Judd Apatow, the Hollywood big shot behind such high quality lady comedies as Bridesmaids, Trainwreck and Girls, the man whose biological material had a hand in creating sassy teenage Twitter legend Maude Apatow, has pulled a mid-2000s Katy Perry move and said he is "not a feminist".

The producer and writer made the admission in an interview with Vulture where he was asked by interviewer David Marchese a question which seemed like a waste of breath until its answer was revealed, "Do you think of yourself as feminist?"

"I don't, at least not in those terms. I just try to do what's right whenever I see the opportunity," Apatow replied.

But the rest of the time he thinks men and women aren't equal, presumably.

Does anyone have a postal address for this man? We need to send him several dictionaries.

Apatow went on to explain how he applied his opportunity strategy while working on Bridesmaids, a film that was praised for being a comedy with all-female leads.

"With Bridesmaids, I never thought, 'It'd be great if there was a movie that starred a lot of women, and maybe that will help open some doors,'" he said.

"It's great if that ends up happening, but that sort of thinking is never the starting point."

Celebrities who have said they are not feminists

Apatow is not alone in thinking feminism is not for him. Here are some other surprising celebrities who have rejected the "f" word.

Sarah Jessica Parker

In a Marie Claire profile last year, SJP said she did not think she "qualified" as a feminist.

"I believe in women and I believe in equality, but I think there is so much that needs to be done that I don't even want to separate it anymore," she said. "I'm so tired of separation. I just want people to be treated equally."

Salma Hayek

After receiving an award from gender equality charity Equality Now, Salma Hayek told People she did not identify as a feminist. "If men were going through the things women are going through today, I would be fighting for them with just as much passion," she said. "I believe in equality."

Katy Perry

Katy Perry notoriously did not identify as a feminist early on in her career.

However it seems the singer, who campaigned heavily for Hillary Clinton's presidency, has had a change of heart.

"One time, I said I wasn't a feminist because I didn't know what the word meant," the singer said in a YouTube video in June.

"I was raised with this idea that it was just these angry women that were, like, not shaving their pits and burning their bras. And the reality is that if you look up the word 'feminist' in the dictionary, it really just says someone that wants equality for women. That's it."

Lady Gaga

Another woman who revised her position. In 2009, the singer told the Los Angeles Times, "I'm not a feminist. I hail men, I love men, I celebrate American male culture - beer, bars, and muscle cars."

But, speaking to the Times of London, in 2014, she certainly had no problem using the descriptor.

"I'm certainly a feminist," she said. "A feminist to me is somebody that wishes to protect the integrity of women who are ambitious. A feminist in my opinion is somebody that regards that women have a strong intelligence and wisdom. That we are just as great as men ??? and some of us can be even better."