PETA Certainly Knows How To Piss People Off

Posted on January 7th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Michelle Obama, News, SMH

PETA thought they were slick using our First lady’s image in their little “Anti-Fur” ad, but the White House ain’t having it:

The White House is fuming over a new anti-fur campaign featuring first lady Michelle Obama.She appears alongside Oprah Winfrey, Carrie Underwood and Tyra Banks — who have all refused to wear real fur — in “Fur-Free and Fabulous,” PETA’s new ad, which was unveiled last week and can be seen at Washington, D.C.-area Metro stations and on the group’s website.

But the White House maintains that PETA had no right to use the image of the first lady in its new ads. PETA president Ingrid Newkirk insists her organization wouldn’t have sought Obama’s consent for the ad because it knows that she can’t make such an endorsement.

“The fact is that Michelle Obama has issued a statement indicating that she doesn’t wear fur, and the world should know that in PETA’s eyes, that makes her pretty fabulous,” she said in a press statement.

PETA senior vice president Dan Mathews added that Obama should be flattered. Introducing the campaign, he said: “By rejecting fur, these style icons demonstrate to the world that fur is old-fashioned and cruel.”

They should’ve known that they were gonna get in trouble for this one…

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  • INSIDEMAN

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  • Rihanna’s sharp n witchy fingernails took the oath

    WAR IS OLD FASHION AND CRUEL!

  • Rihanna’s sharp n witchy fingernails took the oath

    WARS ARE*

  • http://perryone779@yahoo,com rose by any other name # 9304026339482056536 ™

    PETA people are a bunch of retards.. what the he** was on their pea brain minds to do that?

  • Rihanna’s sharp n witchy fingernails took the oath

    @Tyra Lynn
    I wish your weak a s s was white too!

  • Bossip sucks

    This is why as much as I love animals and hate cruelty against them as God’s creation, I dont get down with PETA because they are lunatics and wanna go ganster on people. They would rather free animals then help people, that is just stupid.

  • Testing

    LOL! They said she should be flattered!

  • Negro Please

    I saw on the news today that some outerwear company has a billboard of Barack in a sporting jacket in Times Square that they made and the White House are trying to take the billboard down. When did it become fashionable to use the first family to promote products in ads.smh

  • Cameron

    Peta’s getting on my nerves. I see them as being no different than radical conservative churches that promote hate.

  • pynk♥{Luckily, my jeans are tight. So, no. There is no room 4 you! :)}

    Negro Please
    1/7/10, 11:05:am

    I saw on the news today that some outerwear company has a billboard of Barack in a sporting jacket in Times Square that they made and the White House are trying to take the billboard down. When did it become fashionable to use the first family to promote products in ads.smh
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Sounds to me like these people wanna capitalize off of the fact that the First Family is Black. What a shame. I never saw anyone try this When Bush or Clinton was in office…

  • NYC

    Animals do not have a voice to speak out on injustices and mistreatment they endure at the hands of humans. PETA may occasionally be radical, and I certainly don’t agree with all their methods, but they get major props as does the ASPCA and Humane Society for standing up for Animals who can’t do so for themselves.

  • WhatAWorld

    Why are they using the first lady because she’s black(I know the answer don’t say it,lmao)?This is ridiculous,yeah they’re fly and down to Earth but there the “Leaders” of the free world.This s.hit is getting out of hand!

  • FiveStarish

    PETA stands for People Eat Tame Animals

  • FiveStarish

    Well the only thing they could’ve used Bush in an ad for is Hooked on Phonics

  • I’m Just Me: Keeping It Real Since: 1983. HAPPY NEW YEAR BOSSIP FOLK. 99 DAYS!!!

    PETA IS RUN BY A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITICAL NUT CASES….WHO HAS THIS SHYT TO DO.

  • Bossip is Lame!

    PETA needs to stop shoving their philosophy down peoples throat as though its the gospel or the law. If people choose to wear fur its their business. WHo made them the official protector of furs? They should not have used the First Lady’s image in this way or without Whitehouse approval. She is the First Lady of the US (American Royalty) not a random celebrity. Stop trying to reduce her to less than she is. Had this ad featured all first ladies, it would have been a different issue. But, it kills me how they trash the Obama’s image while protecting the others. White people and their attitude of entitlement. Ugh!

  • http://esaw@rock.com REAL TALK

    GO TELL ARETHA THAT.
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  • http://esaw@rock.com REAL TALK

    GO TELL ARETHA THAT.

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  • TestingTesting123

    Very interesting indeed!!

  • http://nautysgirl@yahoo.com bklynlady

    MAN FCK PETA! IM WRAPPED IN MY MINK TRENCH RIGHT NOW…ALONG WITH MY MATCHING HEADBAND….

    I WISH PETA WOULD COME THIS WAY WITH SOME PAINT…..THEY’LL BE EATING THAT SH*T…..

    IF YOU EAT ANY FORM OF MEAT OR FISH WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BTWN THAT AND WEARING FUR? PLEASE EXPLAIN….

  • http://BOSSIP TIFFANY

    THEY ARE ALL FULL OF SHIT:THEY WEAR LEATHER SHOES,BAGS, PURSE’S,COATS,AND JACKETS.
    SO LETS KEEP IT REAL THEY ALL WERE ANIMALS SKIN!SO WHAT ITS NOT FUR.ITS STILL AN ANIMAL.

  • UrHeinessDaQueen

    wtf is going on here? lol…1st Mr.President is used in new Weatherproof outerware ad for TimesQuare now this? very suspect!…but supposedly neither of them knew or these companies/organizations are doing it for the sake of creating controversy?anyways PETA can eat a d.i.c.k already

  • ChichaMami16

    What is this the 2nd ad they’ve put the Obamas in, I didn’t read the last one saying that the President nor the White House gave them permission to put Mr.Obama in the ad, but now they doing it to 1st lady Obama too? People need to start getting permission!

  • Gmen

    ugly azz b’tches

  • http://bossip,com Just the Wife

    Did anyone notice that the pic of Oprah shows her wearing one of my favorite outfits – it’s a beautiful buttery soft ankle length leather skirt! I am against animal cruelty – put these folks take it too far. Why not work to shut down puppy mills, adopt homeless pets, and most of all- encourage spay/neutering (or donate to clinics who provide this service)?

  • Veronika

    I think that PETA (People for Extortion, Terrorism, and Anarchy) is aiming this ad at the African American community, considering those images peing prevalent. They claim that they want to make Washington, D.C. “fur free”. I certainly don’t agree with this because I love wearing furs. PETA is a cult as well as an industry which uses animal issues to get big donations from the clueless. What they don’t understand is that they need to respect the rights of those people (myself included) who do not agree with their agenda, but they feel the “nobility” of their “mission” and their “evolved” moral status entitles them to force acquiescence from everyone. People should do research and examine the ENTIRE agenda of the animal “rights” cult/industry , including reading the crazy, often violently misanthropic statements of their leaders, then do the extrapolations. They aren’t considered a terrorist group by the FDA and the FBI for nothing.

  • Veronika

    Oops! That was to read, ” ‘nobility’ of their mission”. Sorry about the typo.

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