There’s no doubt that New Girl’s Zooey Deschannel and Katy Perry are look-a-likes, but that doesn’t mean Zooey’s going after Katy’s ex?

A gossip magazine claims that Russel Brand is “desperate” to snag the CBS sitcom star, who recently field for divorce from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.

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The tabloid says Russell ” has been sending funny, flirty texts to see if they can get together.”

But on The View Tuesday, Zooey immediately put the rumors to rest, “I don’t even know him by the way,” the sassy brunette says. “On the scale of truth and completely preposterous — it’s completely preposterous.”

We guess that means she’s not getting text messages from the British comedian.