‘Fur Is a Drag,’ Says ‘Star Jones’ in PETA’s New Parody Ad

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but The View host Star Jones may not think so when she sees PETA’s new parody ad starring 6-foot-tall cross-dresser Flotilla DeBarge.

In the poster, DeBarge dons an enormous white wedding gown and a donated white fur coat spray-painted with the slogan “Fur Is a Drag.” Blood seeps from under DeBarge’s hands as she holds the coat above the tagline “A Fur on Your Back Is Blood on Your Hands.”

Jones threatened to sue PETA over the campaign, charging that the public might be fooled into thinking that the ads really feature her. Jones, whose penchant for pelts has landed her on PETA’s annual “Worst-Dressed” list a record four times, has ignored repeated letters about the cruelty inherent in the fur trade, which beats, electrocutes, and skins animals alive for their pelts. Previous PETA parodies have included spoofs of Vogue editor Anna Wintour and Joan Rivers.

“I have a lovely acrylic coat at home that no acrylics had to die for,” says DeBarge. For each fur coat, collar, or cuff, animals are trapped, drowned, or beaten to death in the wild or strangled, electrocuted, or skinned alive on fur farms.

DeBarge’s ad was shot and designed by Jeffrey Gardner and Scott Ewalt. Her hair was done by Jason P. Hayes, her makeup by Bruce Dean.

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