Kelis Tells PETA to Kick Rocks: “Minks and Chinchilla are Rodents Anyway.”

Posted on January 14th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Kelis, News, Pure Comedy, Twitter Files

Kelis received a letter from PETA regarding her mink and chinchilla get ups.  Pop the top to see how Kelis responded.

Kelis wrote this open letter to PETA on her Myspace page:

Kelis’ Letter to PETA

There is no humane way to kill anything, let me start there. It’s unfortunate but it’s part of life. With that being said, I would eat pterodactyl if you found some and you told me it was meaty and delicious. And after doing a very minimal amount of research……. I found out that the founder Ingrid Newkirk is completely batty. I had a feeling but she far exceeded my expectations. I mean certifiably insane! Lol this chicks will is nuts, google it – it’s a riot! Beyond the fact that I think she’s a diabetic, which means she needs insulin, which is taken from lab pigs (I know this because my sister happens to be in veterinary school), which would be completely hypocritical. It’s like don’t abuse animals unless it can help me.

I feel very strongly about a lot of things such as the sweatshops that spin cotton and the blood on their hands. Btw it’s not just the look of fur. It’s warm as hell and feels glorious, ever rubbed faux fur on your body? Nothing luxurious about that. Then the letter proceeded to name artist and designers who don’t wear real fur. Great! More for me! I don’t judge them, don’t judge me.

If I started wearing endangered animals like polar bear or orangutan then talk to me. (Which btw for the record I would not – I do believe in the preservation of endangered species) But the minks and chinchilla that quite honestly are rodents and if weren’t in the form of a coat I would demand they be put to death anyway are not an issue to me.The death of high fashion. Ugh.

I eat meat, and in fact my mouth salivates as I type the word meat! And the paint throwing that’s just ridiculous! What if I was hurling Loubitons and Pierre Hardy’s at every sad poorly dressed person on the street? As right as I may be it’s just fanatical and crazy. And people have the right to feel as they please. What about art? Survival of the fittest. Natural selection? No let’s just let all the rodents run free and over take our cities. Oh wait they have, NY and LA in particular are infested! Why don’t u save them all from scavenging on the streets and ruining my evening strolls, take them home. Make them pets! Get off my back! Pun intended!

Underpaid minorities picking your vegetables, now that’s fine for you right? Please, fight for their rights. How about the poverty in the communities of brown people around the world. She had the nerve to say (and I quote) “get over it” talking of the issue of black people and slavery in this country verses cows being slaughtered. Is she kidding me? Lol yes she must be. Actually, she’s lucky most black people have real issues to worry about in the U.S and don’t give a crap what her delusional privileged opinions are. But she should try saying that again just for kicks n giggles on the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Blvd in Harlem n see how well people “get over it” lol. If u want to preach do it about something worthwhile don’t waste my time trying to save the dang chipmunk.

Find a worthwhile cause like the women being maimed in these Middle Eastern countries. Or female circumcision. Or women’s rights here in America, we still get paid less for doing the same jobs as men. Quite honestly if you hate the world so much go live in the forest where no one else has to hear you complain about the perfectly good food chain the good Lord created. Everyone has the right to an opinion, and that’s mine on that! xoxo

We guess she told them.

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  • drenk

    well im glad all that CHILD SUPPORT is being spen wisely

  • WhatAWorld

    Im glad somebody said it,trying to save bears an what not that would maul you if provoked!SMH

  • A

    She sound dumb as hell lol

  • A

    *sounds dumb as hell lol and looks a mess…What a waste of rodent fur

  • Mock Rock Star

    Kelis wear what U like

  • drenk

    huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/14/as-wallets-open-for-haiti_n_423238.html

    CREDIT CARD COMPANIES SKIMMING OFF DONATIONS

  • ChocolateGold

    LMAO! The girl has made some good points! I wonder if those PETA and the celebrities supporting them wearing leather shoes, carrying leather bags don’t know that leather comes from an animal as well. Live your life and stop judging people!

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

    lmao @ this letter. You know, maybe Kelis isn’t as bad as I thought… Actually, yes. Yes, she is. lol

  • Sofia Goncalves

    What a lowlife this woman is .Anyway fur on her , likes so vulgar lololol. She is ugly. And in Portugal we dont know who this lowlife woman is .

  • mind yo biz

    f*ck kelis for doin nas dirty, but f*ck em peta fa**ots too, thers bigger s*it goin on the world

  • forreal

    HILARIOUS!

  • http:chokolatemilk.blogspot.com Choco

    The more she opens her mouth the less I like her….she’s has no self-control and appears to be arrogant and ignorant…and she always looks stupid I really DO NOT LIKE THIS GIRL…

  • VJ1226

    She sounds dumb as hell for making her point? Everyone has the right to their opinion. I just hate the way PETA tries to force theirs onto people. Tell them Kelis!

  • PraDaMaMa

    I ALSO PREFER REAL FUR DURING THE WINTER….BUT SHE DOES SOUND DUMB AS H3LL TRYNA JUSTIFY HER REASON FOR WEARn IT…..POOR BABY!!

  • http:chokolatemilk.blogspot.com Choco

    Yeah she does seek attention for the dumbest things I really wonder how she got so damn bitter and self-centered—I mean KELIS thinks she is the ish!

  • Why

    P.S. ON YOUR POLL, MANY ARE SAYING THEY ARE STRUGGLING THEIR SELF, BUT YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT SUFFERING BECAUSE YOU ARE ON A COMPUTER OR PHONE…..
    GROW UP

  • UMFUFU

    ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN RED PEOPLE CAN WEAR FUR IN AMERICA. IT IS PART OF IN CULTURE. U CAN COME BACK TO AFRICA AND I GET YOU ZEBRA COAT.

