UPDATE (Oct. 17, 2008): Sophie claims she was buying KFC dinner for a homeless guy. We’re not buying it, unless the dude was in the back seat of her car.

A big Deceiver welcome to readers from The Australian and The Daily Telegraph. G’Day Mates!

In October 2007 when Sophie Monk did a naked pinup ad for PETA, the animal rights group released a companion video in which the Aussie pop star (best known for once being engaged to Benji Madden) said she had been a vegetarian since age 18. Monk also had this to say about anyone who would dare eat at a KFC:

I think the message to KFC eaters [is that] you should think about what you’re eating. If you’re eating deformed animals that are being induced by hormones, you know, it can not be good for you.

Six months later, paparazzi from X17 shot some video of Monk exiting a KFC in Hollywood. But it was impossible to know if she actually bought any food. (Maybe she just needed a bathroom. It happens. I once snuck into the bathroom of a raw-food and smoothie bar when Nature called, even though there was no way I was ever going to actually eat there.)

That was in April. Fast-forward four more months to Thursday, August 21. Same Hollywood KFC (check out the etched vandalism on the door in the first photo below — it matches the X17 video). And there’s Sophie, carrying a bag with a tell-tale KFC chicken box. The kind they serve a three-piece dinner in. And this was not shot in Canada, where there might be a vegetarian “chicken” meal lurking inside.

I bet if Miss Thang had stayed engaged to Benji, she would have enough money by now to hire someone to run out for her fried chicken. I’m just saying.

Gee, I wonder when PETA will take down its web page claiming that Sophie doesn’t eat meat? Yep — probably never. I’m wondering if she ever was a vegetarian. I wonder if Las Vegas oddsmakers take wagers on Pam Anderson having a closet full of mink coats. Right about now, I’d bet on it.

Bonus Points: The last picture in the gallery above is from a grocery trip Sophie took right after her KFC trip. I enhanced the grocery bag so we could take a look at the contents, and what do we have here? Yogurt. Another PETA no-no. Cruelty to cows, you know…