Naked Tommy Lee Declares, ‘Ink, Not Mink,’ in New Ad for PETA

Tommy Lee has a new album and a new show on NBC, but the bad boy of rock isn’t too busy to speak up for a good cause: animal rights. “Be comfortable in your own skin and let the animals keep theirs,” says Lee in a new PETA ad, which features him wearing nothing but his trademark tattoos alongside the slogan, “Ink, Not Mink.” The ad—shot by Mary McCartney Donald, daughter of Sir Paul McCartney and longtime PETA supporter—will be unveiled at New York’s trendy new nightclub Home, which will mark the occasion by announcing a door policy banning fur coats.

Tommy Lee first learned about PETA through longtime animal advocate Pamela Anderson. Says Lee in an interview with PETA, “I have actually been looking forward to getting involved. I get the PETA magazine, and what the fur trade does to animals is absolutely terrifying. A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it’s a status symbol. That doesn’t register; I just see dead animals.”

Steve Lewis, who runs the nightclub Home, agrees and is training his door attendants to forbid entrance to anyone in fur—even if it’s Jennifer Lopez or P. Diddy. “People come here to have fun,” says Lewis. “Fur is a buzz kill.”

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