  • when dope met fly

    she is so funny…i like her so much

  • Alrighty Then…

    I agree w/ her 100%, and yes, she did tell them… lmao… maybe they will leave her alone now…

  • http:chokolatemilk.blogspot.com Choco

    @Why
    What’s ignorant is you get the hell off the site if you don’t like it-so becuz Haiti is in trouble we are supposed to wallow in that-and don’t get me wrong I have prayed for them and I may send money-but after that what – everyday I should be write a different comment about the same topic…leave people alone!

  • $ Get cha Weight Up (You STILL makin’ that??) formerly Kami All Day

    Haha…but she IS right though.

    I just googled Ingrid NewKirk and the b*tch IS crazy!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http:chokolatemilk.blogspot.com Choco

    @Why
    If you are so h-e-l-l bent on fixing Haiti’s problem perhaps your time would be better spent off this site screaming about nothing-Go AWAY!

  • Cinnabon

    Well I am shocked that hoodrat a** Kelis is not standing up for her fellow rodents. Guess this is her latest ploy to get some attention. It aint going to work she should just find a sewer and climb into it.

  • Why

    AND WHEN THE DAY COMES WHEN THE GROUNDS THAT U ALL WALK ON CRACK AND YOU FALL UR A Z Z BETWEEN IT I PRAY THE WORLD TURNS ITS BACK ON YOU

  • $ Get cha Weight Up (You STILL makin’ that??) formerly Kami All Day

    Go to this site to see how looney this b*tch is!!

    http://www.nokillnow.com/PETAIngridNewkirkResign.htm

  • KeepNit2Real

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

    1/14/10, 14:15:pm

    lmao @ this letter. You know, maybe Kelis isn’t as bad as I thought… Actually, yes. Yes, she is. lol
    ___________
    we all get punked every now and again….lol

  • Why

    @CHOCO
    this is my first comment about the subject and you can wallow in whatever you choose, its ur choice!

    and find somebody else to vent to BEOTCH, im not interested!

  • http:chokolatemilk.blogspot.com Choco

    @Why
    You are an idiot please take your crazy azz somewhere else…turn your back and leave-all this damn RANTING – you are part of the problem not solution—WEIRDO!

  • Why

    ok am i ranting or are you ranting? which one is it? I am confused?

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

    KeepNit2Real
    1/14/10, 14:31:pm

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

    1/14/10, 14:15:pm

    lmao @ this letter. You know, maybe Kelis isn’t as bad as I thought… Actually, yes. Yes, she is. lol
    ___________
    we all get punked every now and again….lol
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Um, ok. lol

  • http://www.lovelifegodsexmoney.com Mel REPPIN’ 4 COACH ROSIE

    A simple argument from a simple person.

  • Why

    HA HA HA HA HA
    Thanks for making my day whoever you are@CHOCO

    Your words really scare me, I am shaking over here,
    your thoughts make me get low self-esteem, thanx
    I am a weirdo, thanks computer for telling me that

    What else should I know.. I hope something magical pops up on my screen?!

    WHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    a CYBER ARGUMENT, I LOVE IT! THANK YOU for beating me up! OUCh, that HURT

    BEOTCH who cares what I or YOU say on this thang?! I dont!!!

  • denne

    cosign. i used to work in a lab 5 mins from the PETA headquarters… we always had to worry about some fool tryin to come set the monkeys free…

  • WhatAWorld

    People still fussing about Nas,ahaha that fool isn’t a saint but I guess since he is a G.O.A.T he gets a pass,GROW UP!

  • Next_Lalalove

    LOL. She’s hilarious!

  • Plain Jane

    This chick is comical! BUT she does have a point and I’ve always said that about the PETA founder. Why go crazy over animals when there are so many more important issues out there? Who gives a damn about who’s wearing what??

  • Why

    And I agree with KELIS!

  • KorporateKutiee

    I love every min of this letter!! Kelis makes very valid points not to mention all the sarcasm is freakin hilarious!!!

  • http:chokolatemilk.blogspot.com Choco

    @WHY
    You need mental help-you accuse of me of arguing what do you call what you did-spewing crazy ish like I hope the world turns it back on you-SMH you are a very sad individual I despise stupidity…and I will not respond to you again I already see you are not dealing with a full deck!

  • http://www.bossip.com Champ

    Kelis you told them just where to stick it! Good for you! Much larger issues going on in this world with humans and nobody cares about that. You right everyone is entitled to their opinoin and that’s all it is…… Kelis your the women.

  • 2Sweet

    F*ck this bytch! She can’t even spell! But she gets 40k per month! SMH!

  • seriously?

    Get em Kelis! I love it! As my mother would say “SOME folks never gave a damn about fur or animals until minorities were able to afford it..”

  • KITTY

    LMMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @ denne about setting the monkeys free! Wooooo I needed that cuz AS USUAL the comments were gettin WAY off topic! THANKS!

  • STEFANY

    I AGREE WITH KELIS!

    Call her dumb but she makes a great point..PETA organization are a bunch of damn psycho’s..They kill me fighting for some bull$h!t animal rights, worring about the lives of some f**king rodents with all of the inhumane treatment of minorities around the country.

  • Dirty Diana…Let Me Be ♪

    Well i’m glad she told them. I am getting tired of PETA. They are becoming annoying.

  • ericka the sh$# disturber

    everyone has their issues they support and PETA’s happens to be animals. they make go a bit too far sometimes but we need people like them otherwise, people would be running around treating these animals as bad as they do people. i understand kelis’s points and she expressed them quite intelligently. however, if you are killing animals ONLY for cosmetic purposes then IT’S WRONG PERIOD!!! the animal has to suffer and die horribly all so that you can have something that “feels exquisite”. luckily, opinions are like a$$holes; everyone has one and they all stink.

