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When I wrote about the PETA ad earlier today that’s been in the news because it shanghaied Michelle Obama into the fur wars, I confess I didn’t look too closely at the ad itself.
So I’m grateful to a faithful reader who e-mailed to point out that I should have been paying closer attention to Oprah.
Who was wearing a leather skirt in the ad.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Now there’s no way any of these photos were commissioned just for the PETA ad. They were all “old stock” from photo agencies, manipulated by the PETA art department. (The Oprah photo above, for instance, dates from December 11, 2007.)
Which makes this ad even more douche-bag-ish. Some idiot at PETA was looking for a photo of Oprah to use in an anti-fur ad, and actually chose the one that featured her in a leather skirt.
So there’s yet another reason for these celebrities — including the First Lady — to push back when PETA hijacks their images for stupid animal rights campaigns: PETA is the proverbial Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight.
Either that, or they have a clever sense of irony.
Nope, I’m going with incompetence. And hypocrisy. Definitely hypocrisy. Especially since this isn’t the first time the PETA loons couldn’t manage to keep their own promotions “cruelty free.”
On second thought, from now on can we all agree that there’s a certain amount of cruelty inherent in PETA campaigns? Or doesn’t cruelty to innocent people count for anything?
UPDATE: Here’s Her Oprah-ness in a 1984 Chicago Tribune pic, in what looks suspiciously like a big ol’ fur coat. Could it be that she’s not into animal rights at all? (And was last year’s KFC giveaway your first hint?)
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And the PeTA ad person blows their Perception role…AGAIN.
That is just too funny.
Silly peta, no cookie for you.
My favorite is that if I eat a burger or fried chicken, that is a crime equivalent to murder in their book, but when people give them animals to adopt out and they kill virtually everyone of them so they don’t have to spend money to feed and shelter them that is A-OK. So I guess it is ok in their book to kill animals as long as I don’t eat them… or else they are a bunch of hypocrites that rightly believe their followers are too stupid to recognize the inconsistency.
That had to of been a big animal to make all the leather for that dress.
If everyone who was either misrepresentated or harassed by PETA would band together, they could put them out of business. It’s a shame that no one ever has. Of course, it might put sites like Deceiver out of business. PETA is like the motherlode of hypocrisy.
Maybe it’s naugahyde recycled from her old sofa from when she was poor.
That was a hella lotta Naugas, Mermaid. Probably a whole bus-station lounge worth.
Hey don’t trash leather skirts!! I just bought one last week and let me tell you, it makes my butt look dang good. I mean, PeTA versus how my a** looks. . .hmmmmm tough choice. Oh well sorry PeTA! Not.
This is too bizarre. If I didn’t know it was real, I’d think it was a prank or some sort of skit.
Petards. They just keep stepping in it.
To quote an old phrase, they keep being “hoisted by their own petard.”
You can’t always tell from a picture. That could be pleather, the leather substitute. Or, it could be Poprah, the Oprah substitute.
Mister Snitch FTW. “Poprah” is awesome. It’s like Tofurkey, only opinionated and ambulatory.
Just stumbled on this. Hilarious. It’s actually LAMB-SKIN leather, which PETA ought to object to even more.
See http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2008/Dressing-to-Thrill/ for a profile of the fashion designer.
Too funny!
Don’t they think to check before they make such claims? Honestly, what petards.
“Poprah” is awesome.”
After all, Beige, she’s quitting the show. Someone’s gonna have to come up with some Poprah pretty soon. (Imagine the scrambling going on even now over this. It’s like the behind-the-scenes scrum of Cardinals when the Pope starts falling asleep in his oatmeal.)
“It’s actually LAMB-SKIN leather, which PETA ought to object to even more.”
Indeed, one would expect we’d be hearing more bleating over this.
That lambskin bit makes me wonder: Has PETA ever pitched a hissy over lambskin condoms? Because unless that’s a figure of speech, you’d think they’d be getting their organically-grown knickers in a serious twist. So to speak.
Sometimes I think Oprah doesn’t really know what she stands for. Especially with the whole body image and weight issues. She’s pretty confused sometimes.
And what is happening to PETA? Are they losing their credibility and integrity? Or are their true colors just showing?
I’m going with “true colors.” But that’s just me.
They also effed up using Dita Von Teese as a spokesperson. She is very fond of furs!