What was it that Mickey Rourke said about activist actors? That they “tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cozy up to some flavor-of-the-month liberal”? What if you replace the word “liberal” with “animal-rights organization”?
Because Mickey is heading up PETA’s newest ad campaign about neutering your dog. The sentiment is one of few that I actually agree with PETA on, but did he really think it through before deciding to carry PETA’s jock?
This is a man who appreciates the finer things in life, such as wearing a leather vest to a bondage party in South Beach. Or showing off his assets in a pair of tight leather pants. And kicking back at interviews in his signature leather motorcycle jacket.
Actually, it seems the only time he isn’t wearing leather is in the ad for PETA. Although given his track record, he’s probably wearing lambskin tighty whiteys.
I wonder if PETA had the cojones to tell him that draping yourself in animal skins while stumping for PETA is the fastest way to climb the Top Ten Deceivers list. Because it totally is.
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Oh no! I went from not remembering him, to thinking he was kinda cool, to now thinking he’s a complete jagoff. All in the span of a week. Way to go Mickey! A new record! Yay for me!
I knew you guys would love this. Although it is a little late, Peta gave you a lovely Christmas present.
He wears leather every day. It’s called his face.
Well, here goes – like Holly said (basically) you don’t have to agree with everything PeTA stands for just ’cause you agree with one particular cause, although folks might tend to lump you in with all-things PeTA if their logo is just above your shoulder. If anyone questioned Mickey about wearing leather he’d just tell ‘em where to go. Kinda like the Bush Sr & Bill Clinton ad for LA/MS Katrina relief, or on Sanctuary, with Sherlock Holmes and Jack the R siding together for a common cause. Strange Bedfellows indeed. Maybe Mickey could even get a pass re: the actor comment, if you don’t consider him an actor.
Not that I’m defending him, but, do we know if it’s real leather? Maybe it’s pleather?
And that ad looks ridiculous.
Coming from someone who neutered my dog, I don’t think I was ever scared to do it, or needed “cajones” in the first place….
If only he was wearing leather pants, vest and motorcycle jacket in this ad. That would be even awesomer.
I wanna know what PeFA has to say about this ad.
People for the Ethical Feeding of Animals.
A leather three-piece suit! I dig it. Maybe with a chinchilla bowtie.
The poor dog has a look on his face that says, “Help meeeee!”
“Have the cojones to not stump for PeTA.” — Rocko
LOL! I am with Pasta on this one.
Seriously, I think that most people can agree with PETA on that single point. Spaying and neutering is good, kiddies. While I find the celebrities that hypocritically pose for PETA pretty pathetic and not at all worthy of respect, I see this as more of one more mark against PETA, wasting their funds on hiring people who don’t even follow their effed up philosophy.
Maybe they neuter Mickey, too. We can hope.
You know, I’m actually sorta suprised that PeTA supports spaying and neutering.
After all, any one of us’d be mighty upset waking up from a nice little nap to find the family jewels mysteriously missing…
Why didn’t he just do a spay, neutering campaign for The Humane Society? Or some other group like that? Why’d it have to be peta?
Maybe he’s trying to infiltrate their ranks to take ‘em down from the inside or something. Maybe he’ll team up with Gary Busey. Would that not be awesome? They could be “crazy cop, crazier cop”.
Fingers crossed!
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/02/23-End/gary-busey-batshit-crazy.jpg
I thought Mickey Rourke made it pretty loud and clear that he’s a hot blooded Conservative? PETA’s about as liberal as any wacked nonprofit organization gets. I also figured that since Mickey Rourke is so irritated with celebrities announcing their politics, that endorsing of all groups PETA would contradicting his being the tight-lipped Conservative he says he is.
I figured PETA would be against spaying and neutering pets, considering that PETA thinks that if you look at an animal crooked, that you’re some kind of monstrosity. I’m actually unclear on PETA’s advocation of spaying/neutering pets. Hey, isn’t PETA supposedly against pet ownership too?