  • margaux

    Wow! No wonder her life is such a mess. LOL! at her calling ANYone “certifiably insane!” Take a look in the mirror Kelis.

  • nywoman23

    i dont get why some of you are calling her kelis dumb. she’s made valid points. sorry peta need to worry about other things than animals/rodents whatever. and you know some of them are probably meat lovers as well. probably eating a hamburger wearing a leather jacket as i type. how about they contribute to what happened in haiti and leave kelis and the bulls.h.it alone.

  • Hilda

    Well said Kelis. This Ingrid lady needs to relax-she is outrightly harassing people. We understand your cause Ingrid but being aggressive is not the way to go. PETA what you should focus on is educating people not harassment, you dont see Al Gore harassing anyone and we sure are listening to him!!!

  • Kitty-K

    Kelis is funny as hell. Loved her little rant!!!

    She is right on all points!! What she left out is that PETA puts to death over 21-thousand animals since 1998 instead of finding homes for them (beause they’re obviouslyl too busy with their complaining) See website http://www.petakillsanimals.com/. They are the biggest hypocrites out there. They’re just very well connected.

    Girl, you should be able to spend your $40K pay check on what ever you like!!! Loves it!!!!!

  • LOL :)

    While, I choose not to wear fur because I find it cruel and quite unnecessary in 2010, she has many good points. I love animals and I believe they should have rights also but after researching PETA, I’ve concluded that the founder of PETA (and many of its head staff) are insane. Aside from being extremist forcing their opinions on others, they are also a bunch of hypocrites, killing thousands of animals themselves every year.

  • Black Woman

    I stand behind Kelis’s opinion, loud and proud!!

    Get ‘em Kelis!!!! LMFAO

  • Audacity of Dope

    I am officially a fan of Kelis now.

  • Fly Dame

    Well….I guess she told them….NOW fall back!

  • http://scenicwoods.wordpress.com scenicwoods

    Oh now now…boys & girls let’s actually read between the lines here! We all really DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO OUR OWN OPINION! And this letter is hilarious and 100% ON POINT! HA! They really are rodents and if Kelis, or any of us, want to wear ANY KIND OF FUR just DO IT!! The paint throwing really is ridiculous! And “get over it?” hmmm sounds like a can of whoop a$$!! Go Kelis…tell’em girl! You can’t get love from everybody! This is why I love artists who are true to themselves, they just don’t give a _______ about what you think of them! DITTO…and…DITTO

  • Txhustla15

    LMAO yeah she strangely enough has a coherent point for once now if she can give all the money she stole from the bag under the bed back to Nas and go back to being a musician/working for a living….

  • Boss Lady

    You know what, she was very well spoken with it and she had some very valid and truthful points in this blog and I agree to the highest level…

    Half of ya’ll just thinking about that child support issue and not what she’s saying…get over THAT…it ain’t your business what’s with her and Nas and that is not what this post is about…READ people and please keep your comments relevant…sitting here arguing with someone who lives miles from you and don’t care about what you say anyway…

    I’m just saying the lady was right. That Ingrid chick is crazy and even living in TX, I rock my fur in the winter (when weather permits) and wish a bytch WOULD hit me with some red paint. Then I’m taking my registered handgun and shooting somebody for ruining my fur…I love animals too but geez…they are ANIMALS.

  • Whatevs

    She didn’t “tell them” or “show them” anything except she is illiterate and didn’t pass 6th grade.

    A)Her Internet search pulled up what most searches do, 90% falsities. That’s why teachers don’t allow much fact citing from online sources unless they have a print publication, too.

    B)She said she’d eat a dinosaur, but wouldn’t wear a polar bear. That makes no sense.

    C)It is obvious her compassion lies only for herself and her well-being. She could donate that fur to homeless shelters and pledge not to buy anymore.

    D)She said faux doesn’t feel as good as real fur. Yes it does, it feels wonderful to my HEART to know I don’t cause any living thing suffering by choice.

    E)It’s just unnecessary. She is unnecessary.

  • Txhustla15

    Lmao seeing how ‘Kelis was here’ came out in ’06 and had terrible SS numbers its pretty relevant or im sure Nas thinks it is…cause its not hard guess where all the furs originated from…

  • Bossip sucks

    I agree with Kelis, children die every day around the world because they lack food and these crazos are worried about animals. Yeah I love me some pets but not at the expense of people sorry byatches I agree with Kelis.

  • Listen Up

    Just food for thought to all the fur-loving people.

    It is ultimately your decision to buy fur.. however faux fur is constructed in ways that are identical to the real thing now. Its not like it was years ago where faux=cheap. And Humans fail to realize that you are also an animal. Just because you don’t speak the same language or have the same form of communication doesnt make it ok to skin another person (or in this case, animal) who cant speak up for themselves. Animals feel pain, fear, and suffering just like you. And if you’ve ever SEEN the process of an animal being killed and skinned you wouldnt want to wear it anyway.

  • bitchBOObYE

    @Txhustla15
    Get off Nas’ d!ck already. You riding them TOO hard. This has nothing to do with him so why are you continue to bring him up? You sound like an obsessed stan.

  • funny

    Although I may not too much care for Kelis and Nas business, I thought it was about time someone spoke up to PETA. I felt her comments were funny and honest. We sometimes have to separate the persona from the truth. She spoke the truth regarding PETA it was funny azz hell, and honest. If you are in a glass house be careful of what stones you throw. Peta threw the wrong stone at the wrong house.

  • loveme lovemenot

    She spoke on what I was always thinking . That’s her choice if she wanna wear her rodents let her wear it.. Oh and it aint nothing like a nice rib eye steak with a baked mac&cheese either.

