KELIS VS. PETA

THE FACTS
Kelis responded to PETA’s call for her to stop wearing fur.
THE SPIN
Like most celebrities who wear Winnie the Pooh, Rocky, and Bulwinkle on their backs or across their shoulders, PETA reaches out to them in order to stop them from wearing fur.
PETA can sometimes be a bit, uh, aggressive with their antics which leads to some celebrities ignoring them altogether. Or, they do like Kelis and write an online rant challenging their entire organization’s purpose.
Here’s Kelis’ PETA-blasting letter:
Good morning all!
Ok, so you’re gonna love this. The other day I got a personalized letter from PETA! Lol so after some thought I’ve decided to write one back. Goes a little something like this:
There is no humane way to kill anything, let me start there. It’s unfortunate but it’s part of life. With that being said, I would eat pterodactyl if you found some and you told me it was meaty and delicious. And after doing a very minimal amount of research……. I found out that the founder Ingrid Newkirk is completely batty. I had a feeling but she far exceeded my expectations. I mean certifiably insane! Lol this chicks will is nuts, google it – it’s a riot! Beyond the fact that I think she’s a diabetic, which means she needs insulin, which is taken from lab pigs (I know this because my sister happens to be in veterinary school), which would be completely hypocritical. It’s like don’t abuse animals unless it can help me.
I feel very strongly about a lot of things such as the sweatshops that spin cotton and the blood on their hands. Btw it’s not just the look of fur. It’s warm as hell and feels glorious, ever rubbed faux fur on your body? Nothing luxurious about that. Then the letter proceeded to name artist and designers who don’t wear real fur. Great! More for me! I don’t judge them, don’t judge me.
If I started wearing endangered animals like polar bear or orangutan then talk to me. (Which btw for the record I would not – I do believe in the preservation of endangered species) But the minks and chinchilla that quite honestly are rodents and if weren’t in the form of a coat I would demand they be put to death anyway are not an issue to me.
The death of high fashion. Ugh.
I eat meat, and in fact my mouth salivates as I type the word meat! And the paint throwing that’s just ridiculous! What if I was hurling Loubitons and Pierre Hardy’s at every sad poorly dressed person on the street? As right as I may be it’s just fanatical and crazy. And people have the right to feel as they please. What about art? Survival of the fittest. Natural selection? No let’s just let all the rodents run free and over take our cities. Oh wait they have, NY and LA in particular are infested! Why don’t u save them all from scavenging on the streets and ruining my evening strolls, take them home. Make them pets! Get off my back! Pun intended!
Underpaid minorities picking your vegetables, now that’s fine for you right? Please, fight for their rights. How about the poverty in the communities of brown people around the world. She had the nerve to say (and I quote) “get over it” talking of the issue of black people and slavery in this country verses cows being slaughtered. Is she kidding me? Lol yes she must be. Actually, she’s lucky most black people have real issues to worry about in the U.S and don’t give a crap what her delusional privileged opinions are. But she should try saying that again just for kicks n giggles on the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Blvd in Harlem n see how well people “get over it” lol.
If u want to preach do it about something worthwhile don’t waste my time trying to save the dang chipmunk.
Find a worthwhile cause like the women being maimed in these Middle Eastern countries. Or female circumcision. Or women’s rights here in America, we still get paid less for doing the same jobs as men. Quite honestly if you hate the world so much go live in the forest where no one else has to hear you complain about the perfectly good food chain the good Lord created. Everyone has the right to an opinion, and that’s mine on that! xoxo
Some say Kelis sounds ignorant while others say it’s about time someone took the organization to task.
What’s your spin? Tell us here.
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I eat meat as well and I also wear leather. So here’s my two cents…while mink and chinchilla are rodents we don’t eat them (food chain reference). So Kelis to satisfy PETA if you’re going to wear these furs you should also have them for dinner with fava beans (Hannibal Lecter reference).
lol Yolanda!! she does sound ignorant because chinchillas and minks are farmed in thousands of small cages for the very purpose of making fur coats, the wild chinchillas and minks arent caught and turned into fur coats, hence the reason why they are not an endangered species! what an idiot! Now I only eat fish and chicken but thats my choice however I dont agree with fur coats at all! not to mention when people where them they just looks stupid, most of them wear them in climates when you dont even need them! what a joke!
PETA, to me, are a bunch of crazies. Granted, they do have a point at times but I don’t think they have the right to tell me or anyone else what to wear or eat.
Kelis, you just sound ignorant though! Best worry about taking money from your ex-husband Nas!
I thought it was pretty funny. How about some grilled Pterodactyl burgers? HAHAHA!!
I think she was making the point that minks and chinchilla are glorified rat cousins that still proliferate like rats, so there’s no danger of them becoming extinct. I also think there’s some merit to her point about PETA people apparently having no concern for the conditions of humans.
Her response reminds me of a joke I’d once heard comedian, Paul Rodriguez, tell: he said that if God hadn’t intended people to eat cows, he wouldn’t have made them so slow and delicious (heeheehee!!)
URBAN ENTERTAINER, KELIS… CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICA’S FREEDOM OF SPEECH CONCERNING THE PERSONAL ISSUES OF AN ORGANIZATIONS 1ST. AMENDMENT RIGHTS, BUT WITH SOME EXTREME VIOLATION(S) OF STIR CRAZY ATTACKS (SOMETIMES CRIMINAL) AGAINST HER OR OTHERS LEGAL 1ST. AMENDMENT’S FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; IT WAS WELL STATED EXCEPTIONALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, AND LAWFULLY ASSERTIVELY!!!
(PLEASE EXCUSE ALL ERRORS!!!)
You are right about that Rance. It seems PETA and members only have concern for animals but will tell a human go piss in a minute!
Take the whole Michael Vick thing for instance. They were boycotting him and everything but totally dissed this homeless man that was sitting nearby in one report I read.
Now, I have respect for animals but for me, humans will come first!
Kelis made a good point. PETA IS OFF THE CHAIN!
“And God gives you dominion over all animals”. You go Kelis
nice point Kelis lol
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