New Year 2009 Prophecy: Katy Perry will drop the bisexual/fake lesbian act and wonder why we can’t all just appreciate her value as a musical “artist.”

The above prophecy shall be based upon the pseudo-serious attitude adopted by both Megan Fox, who was annoyed as hell when named FHM’s “Sexiest Woman In The World”, and Jessica Alba, who became the winter of her own discontent when named the “Teen Choice Female Hottie of the Year.” Now, Scarlett Johansson joins the hypocritical harem by portraying herself to Times Online as “the reluctant sex symbol.” ScarJo is becoming offended that people are noticing her for the body she flaunts upon the general public:

“Oh yeah, that stuff,” she drawls in that unmistakable, husky voice, raising a pencil-thin eyebrow. “Well, I never expected that kind of thing, to be honest.”

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It may seem a long way off, but, in one sense, she is anxious to leave her twenties – and that sex-symbol baggage – behind and get on with it. “I look forward to growing in the industry and ageing in the industry. A lot of actresses take their meatiest roles in their thirties and forties. And I’m looking forward to that. I’m at a little bit of a funny age where I get that ‘sexiest woman’ thing, and it feels like a label for right now. But maybe when I get older, it won’t be like that.”

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But for Scarlett Johansson, it’s just one step nearer to the time when everyone stops referring to her as a sex symbol. “I feel like I’ve done a lot of different kinds of work, and it would be such a waste, I think, if I could only be a sexy sidekick or something. I would have to open up a store somewhere and quit the business,” she says.

Uh, those days have already arrived. Seriously, does Scarlett think we have forgotten about the naked ass shot in Vanity Fair? Oh wait, that was art (not to mention another clear win by Annie Leibovitz). Check out more boobtastic art below:

Imagery: Esquire