  • patpup

    Waaaay to go! I laughed my A** off because you were so on the money. Ingrid is indeed a loon, a description she should be proud of since it’s an animal. I will continue to wear my coyote (considered vermin where I live) and New Zealand dyed possum coats with great pleasure. They sure work in the North where I live at 7000 ft.

  • afrodite

    Kelis is a rodent and she deserves to be skinned alive and sold to ugly people so they feel better about themselves. Celebrity skin coats: my modest proposal. True, life on earth is predatory, but there is no NEED for killing hundreds of animals and sewing them all together to make you feel good.

  • afrodite

    we could use beyonce’s thumnder thighs to make 100s of leggings

  • D.V. ant(I eat Tortured Souls with Hot Sauce)

    I agree wit kelis on this. i’m all for survival of the fittest. I know that i am an animal, i just happen to be a bit smarter than some other species.I’ve seen animals slaughtered before and actually eaten the exact animal that was killed soon afterward. It didnt make me not want to eat it just because i’d givin him a name and played with him all summer. I’m a carnivore and im just glad to be at the top of the food chain. I still cant stand this broad for what she did to the God tho. I hope she finds a nobody a.s.s knycca who smokes up all her alimony.

  • BADGAL

    I LUV KELIS!!! SHE IS SO RIGHT…

  • Why

    Can somebody GO F*CK CHOCO so she can calm down, its just a blogsite! GEEZ!
    She posts as if she knows me lmao!
    I tell you, them darn 90s baby or whenever ur azz was made in the lab LMAO!!!

  • Mrs. Rance

    I kinda get where she is coming from but she could have made a better argument than rodents don’t deserve to live. New York is not overrun with minks and chinchillas. If she is worried about the rodent problem in NYC then maybe she should be wearing rat and mouse coats. The funniest part of the whole thing is that she seems to think she’s some kind of fashion plate.

  • hooubee4646

    Some of these fools have the nerve to call her ugly. I would not be shocked to see what some of these folks look like! I bet some of them think Rihanna is gorgeous did not look close enough- they appear to be from the same tribe ! Let everyone satisfy their own tastes, stop being so judgemental and clean out our own closets! Peace, love and prosperity to all for this New Year!!!!!

  • diana

    Underpaid minorities picking vegetables? how about all the minorites being exploited and maimed in slaughterhouses to provide meat for her table? worried about the “brown community”? tell mcdonalds and kfc (2 companies w/horrible histories of animal abuse) to stop targeting their unhealthy food to children and minoirites. and guess what else? the fur industry creates tons of green house gasses. get your facts straight! she just sounds stupid and is not doing “the brown community” (myself being a member) any favors!

  • KITDEE69

    VJ1226: You’ll find a lot of misinformed, unintelligent and straight evil posters on this site so don’t waste time w/them. But I agree with Kelis! Yeah, I said it.!

    “She sounds dumb as hell for making her point? Everyone has the right to their opinion. I just hate the way PETA tries to force theirs onto people. Tell them Kelis!”

  • Jasmyn

    she is so right. i am tired of seeing the aspca commerical, showing so abuse dog. how about we try to get everyone enough food to eat or water to drink. there are thousands of PEOPLE dying every single day. let us help ourselves first, and then worry about the rats

  • hell naw

    This letter had me dying…everything she said was valid.

  • Txhustla15

    @*****BOObYE
    1/14/10, 16:34:PM
    @Txhustla15
    Get off Nas’ d!ck already. You riding them TOO hard. This has nothing to do with him so why are you continue to bring him up? You sound like an obsessed stan.

    First genius aint noone riding anything and you are obviously not bright enough to understand what I was even mentioning.Seeing how Kelis has no residual or incoming income – gee I wonder where they money comes from then j.a.c.k.a.s.s.

    Kelis is always continuously lamenting about her furs , jewelry and purses in the media at any moment- granted I hate PETA as anyone else on here as to me they really dont seem to serve a valid purpose. I was just laughing as this would be prime for his lawyer to bring up in court during the next hearing, as far as being a nas stan your a.s.s needs to get lost with that Id be surprised if he had any. Aside from one the greatest hip hop records ever pressed ‘Illmatic’ its been all downhill for Nasir…

  • brandimus

    i love kelis. and i think this was a very well said blog about the PETA ppl. f^ck them!

  • JerseyCutie

    Hey I agree, every has their first amendment right to freedom of speech.. PeTA said theirs, and she stated hers.

  • HEARTLESS

    PETA WHO ? F*UCK PETA

  • Logically Speaking

    Kelis….I loves it!!!

  • STACEY

    1. She is correct as far as the points she made about insulin coming from pigs

    =================================================================================================

    WOW WOW WOW PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW SCIENCE!!!! THEY STOP USING PIGS FOR INSULIN, LOOOOONG AGO!!! HINT: WHY MANY MUSLIMS AND JEWS CAN GET INSULIN, OTHERWISE MOST WOULD HAVE DEAD BY NOW!!! MUSLIMS AND JEWS DONT EAT PIGS SO THEY DONT INSERT PIGS INTO THEIR BODIES. ANYWAYS THE PIG INSULIN WAS STOPPED YEARS AGO!!! AND MANY STATEMENTS SHE HAS MADE ARE FALSE! AT LEAST BE SMART WHEN YOU MAKE VALID POINTS!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/sexy1234 uhh yeah ok.

    Oh, she might want to up the size of those pants too, looks like she’s going to explode.

    I like kelis and she does know her fashion but she need to sit down, she’s not toppa top right now or most likely ever again..

    Other than a few songs wacked out fashion was her only come up..

    Ming Lee still looks better- nice and simple, humble looking doing your work.

  • God’s_Angel

    That was funny! But true…

    PETA members better not be wearing no leather belts, eating no meat, eating no dairy, wearing no leather shoes…do I need to go on?

