Okay. Let me get this straight. Charlize Theron is a big animal-rights supporter. Hates fur. Loves puppies. Poses with PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk at parties.
What the heck was she doing on the October cover of Vogue in a suede skirt?
Yep. That’s miss “It doesn’t make sense to me to let animals suffer for fashion” in Morgane Le Fay leather boots, a Banana Republic leather jacket, a Hermès leather trench coat, and an Ellen Tracy suede shirt. (Complete slide show: click here.)
Bonus points: Theron was castigated in 2005 by ACT-UP and other AIDS research advocates for her association with PETA. She’s a long-time AIDS research supporter. Unlike PETA. (All those lab rats, you know…)
More bonus points: Theron’s latest film, In the Valley of Elah, is directed by Paul Haggis.
How do you know the skirt is not faux-suede? I have a few articles of clothing that are fake-suede, but look and feel EXACTLY like the real thing. But I am a cynical one, so I would not be at all surprised if Ms. Theron really was wearing suede…
Okay, disregard my last comment — I didn’t read the whole blurb. She’s a complete dumb-ass!!!!
As long as they’re getting publicity or money, they don’t give a f*** which side they’re on.
There are certain celebrities we see on talk shows and get the impression they have brains and integrity. Charlize is one of them. Well, she *was*, anyway, up until she started endorsing PETA, but now that we find out she isn’t even practicing the malarkey she preaches and is just paying it lip service, now we know she lacks integrity as well as brain power. I’m still holding out hope that George Clooney is what he seems, but my grasp on that hope isn’t as firm as it once was. Maybe everything is manufactured by PR people. (sigh)
You tell me she doesn’t own a leather purse or leather shoes. Bull Crap.
Am I the only one who realizes that those are not her clothes? I assume that since her purpose as a cover girl is to be a canvas for whatever they put on her, that she and anyone else in her position would be considered rude and difficult to protest what they chose for her to wear.
That shoot was planned far in advance to go with everything from the colors of the general layout that month to the subjects addressed in that issue. I imagine it’s hard, unnecessary and even unprofessional to try and perpetuate one’s personal convictions in a professional environment. For me, this example shows why public figures have no need to press such issues anyway. Any time you go public with your private beliefs you are doomed to be caught in situations like this one.
Oh, horrors! To think that a multi-gazillionaire should be expected to put her ethical beliefs above her income-stream.
Unless, of course, those beliefs are a flavor-of-the-month charade embraced for PETA-branded publicity…
Naah.
I believe in the ethical treatment of animals, but don’t believe in throwing blood on people.
If Charlize REALLY felt strongly enough, all of those things would be faux (but, chances are, they are not) - it doesn’t matter about what the magazine already had planned, blah blah blah ..
Joaquin Phoenix refused to do any work on “Walk The Line” until all his leather goods to be worn were replaced with non-leather goods. His ‘leather’ boots are really rubber. He is completely vegan though .. more power to him.
Needless to say, these things can be avoided, especially when one is a big celebrity (which, ah, I think Charlize is .. it’s not like we’re dealing with the girls from “The Hills” here) - if their demands can be met in the dressing room, their demands can be met for the photo shoot - if the mag wants them bad enough.
Campaigning for animals, or anything positive for that matter, is a great thing. Jumping on the bandwagon is not.
Would campaigning for “more bacon at the craft service table” count as something positive?
I am in shock.I was such a fan.Of course she could have said NO…she has the financial power…I just can’t get it.I am so so dissapointed