Hmmm…
when i saw this on dlisted today, i thought to myself ‘umm i’ve seen this dude in leather before.. but ok’ i didn’t even bother to send it here because i knew deceiver would be on it haha
and good point christina x! for being so “conservative” mickey sure doesn’t mind posing for PETA! and his dog looks sad in the picture
Pasta, the Mickey/Gary crazy cop PeTA infiltration would be wicked awesome as a movie. You should, like, totally hold out for a writer credit, dude.
I will.
Okay, I’m completely with Minnow. Bigger dose of hypocrisy from PeTA: “DO NOT KEEP PETS! (and neuter them.)” WTF? Where does that come from?
And, ah, uh, Mr. Rourke, sir? PeTA? It’s not cojones I lack . . . it’s moolah. (And a dog.) When I had my cat neutered–a male, which means a 90-minute procedure they don’t even have to knock him out for–the vet down the road wanted $80 overnight two nights (night before to “make sure” he hadn’t eaten, night after to “make sure” everything was OK), so I was looking at like $150 to get him snipped. And *that* I believe is where people balk, because it’s a well-known fact that neutered animals are better companions, friendlier, less aggressive, etc. (Especially cats. Good gosh, you do not want to keep a “whole” cat, male or female, unless you’re a breeder.) (And yeah, I had him snipped, by a nicer vet whose practice was out of his home–he charged me $30 and kept him basicaly about four hours.)
Habanada’s situation wasn’t unique. For any similarly situated readers out there, please know that there is financial help available.
My vet participates in Spay Day USA. I do the graphics for mailings we use to solicit donations from area businesses.
The last 2 weeks in February, ALL of our low income families receive totally free services and the rest pay about $40 (covers pain meds and vaccs, dependant upon animal and size). Most of our focus is a nearby depressed urban area, the state hotspot for rabies, parvo, and stray pets.
We do about 150 animals over a 2 week period, mostly cats and pitbulls.
Vet participation is scattered across the country and offers vary. Many charge a reduced flat fee to everyone. The point is to eliminate excuses, to get it done safely and cheaply.
I also happen to know that if you mention “Spay Day” when contacting a participating vet, many will honor their Spay Day rates if you qualify financially. I referred my stupid nephew to a participating vet in his area and he was charged $50 for a large breed female in August.
Click “Find an Event” and enter your zip code for a participating vet near you:
http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/pet_overpopulation_and_ownership_statistics/spay_day_usa/
Habanada…what the hell sort of rip off vet did you go to? The average vet will snip even a dog that has to get knocked out at 9am and have him ready to go home by 3pm. You just sign a waiver stating that the animal hasn’t eaten in the past 12 hours. I’m glad you went to a vet that wasn’t going to rip you off with this crazy two night stay.
And yeah, good point… what the hell’s PETA doing with this? They don’t want you to have pets, so why alter them in any way? More puzzling, why do people even take this farce of an organization seriously?
Minnow, thanks for posting that info. We used to have the Neuter Commuter in my neighborhood. A little van that had all the equipment and would do the job for twenty-five bucks. Here in the UK, you don’t see that sort of thing, but the vets here are reasonable.
Oh, yea, the guy who wears sparkly scarves and botoxes his face is preaching to me about cajones. That makes sense. Dumbass.
Chronic–I live in a small town in a community of several small towns, so people who run services like vets know that they can pretty much charge whatever they want and the locals have to suck it because what else are they going to do? Drive 50 miles to the city to get it done? Our movie theaters are the same way–they’re awful, crappy, rundown things, but they charge an arm and a leg because no one knows differently. At least there’s a few honorable people out there like the semi-retired vet who handles my cat care for less
Now I just need to find a movie theater that does the same . . .
I’m glad you have that one vet, Habanada. It sucks that you have so many others taking advantage that way!
It took me two weeks to have my cat fixed – the parts were back-ordered.