    More people need to put PETA on blast!

  • How come you can’t think?

    & PradaMaMa and all others who called this girl (Kelis) ignorant:

    I just want to know if you’re able to read.

    She made well put and witty points. Basically telling PETA to complain about something worthwhile such as: female circumsion, poverty, sweatshops. Not a d.a.m.n. rodent which is what those creatures (chinchillas and mink) are. Complain about horrible living conditions for people not the murder of a super furry mouse.

    So tell me how is she wrong? Please try to make AT LEAST as much sense as she did.

  • Keep it together girl!

    Peta wouldn’t drop paint on Diddy or Mary J!

  • Daywalker(THE DAYDREAM!!!)

    STACEY
    1/14/10, 18:17:pm

    1. She is correct as far as the points she made about insulin coming from pigs

    =================================================================================================

    WOW WOW WOW PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW SCIENCE!!!! THEY STOP USING PIGS FOR INSULIN, LOOOOONG AGO!!! HINT: WHY MANY MUSLIMS AND JEWS CAN GET INSULIN, OTHERWISE MOST WOULD HAVE DEAD BY NOW!!! MUSLIMS AND JEWS DONT EAT PIGS SO THEY DONT INSERT PIGS INTO THEIR BODIES. ANYWAYS THE PIG INSULIN WAS STOPPED YEARS AGO!!! AND MANY STATEMENTS SHE HAS MADE ARE FALSE
    _______________________________________________

    Actually, you’re wrong…Animal insulin

    Until the 1980s, all insulin was extracted from the pancreases of cattle and pigs. The sequence of amino acids (the building blocks that make up the protein) is slightly different in insulins from the different species. Compared to human insulin, porcine (pork) insulin has one different amino acid and bovine (beef) insulin three different amino acids. These very slight differences do not affect the way in which the insulin works inside the human body. Pork insulin is structurally closer to human insulin than is beef insulin. These days, animal insulins are made from highly purified pancreas extracts and are marketed as ‘natural’ insulins. It isn’t as widespread as it once was, but it is still manufactured from good ol’ pigs and cattle…And for the record, this information was derived from the IDF (International Diabetes Foundation) Website..

  • OhMy

    I agree with her. Let people wear what they want to wear.

  • Daywalker(THE DAYDREAM!!!)

    These are Ingrid Newkirk’s own words:

    People who genuinely care about dogs won’t be affected by a ban on pit-bull breeding. They can go to the shelter and save one of the countless other breeds and lovable mutts sitting on death row. We can only stop killing pits if we stop creating new ones. Legislators, please take note.

    Ingrid Newkirk is president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

  • frankiestage

    Wow. She sounds like she’s twelve. I see why Nas wanted out.

  • http://globalgrind.com/channel/fashion/content/1297038/Youve-Been-WarnedKelis Haley

    What a heartless, illiterate idiot. I’m with Russell Simmons on this one, she has truly fallen from grace.

  • Blacktot

    i like to ask a question: if a bug(a roach most likely) somehow found its way unto your skin what would you do? would you kill it or take it home and feed it? if your ans says kill it…then i guess u’re indirectly sayin f**k PETA, but if it dont enjoy your cereal with bugs n it…we all have a right to choose whatever we like, she did choose and she made her choice well know, DONT HATE!!!

  • REAL MUSIC IS LONG GONE. WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IS GARBAGE

    Can somebody GO F*CK CHOCO so she can calm down, its just a blogsite! GEEZ!
    She posts as if she knows me lmao!
    I tell you, them darn 90s baby or whenever ur azz was made in the lab LMAO!!!

    ^^^^^^^^^

    How are you going to speak like this and expect people to believe that you are an empathetic person towards the situation in Haiti?

  • Blacktot

    this is strictly for PETA, if ur founder Ingrid Newkirk were resident in syberia where temps reach a good -45degrees or somewhere else in russia she woulda cupped a fur coat to protect her crazy ass.

  • Lisa

    I have a new found respect for Kelis! She
    so eloquently wrote what I have been thinking
    and feeling about PETA for years. I don’t know
    why people on this site are so hard on her.
    Stop being so judgmental.

  • Bossip is Lame!

    LMBO! Stand up Kelis and tell it!

  • memchee

    ja-ye-ah Kelis!!!

    girlfriend is speaking what plenty of us already feel about peta.

    That group goes too far when it comes to furs.

    Her letter is on point….

  • Ashlee

    As a person getting a masters degree in Environmental Planning….I kind of agree. There are bigger things going right now. People die everyday! PETA…..get over it!

  • binarystar

    That was a pretty ignorant letter all around. Kelis would change her mind pretty fast is somebody clubbed her baby over the head and wore his skin like a coat.

    If only because the checks would stop coming.

  • http://esaw@rock.com REAL TALK

    told yall and she keepin it Russian style 2

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  • Daywalker(THE DAYDREAM!!!)

    STACEY
    1/14/10, 20:48:pm

    Over here in the UK, healthcare hardly ever use pig insulin because of cultural diversity. Im sure they do the same ***** over in the US. (As much as I hate them PETA) they will use the pig insulin as an example of her pure ignorance.
    Notice also, the paragraphy you’ve pasted said “Until” the 1980s,
    ______________________________________________

    Ummm….NO….I see you read, yet failed to comprehend what I posted…ONCE AGAIN, ALLOW ME TO CLARIFY THIS FOR YOU, SINCE YOU FAIL TO REALIZE FACT…:

    “The sequence of amino acids (the building blocks that make up the protein) is slightly different in insulins from the different species. Compared to human insulin, porcine (pork) insulin has one different amino acid and bovine (beef) insulin three different amino acids. These very slight differences do not affect the way in which the insulin works inside the human body. Pork insulin is structurally closer to human insulin than is beef insulin. These days, animal insulins are made from highly purified pancreas extracts and are marketed as ‘natural’ insulins. It isn’t as widespread as it once was, but it is still manufactured from good ol’ pigs and cattle…And for the record, this information was derived from the IDF (International Diabetes Foundation) Website..”

