Peter Andre ready for love

Sep 1, 2009, 5:00 GMT

Peter Andre. The \'Behind Closed Doors\' singer has been single since he split from glamour model Katie Price earlier this year. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Peter Andre is ready to start dating.

The 'Behind Closed Doors' singer has been single since he split from glamour model Katie Price earlier this year.

At the time, he vowed he wouldn't have sex until their divorce was finalised, but he has since decided to relax the ban and start looking for a new girlfriend.

The 36-year-old Australian star told Britain's New magazine: "Since my split from Kate, I took a vow of celibacy, which I am still sticking to.

"But I might be ready to start dating again. Ideally, I would like to be divorced before I meet someone special. But if it happens, it happens.

"I have come a long way in the last few weeks and my head is in a better place. You can still be celibate and date, you know!"

Peter - who raises three children, Harvey, seven, Junior, four, and two-year-old Princess Tiaamii, with Katie - has also decided to start clearing his estranged wife's possessions out of his homes.

He said: "Some of the newspapers are saying I went to Cyprus so I could 'de-Kateify' my house. This is not exactly true but I did have a bit of a clear out!"