Here’s The Daily Mail, on Victoria Beckham’s nasty slap at Liz Hurley for becoming the new face of Blackglama furs:
When it comes to handbags, sunglasses, frocks, shoes and diamonds, she wouldn’t be caught dead with a fake.
But fur coats are a different matter for Victoria Beckham.
On that subject she takes the moral high ground - even if she has to stand shivering on it.
The brindled pelt that she wore out in sub-zero temperatures in New York on Friday had never kept an animal warm, and probably did little for her as well …
No! Posh Spice would never wear vinyl shoes or carry a naugahyde handbag. But polyester “fur”? Definitely. It’s far too politically correct not to wear, even if you freeze your nipples off for the privilege.
We’ve seen this phenomenon again and again and again and again. (And again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again…) Save the minks, but screw the leather-bearing cows, right?
In Hurley’s defense, Ecorazzi noted back in July that PETA was already on her case — because her organic frozen TV dinners included some meat entrées. (Can you believe that? What nerve!)
You see, PETA is like this nun who taught my third-grade Spanish class. By the second week of school, she decided that little Joey DiAntonio was the devil’s spawn, and there was no way he was going to change her mind for the rest of the year. She was just that judgmental, and we all knew it.
So did Joey waste a lot of time saying Hail Marys and trying to kiss her overfed butt through that thick, black habit? Nope. He scratched the hell out of her De Colores record album. He set fire to her map of Lake Titicaca, just to hear her scream the name out loud. He even whispered “putana” a few times in class while she was writing on the blackboard, just to see if she could figure out who said it.
The moral of the story? if the knuckle-rapper has your number, you may as well have some fun watching her blood pressure go up.
But it’s all academic, in my anything-but-humble opinion, when fake fur makes you look like Posh the Magic Emu.
Did that little Joey grow up to be The Oversneer? I think he did.
I’m doing the devil horns with my fingers right now. Rock on.
Take that Sister Whateveryournamewas!
Why the hell do people even care what PETA says about what they wear?
And what about the cows? Does no one think of the cows?
Cows are tasty……there is no way I could give up meat.
I’m with you, Chronic. I’ve never figured out why people get so concerned about what PETA thinks. It’s not like they can sue people for eating dead animals and wearing their fur; all they can do is wave their hands saying, “WE DON’T LIKE THAT!” They have less power than the old geezer sitting on his porch yelling at kids to get off his lawn, yet everybody (I use “everybody” so loosely) goes bananas over PETA. WTF?
Ah … PETA has no power over you because you’re not famous/ But if you’re famous, your name and your likeness are your “brand.” That brand has value. And PETA knows it.
When PETA gets its knickers in a knot over Liz Hurley, what they’re really communicating is “We’re trying to diminish her box office value and lower her industry prestige.” it’s the same as when they try to ruin the stock price of Hormel, or Tyson, or McDonald’s. But it’s on the scale of a “brand” that equals a single person. (…and maybe her agent & assorted handlers…)
I’m guessing a protracted nasty fight with PETA could do about as much damage to a movie star’s “brand value” as a scathing movie review from the New York Times, or making a big film that went “straight to video.”
So they do have some power. But then again, so does the KKK. Power alone doesn’t make you righteous.
TheEyeSeesAll…. I see the point and you are probably right, but you know, I think that a lot of these celebrities, if they stood up to PETA’s bullying and not only did what they felt like, but also just called them on their BS, would get so much public respect that they would get a free pass if they forgot their underwear when they went out.
Habanada… you said it better than I could have.
PETA gets on my nerves and i think that coat is a hot mess real or fake, but since its so fug at least its not real. and side note: liz hurley is washed up as hell!
katie, I was about to say Blackgama has fallen as a brand if the best they could do is Liz Hurley. Back in the ’80s, they had real Hollywood legends like Sophia Loren and Debbie Reynolds, both of which told PETA to stuff its piehole when it complained.
Chronic, ITA. If only Hollywood looked outside its bubble and realized the public doesn’t give a toss who eats meat and who doesn’t, who wears beasties and who doesn’t, etc.. In fact, the public hates self-righteous animal rights freaks. I saw this for myself last Black Friday when some PETArds tried to protest outside of Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus (which they called “Neiman Carcass”) for selling furs. Even in this flaming liberal state, people were walking by taunting them. It was funny. But people in Hollywood really believe most folks in Peoria sit around saying, “I won’t see that b-word’s movie! She wears FUR!!! She eats MEAT!!”
Pasta, I think her name was Sister Mary Elephant or Sister Rosetta Stone (YES, I stole the names from Cheech and Chong). You have to watch out for those 18″ rulers with the metal bar running down one side. They hurt!
Well stated, StrawberryGirl. Most people make fun of self righteous activists. This is the only reason I have the tiny shred of respect for Jessica Simpson that I do - the Real Girls Eat Meat shirt. I so want to see other celebrities give PETA the finger and just do what they really want to do, which of course is eat ribs, wear leather, and throw on a mink stole for the Oscars ceremony.