    Or to put it another way, IF YOU TAKE “NATURAL INSULIN” YOU ARE QUITE POSIBLY TAKING PORCINE OR BOVINE INSULIN..(CATTLE OR PIG/SWINE INSULIN)AND IT IS STILL MANUFACTURED THE SAME WAY…PERIOD!! I read what you posted, yet failed to read…:

    “TODAY, INSULIN IS MOSTLY MADE BIOSYNTHETICALLY BY RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY OR ‘GENETIC ENGINEERING’.”

    Nowhere in the post does it state that “ALL” is made that way…In short, you failed to read….

    insulins

    There are three types of insulin:

    · Natural animal insulins – derived from pancreases of “pigs or cattle”

    · Synthetic ‘human’ insulins – made in a laboratory by “genetic modification.”

    · Insulin analogues – the latest insulin made by “genetically modifying” GM ‘human’ insulin.

    And guess what?? THEY STILL USE PIGS, DAMMIT!!! LOL!! NOW HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE WRONG???

  • Smel

    Actually, minks AREN’T rodents, they’re in the mustela family like weasels, skunks, pet ferrets.

  • kneeeee-cole.

    This is sad, because I loveee Kelis’ music. And she comes across as a really conscious person. But she is really an ignorant as*h*le for this one. And it’s also unfortunate that soooo many people are uneducated on what happens to these animals before they die for their fur. Or that some people know what happens, but they just don’t care. Regardless if you’re an animal lover or not, if you believe that there is a God, and you’re not a sociopath, you know that it’s wrong to be cruel to ANY living thing. Go to peta.org/feat/chineseFurFarms/index.asp. See what happens to these animals before they’re turned into your ugly DEAD ANIMAL fur coat/hat. Go to meetyourmeat.com to see where your DEAD ANIMAL aka beef, pork, and chicken come from. One day in the future we’ll look back at ourselves and shake our heads at what cavemen we used to be.

  • Daywalker(THE DAYDREAM!!!)

    @stacey
    1/14/10, 23:09:pm:

    In the United Kingdom there is an insulin manufacturer, CP Pharmaceuticals, which Wockhardt Ltd. recently purchased. This company also exports its insulins, including “porcine and bovine insulin”, to people in the United States on a personal use basis. The URL is http://www.cppharma.co.uk/
    ______________________________________________

    In Argentina, Laboratorios Beta manufactures Betasint, bovine and porcine insulin and Betalin, human insulin.
    _______________________________________________

    Wanbang Biopharma Co. in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, has produced animal insulin since 1981 and human insulin since 2005. Overseas Director Yvonne Kim writes me that the company is the largest manufacturer of insulin products in China. The URL is:http://www.chinawanbang.com/english/index.asp
    ______________________________________________

    NEED I GO ON??? Once again, YOU ARE WRONG!! HOW DOES IT FEEL?? AND I DON’T NEED TO ASK A DOCTOR A DAMN THING!! I’M CAPABLE OF FINDING OUT INFORMATION FOR MYSELF!! UNLIKE YOU…LOL!!!

    SEE, I EVEN POSTED MANUFACTURERS, AND FUNNY THAT THEY MAKE IT IN ENGLAND WHERE YOU CLAIM IT’S NO LONGER PRODUCED, EH???

  • http://www.bossip.com mel7

    I support what Kelis said! the peta founder is
    a serious obsessed nut case, and 95% of peta’s
    captured animals were put to sleep in 2009 by
    peta’s hands. How many black folk really never
    wore a mink, rabbit or fur in the 70′s and in
    the present time, if it’s cold in your city?
    As a cali girl the weather is warm to hot, so
    we don’t need furs that much. But I don’t advocate killing an animal out of evil, but
    screw that peta I love chicken, roast beef,
    turkey bacon and milk, cheese, ice cream.
    If peta doesn’t like people having a choice
    to wear fur or faux fur or eat meat, that is their problem turn their heads, and please
    stop harassing people and throwing paint on their clothes, cars and retail stores. Who
    in the hell made them “The fashion Police?”.
    Go Kelis!!!

  • Daywalker(THE DAYDREAM!!!)

    @STACEY
    1/14/10, 18:17:pm:

    1. She is correct as far as the points she made about insulin coming from pigs

    =================================================================================================

    Please allow me to further prove my position?? You posted this stating that animal insulin was no longer produced…You posted it at: 18:17pm. Allow me to quote you???

    “WOW WOW WOW PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW SCIENCE!!!! THEY STOP USING PIGS FOR INSULIN, LOOOOONG AGO!!! HINT: WHY MANY MUSLIMS AND JEWS CAN GET INSULIN, OTHERWISE MOST WOULD HAVE DEAD BY NOW!!! MUSLIMS AND JEWS DONT EAT PIGS SO THEY DONT INSERT PIGS INTO THEIR BODIES. ANYWAYS THE PIG INSULIN WAS STOPPED YEARS AGO!!! AND MANY STATEMENTS SHE HAS MADE ARE FALSE”

    So if by your definition they “stopped using pigs for insulin”, then why is it still being produced??

    And as far as you “Muslims and Jews” can’t use it argument, I hate to break this to you, but “bovine insulin” (THAT MEANS COWS…I KNOW YOU HAVE A HARD TIME READING AND UNDERSTANDING) works the exact same way as porcine insulin(THAT MEANS PIGS/SWINE)….GLAD I COULD CLEAR THAT UP….

