can people stop tweeting me about slaughtering a pig for charity! I keep pigs that are bred for the purpose of eating,I don't see the problem," she wrote in a barrage of posts yesterday. "One vegetarian follower suggested that I offer the winner the chance to spare the pig so everyone could be involved. In retrospect, I could have been more sensitive. I hope that gives some clarity on the matter. I never said and I never would kill anything for charity or otherwise."

She stated for the record: "I just want to clear something up, i am NOT slaughtering a pig for charity, our pigs were always going to be slaughtered, and eaten."