New York  - Controversial American rocker Marilyn Manson is sick with swine flu according to a report on the website starpulse. com Thursday.

According to the entertainment website, the 40-year-old singer wrote in his personal blog: "I know everyone will suggest that f**king a pig is how this disease was obtained.

"However, the doctor said, my past choices in women have, in 'no way' contributed to ... me acquiring this mysterious sickness.

"Unfortunately, I am going to survive."

Marilyn Manson, whose real name is Brian Hugh Warner, is the front man of a rock band of the same name. He is infamous for his white makeup and often accused of being a bad influence on children.  dpa