    In short, you contradicted yourself. YOU ARE WRONG, as I previously stated…..

  • Daywalker(THE DAYDREAM!!!)

    mel7
    1/14/10, 23:38:pm

    I support what Kelis said! the peta founder is
    a serious obsessed nut case, and 95% of peta’s
    captured animals were put to sleep in 2009 by
    peta’s hands. How many black folk really never
    wore a mink, rabbit or fur in the 70’s and in
    the present time, if it’s cold in your city?
    As a cali girl the weather is warm to hot, so
    we don’t need furs that much. But I don’t advocate killing an animal out of evil, but
    screw that peta I love chicken, roast beef,
    turkey bacon and milk, cheese, ice cream.
    If peta doesn’t like people having a choice
    to wear fur or faux fur or eat meat, that is their problem turn their heads, and please
    stop har*****ing people and throwing paint on their clothes, cars and retail stores. Who
    in the hell made
    ______________________________________________

    No kidding!! Wazzup, Cali gurl?? San Diego in the hizzy right here!!

  • http://www.agropinion.com agropinion

    Kelis,
    I had not heard your name until today, but now I’m your number one fan. You said everything I have ever wanted to say to PETA only better.

    Groups like PETA and the HSUS want you to think they’re improving the lives of animals. All they do is make it harder for farmer’s to make a living and cost you more money at the grocery store. Glad so many of you get it.

    Now to go buy some of your music.
    A meat-eating, leather-wearing, cowgirl from Kansas.

  • stacey

    So if by your definition they “stopped using pigs for insulin”, then why is it still being produced??

    And as far as you “Muslims and Jews” can’t use it argument, I hate to break this to you, but “bovine insulin” (THAT MEANS COWS…I KNOW YOU HAVE A HARD TIME READING AND UNDERSTANDING) works the exact same way as porcine insulin(THAT MEANS PIGS/SWINE)….GLAD I COULD CLEAR THAT UP….

    In short, you contradicted yourself. YOU ARE WRONG, as I previously stated…..
    ======================

    why didnt you just say that then… yeah they still produce it but they use it less. Human insulin is used the most. Healthcare hardly use pig insulin, get it! only in Minority cases. As for “bovine insulin” it wasnt as good as pig insulin as you perviously stated!

  • ALPHA1906

    Kelis …thank you for telling the truth

  • her?yeahher

    i have loved kelis from day 1, this just reminds me why.
    i love that she so intelligently and bravely stood up to these bullies! and her points are extemely valid. you betta work miss kelis! peta sit down, and learn when to back off a issue. people bow down to them cuz they’re so large and loud but later for that, would they stand up so vehimently for human right – don’t think so. that’s right kelis, wear all the f-cking fur you want!

  • her?yeahher

    btw – as an artist kelis is dope , misunderstood, under rated and constantly bitten off of! she’s ahead of her time, and sometimes when ur like that your talent and efforts don’t translate to record sales, hell, look at all the wack, unoriginal “artists” out there selling hella records, crack sells alot too doesn’t make it good tho’
    i’m just sayin….

  • Dajournalist

    Love Kelis.
    Love Nas.
    2 unapologetically creative voices of reason.

    (Salute)

  • Dajournalist

    LOL @ Cinnabon. That wasn’t right. But it was funny.

  • KevMusic

    How about she start feeling strongly about paying her MFIN’ bills! Huh? How bout that little item. If she felt as strongly about the plight of people she owes money as she does about “wearing rodents”, she’d still have a website. I hate her so much right now…AAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!

  • Rolo

    She just really showed herself up. So arrogant!

  • http://mugu@yaro.com Mugu Yaro

    F*ck PETA!!! There are more pressing issues on earth. They are just a bunch of interfering @ssh*les. They eat all types of cakes & confectionary mde with animal fat & tell us not to eat the meat or wear the fur? I’m on top of the food chain & will eat damn well anything I like & if that b!tch crosses me, I’ll eat her too.

  • No applause please

    there are some really smart people on here, breaking down the insulin pig connection.. I have had diabetes since I was 10 years old, and I remember a little booklet that I got showing how insulin came from piglets!! Well that was 32 years ago and when I inject my Novolog 70/30 I would’nt care if it came from a Louisiana feed Hog or Petunia Pig…

    As far as the fur goes, it was 7 degrees here in Michigan last week, and I had to wear the mink bomber. The last thing I was thinking about was where the fur came from, I was just thankful that I was warm… Didn’t God skin a goat to make coverings for Adam and Eve after the fall..I’m just saying

    Oh and I eat meat too, I have to have a high protein low carb diet for the diabetes, adn we have a pit bull, as well as a poodle! Oh no the fish how could I forget the Oscars, and the Alligator gar who happens to eat gold fish.
    Oh this is bad, I feel so guilty I ate a steak yesterday,

  • HaleyB

    PETA need to shut the hell up! Didn’t the president of this ignorant group leave her disabled dog in the car and the dog died? WOW!

  • Christina

    stupid b****, she is a walking joke.

  • Da Angel

    I agree with Kelis %100. God created those Animals for us to feed on, so i do not see a problem with someone eating meat or wearing fur. PETA is joke.

  • CeeCee

    lol Kelis is too funny. I agree with her 100% though.

  • Namaste

    What’s interesting is the Darwinian “survival of the fittest” argument she makes to wear fur is the same one that causes the head of PETA (and other racists) to say “Get over it” to Blacks and other minorities who have been subjugated in this country.I agree,to each it’s own but some of her arguments contradict each other.

  • Mekkah

    BRAVO KELIS!!

  • Lovely One

    Its about time someone told Peta to STFU!!!!!

