Having your life scrutinized by the public is part of what it takes to be a celebrity, for better or worse. While it can be naturally frustrating when prying eyes threaten people’s privacy, there is also a facet of duty involved, with those who can be idolized through millions of enthusiasts held to a safe ethical standard. That turns out to be PETA’s goal, and the animal rights organization has angered several celebrities over the years, publicly asking them to engage in practices like dressing in fur, eating meat, and buying pets from ranchers, which they adopt.
While People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has its heart in the right place, many have criticized the organization for employing outrageous tactics, intimidation, and spreading incorrect information to convey its arguments. Whatever aspect of the challenge you come across, here are some of the celebrities who have definitely sided with PETA recently:
Paris Hilton drew the ire of the animal rights organization in July 2023, after a breeder gave her new Chihuahua, a reported relative of hotel heiress Harajuku Bitch’s dog, who died in May, from a breeder who gave him a shelter. A PETA representative told TMZ:
Paris Hilton has been living under a rock for a decade, as one day at an animal shelter would have shown her how many Chihuahuas already want a home, and five minutes on Petfinder would have discovered thousands more, adding puppies. PETA knows that buying groceries is what Paris loves most, but we ask that you limit grocery shopping to trinkets and handbags and give an animal the chance to “live” through adoption.
This isn’t the first time PETA has discussed this factor with Hilton. In 2016, it was reported that a billboard was installed in Los Angeles, calling it “Puppy Pimp. “
Pete Davidson had a party with activists in 2023, after he and friend Chase Sui Wonders were spotted bringing home a cavapoo puppy from the Citipups puppy store in Manhattan, following the death of their 2-year-old dog Henry. After PETA suggested the actor show “great core energy” through adoption, Davidson went crazy in a perpletive-filled voicemail to PETA’s senior vice president of cruelty investigations, Daphna Nachminovitch, in which she explained that she needed an urgent dog because of her allergies. He ended his message by saying, “Fuck me and suck my dick. “
For the queen of truth TV, Kim Kardashian, it was the remedy for her two Pomeranian puppies that encouraged PETA to speak out in December 2022, after a video showed Sake and Sushi living in a windowless garage. The organization’s senior vice president noted (via page six) that dogs are “very social pack animals that want more than fluffy beds and decorative stockings,” imploring the billionaire businesswoman to let Sushi and Sake into her home.
Kardashian’s most infamous encounter with the animal activist organization, the 2012 flour bombing, really had nothing to do with PETA. Her former media strategist admitted that the “attack” on the queen of truth was an internal publicity task. While PETA was responsible, the organization denied any involvement.
The animal rights organization has also spoken out over the years to praise celebrities and TV productions or movies that show animals that shouldn’t be harmful to entertainment or fashion. This was the case for Kardashian’s sister, Kylie Jenner, when the makeup mogul wore a hairstyle. Dressed with a huge (but fake) lion head sewn into the front. PETA praised the ambitious look as “as opposed to trophy hunting,” made only with cruelty-free materials.
In January 2023, Dakota Johnson found herself in trouble with animal rights activists for dressing up the ambassador for Gucci’s 1961 Jackie series of handbags, boasting that his products ranged “from different styles of crocodile to new python favorites. “PETA described videos allegedly showing cruelty to animals at slaughterhouses that provided their furs to Gucci, and asked the Fifty Shades of Grey star to pledge not to wear or promote exotic fur as a fad.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ wife in Britain removed some holiday posts in July 2023, after PETA criticized her photos involving a dolphin. They showed Brittany “curled up” with a 400-pound dolphin, as well as her and her daughter Sterling Skye swimming with them. A spokesperson for the organization explained what happens to dolphins in “stressful situations of excessive captivity,” and asked him to increase his compassion for the animals that come with marine life.
PETA targeted Fox’s comedy Animal Control in February 2023 for the use of live animals on its show, rather than CGI or other visual effects, but the group was given some privacy with series star Joel McHale. After asking if the actor—like the aforementioned Paris Hilton—lived under a rock, PETA went on to criticize the “disgusting soup of animal exploitation” and ended its tirades against McHale by saying:
Read the play, Joel McFail: Animals Are the Key to His Return, and neither is this unhappy vision.
Alas! Surprisingly, with the renewal of the series, is it worth waiting for some other strongly formulated for the actor before season 2?
In the weeks following Rihanna’s epic pregnancy announcement in February 2023, the expectant mother of two was spotted dressed in a long coat made of what PETA said was likely genuine fur. They showed up to send her a dummy fur coat, pleasing to her maternal instincts with a letter that read (by TMZ):
As a mother, you know what it’s like to feel protective and you need to make sure your family doesn’t suffer any harm. Keep in mind that this preference, this same intuition, is shared by minks, foxes and rabbits that are torn from their families. and killed for their skin.
Whether you’re on PETA’s side or agree with the celebrities who have strengthened the organization on fashion issues or where they place their pets, no one can deny that the group’s tactics manage to draw attention to the problem. Continue to see this kind of break-in in the future.
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