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 Christina
Applegate: "Fur: Get Me Not!"
PETA's Exclusive Interview With Christina Applegate
PETA: Have you always been against fur or was there
a time when you didn’t know any better?
Christina: When I was 6 years old, I had a little
fur coat, but that was it. That’s the only time I’ve ever
had any in my life.
PETA: How did you become aware of the animal suffering
involved in the fur trade?
Christina: When I became a vegetarian, I just started reading more
and more about where fur comes from and what they do to the animals.
It all went hand-in-hand together. That was when I was 15.
PETA: What prompted you to go vegetarian? Was there
one incident?
Christina: I was eating lunch on the Married
With Children set, and they served me some kind of meat (I don’t
even know the names of them all anymore because it’s been so
long). I looked down and there was blood on my plate, and it was that
realization, that I can’t eat something that has been alive,
I just can’t do it. So I stopped, and that was it. That was
the last time.
PETA: Have you always had animals in your life?
Christina: Always, ever since I was a little girl,
my house has been basically a zoo. Everything I have has dog hair
on it, and that’s just the way it is.
PETA: PETA does a lot of provocative things in order
to keep people focused on important issues. How do you feel about
that and about some of PETA’s outrageous tactics?
Christina: I think it’s great that you guys
do that. I think that it’s important—sometimes you do
have to shout out to be heard.
PETA: We hope your ad will encourage people not to
buy fur as gifts during the holidays, which we think should be a time
for compassion and empathy toward others. Is there anything you’d
like to say to people, with that in mind?
Christina: They make really great synthetic fur—you
really don’t need real fur. And it’s cheaper, so why spend
the money? The holidays are also a time when people freak out about
their finances. If you don’t want to spend the money, why not
try some of the other options instead of killing a bunch of animals?
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