  • Rita

    Im SO glad someone finally spoke their mind about PETA…most celebrities just stop wearing fur or leather (or start wearing it in secret)…

    And, I WISH A MF WOULD throw some paint on ANY coat of mine…they will get the brakes beat off that a**!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/sexy1234 uhh yeah ok.

    @ Namaste

    A lot of her examples negate the valid points she is trying to make. Like if there are bigger problems and wearing “rodents” is so insignificant to her why even let them get under her skin? Just keep it moving?

    And no she is not sticking up for the little guys like someone said- she’s using them to back her point of wanting to wear fur.

    I don’t really care but if she wants to draw attention to those causes lead by example and not to back up something as silly as wearing “rodents”..

    She does have good points though..

  • Cap

    F*CK Peta and their self-righteous, cracker asses. They make me sick! Good for you Kelis!

  • burito9245

    A rodent wearing her own rodent wear.

  • Bee

    Well thought out and not afraid to have an opinion. Get em girl!

  • Nicole

    Ok that was hilarious, especially “I would eat pterodactyl if you found some and you told me it was meaty and delicious.” Hahahaha. I agree with much of that letter and I don’t even wear fur.

  • motivatedhoney

    OK OK…I JUST REMEMBERED THE REASON I 1ST LOVED THIS CHICK! I LOOVVEEE KELIS!!!

  • bohemeballerine

    You gotta love Kelis…she’s right, it’s her business what she wears and PETA needs to fall back ’cause you know the minute they try to pull something on her, Kelis will sue and you know she’ll win. She and her lawyers do not play and she stays PAID!!!

  • http://iamdomo.com/2010/01/17/peta-responds-to-kelis-long-letter/ PETA Responds to Kelis LONG Letter… «

    [...] Check out Kelis’ letter to PETA that got all of this crackin HERE! [...]

  • NLM

    I love Kelis and she is so right. These PETA people care more about animals than people suffering on earth.

  • http://my242.com/2010/01/ho-sit-down-peta-bites-back-at-%e2%80%9cgold-digging%e2%80%9d-kelis-and-her-letter-stating-that-those-animals-are-rodents/ Ho Sit Down: PETA Bites Back at “Gold-digging” Kelis and her Letter Stating That Those Animals are Rodents – My 242

    [...] decided to answer back to Kelis’ letter that she wrote them via Myspace.  Check the flippy to see what they had to say about Kelis and her [...]

  • http://fawker.us/2010/01/17/ho-sit-down-peta-bites-back-at-%e2%80%9cgold-digging%e2%80%9d-kelis-and-her-letter-stating-that-those-animals-are-rodents-2/ Ho Sit Down: PETA Bites Back at “Gold-digging” Kelis and her Letter Stating That Those Animals are Rodents |

    [...] decided to answer back to Kelis’ letter that she wrote them via Myspace.  Check the flippy to see what they had to say about Kelis and her [...]

  • http://clutchmagonline.com/fashion/why-wont-you-let-kelis-be-great-agitating-style-in-retrospect/ Why Won’t You Let Kelis Be Great? Agitating Style in Retrospect | Clutch Magazine: The Digital Magazine for the Young, Contemporary Woman of Color

    [...] Kelis’ response to a PETA attack proved she was our reigning satirist of fashion. Kelis jokes, “And the paint throwing, that’s just ridiculous! What if I was hurling Louboutins and Pierre Hardys at every sad poorly dressed person on the street?” She questions, “What about art?” This led us to the recent red carpet photo of Kelis at the “First Annual Data Awards.” In a post-baby body that bangs, Kelis wore a fleshy jump suit oddly coupled with a black tuxedo jacket. Alexander McQueen’s Armadillo heels were nearly an afterthought to Kelis’ hyper-makeup, an ear to nose connecting chain and her near floor-length grey hair. Honestly, we didn’t know what to say. Heads bowed in somber. Our girl was taking it too far or so it seemed. The web exploded last Friday with criticisms from industry laypersons to aficionados. 83% of Clutch readers voted the look a drab. One reader commented, “It’s statue of liberty meets unicorn.” OK! magazine described the look as, “a fishy, Mel B – circa 98, weird attempt at Lady Gaga.” The Gaga comparisons continued over at New York Magazine’s “The Cut.” In a “Dear Kelis” letter that goes as far to call her an ass, the post read, “You are not Lady Gaga and this attempt at avant-garde fashion doesn’t compare to her get-ups.” “You are not Lady Gaga and this attempt at avant-garde fashion doesn’t compare to her get-ups.” New York Magazine [...]

  • jane

    All the people yapping over “PETA cares about animals more than people” don’t seem upset about all the black folks who care more about their hair weaves or fancy manicures than people. It’s funny how self absorbed and materialistic Kellis is yet she makes it sound like she has a moral high ground. All those people who make it sound like Kellis cares more about people than money – PROVE IT!!

  • rottiefan

    Who is this horrible witch? What does she do? Why is she “famous”?

  • Jeremy

    This letter has only made me love Kelis more: you GO girl! It’s so nice to see a young woman with a real opinion rather than what E news tells them to say. Not all fur comes from the infamous “fur trade”. Most animal executions in Russia are prolly humane (or more than China). I’m a freaking far lefty but I hate organizations like PETA and green organizations because they put flora and fauna before humans. Sure chickens have bad conditions in some factories: what about the underpaid factory workers who journey miles to support children they can never see and live in filthy conditions? I’m sorry but we have to stand up for humans before the environment.

    At the end of the day: animals are expendable. End of story :)

  • Jeremy

    Not to mention PETA’s ad campaign: artsy and bold? Maybe it was intended that way but to me it comes off as cheap and degrading to women: I have yet to see a male celeb do the commercial and prove it a mere creative decision.

    Remember the barbie doll 50s blondy in every commercial for conservative Americans back then? It’s a pity to see the so called left repeating this trend.

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