2001 MTV Awards Show
Posted on 12/12/2001 3:27:02 PM PST by testforecho
BRITNEY Spears will bare her bodacious bod for animal rights in an upcoming PETA campaign. PAGE SIX has learned the songstress has agreed to peel down for a PETA poster that should be available by Christmas.
"It's very exciting news," said PETA mouthpiece Dan Mathews. "We are really thrilled to have Britney join our new crop of fur-fighters."
It's an animal-rights about-face for Spears, who was slammed by PETA for performing at the MTV Awards with a caged tiger on stage.
Mathews, who at the time begged Britney to consider "the plight of captive wild animals caged and forced to tolerate bright lights, crowds and frightening levels of noise," says the songbird has changed her tune.
"A few weeks after we wrote her, we were sent a letter saying Britney had abandoned using animals on tour," Mathews said.
"She took our message to heart. There's so many different animal issues, and you can't expect that everyone is born Ghandi. We think Britney has set a great example of someone who listened to what we had to say and made a change."
Britney has also signed on to model faux-leather duds on PETA's pleatheryourself.com Web site. "It's a lot of fetish wear but also non-leather shoes, belts and bags," Mathews said. "Patricia Field is designing some outfits for the site."
PETA's current "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" poster girl is actress Dominique Swain, who was snapped nude writing "I Will Not Wear Fur" on a blackboard - a sly reference to her role as a jailbait seductress in "Lolita."
But one of PETA's original pin-ups, Naomi Campbell, has continued her fall from grace in the eyes of animal rights activists. Campbell, who was fired from the campaign after she wore fur on the catwalk, was stopped from entering Spa the other night when she showed up wearing a fur coat.
When the doorman informed her of the nightclub's no-fur policy, Campbell argued with him and pointed out he was wearing leather. Eventually, Campbell agreed to leave her fur outside and was allowed in. She sat with pal Sean "Puffy" Combs, who wears fur and designs with fur, and his now-friendly ex, Kim Porter.
Informed of Campbell's latest fur-paux, Mathews bared his fangs. "I think anybody who knows Naomi knows she is a problem and is often incoherent," he said. "We're just glad we've got so many other people that have hearts and have souls, really." Meow-ouch!
Next month, Spa and Centro-Fly - which has also adopted a no-fur policy - are throwing parties for PETA to coincide with Spears' and Swain's eye-catching campaigns.
and that message is basically, 'play ball with us or we will ruin your career'. it is all about image and career, nothing about rights, character or conviction.
they both deserve each other. peta is looking out for britney. how sweet.
Umm... why is it a lie? She has no talent. Her voice causes me to run screaming into the night. She has been know to drive hapless passersby to commit suicide... all right, that last may be an exageration, but I know a great many people who cannot stand her 'music', her voice, her lyrics... and certainly not her stage act.
Don't tell me to simply not support her - every time you walk into a grocery store, or mall, you hear her hideous voice coming out of a speaker somewhere.
This is yet another reason - like I needed more - to eat meat!
The subject of our attention on this thread really has to meet the subjective question "what is her talent?". The true talent and credit lies with the promotion, record producers and the greater industry. The amount of post-production these singers or performers receive is indeed, lavish, to say the least. At some point Madonna and her copy cat lines of similar achievers have to decide on whether they want to be a soft porn star or a singer.
I have a good collection of jazz and a reasonable amount of pop in my collection of LPs, CDs and cassettes. All of the artists made it to my shelves on the basis of how they sounded in my car, home or elsewhere, not whether they looked good in their underware. I can assure you my decisions to buy Frank Sinatra, for example, were on merits that proved his acceptance over many years for vast audiences, not by him in a state of undress.
What's wrong with the rest of you people?! Why can't you just LISTEN TO US!? Can't you see how much wiser we are then you?
And silicon isn't a mammal.
Bring'em on, I live on red meat, and I'll blow'em away on all counts - duration, volume, frequency, resonance, AND bouquet!
This is nice. I'll bet your wife is real proud of ya too. A true man...
I know what I'm missing.
Hey Brittney! Is that a lump in your britches, or just an alternative energy source?
Reminds me of a joke. Definition of 'surprise': a f*rt with a lump in it.
PETA pisses me off!
She's more amazed than she is proud.
Like Frank Sinatra?
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