It was bound to happen: Aretha Franklin slammed Beyoncé for not showing her a little respect, and PETA has returned the favor by slamming Aretha for wearing a fur coat to the Grammys. PETA decided to take advantage of the storm of controversy surrounding Aretha by sending copies of a letter to the press and referring to the queen as ‘a clown.’ In the letter to Franklin, PETA spokesperson Dan Matthews wrote:
“Music lovers may think of you as a ‘queen,’ but to animal lovers, you are a court jester. I’m sorry, Aretha, but your furs make you look like a clown. Why not shed the old-fashioned look that adds pounds to your frame and detracts from your beautiful voice? Please consider donating your furs to the homeless as ‘queen of compassion,’ Mariah Carey, did. You’ll get a tax credit for the donation, and we at PETA will all sing your praises.”
Sincerely,
Dan Mathews
Vice President
PETA (Source)
DaYum! A little harsh Dan from Peta! While i don’t agree with how Aretha went overboard with the simply “misused” queen comment, i’m not feelin’ ‘ol dude slamming her like that. It seems like folks in the media these days just say anything without class to each other. Ouch! I’m not saying i agree or disagree with the whole fur thing however it is someone’s choice wheather to wear it or not. let them decide if they wanna eat meat or wear fur without it being looked upon as a freakin’ federal crime! Those Peta folk are outta control with their views and tactics at time! Annoying and those tactics don’t always worke. But hey maybe Aretha shoulda just kept her mouth closed. Oh yeah…once again…freedom of speech which = freedom to receive the consequences!
I wonder how many hundreds of whatever animals had to die for that coat. There’s probably 50 alone in the collar.
that was a ignorant message to post. even though i’m bias to this PETA thing. people really need to grow the f*ck up. saying that it “adds pounds to your frame” was not cool coming from a d*mn VP…a**hole.
Pretty brown, I agree with u. I guess it doesnt take much for someone to be a VP of Peta these days. It was hella funny but he didnt have to bring up her weight (though i’m sure an entire mink farm was skinned so sister ree could get a sleeve)
I totally understand Peta and where they are coming from however that is a bit much…well it seems what goes around comes around just last week big DIVA was clowning Beyonce and now it looks like the “Queen” has had someone else to clown her…So Aretha be the “Queen of Compasion” like Mariah I dont know Dan may be next I dont thing he heard that Aretha dont play about that Queen shhh1t
PETA will forever be in my “SIT YO’ASS DOWN SECTION”!!!!! They really get on my nerves with the things they say and do. Hell! If Aretha and anybody else wants to wear fur eat meat that is there business and no one should receive any harassment from this “cult” because they choose to. You guys should check out the documentary HBO did on the PETA founder and president. The lady and the group has done a lot of crazy things to people and they also try to force there beliefs on others. I am sooooooooo over PETA!!!!!!!!!!!!
How long has PETA beeng going after individuals? Ok I just looked it up. PETA has been going after indivduals for 28 years now. If their aggressive tactics towards fur wearers was actually working the fur trade would have shut down by now. All those sad videos and pictures they love to display depicts an industry that is 100% legal. Why aren’t they putting more effort into having the whole fur industry outlawed? They have not even helped in eliminating the brutal means by which the animal killings are carried out. PETA is a useless bully organization. If there is any good to come out of the vicious critisizm Aunt Ree Ree has been taking, it will be that she regrets her initial ridiculous statement about Beyonce saying “queen” in reference to someone other than herself.
Why are some of y’all offended by the “adds pounds to your frame” comment? Aretha is morbidly obese! It’s not healthy & it’s definitely not cute!
Did you guys know that PETA described animal cruelty to slavery and the holocaust? They actually used pictures from these tragic events and replaced them with animals!……WTF!!!!! Also stating what some of our ancestors went through was nothing compared to the treatment of animals. Please check out that documentary on HBO.
because the “add pounds to your frame” statement is some ignorant sh*t today. let’s not forget she’s still a human being. i’m sure nobody has room to talk about the next person cause we all have some sh*t with ourselves that aint right. further, she is still somebody’s mama. none of us wants somebody saying this stupid sh*t about our d*mn mama. i’m done!
oops…2 say. sorry yah.
is that a fake louis?
LMAO!!!
I totally agree with NyNy .. I used to Live in Va Beach .. and thier headquarters was near my work place .. those ignorant people had the audacity to Put a huge billboard up near Norfolk State (a HBCU) that depected an elephant chained at the ankle .. with a statement that read .. We thought Slavery was abolished … I and many other’s went OFF with phone calls and letters to have that blashphemous billboard removed … I scrimped and saved for my Mink Jacket.. and I WISH a PeTA would .. throw .. slice .. or even LOOK at my coat too long .. .. you can take the Chick outta Jerzee … yall know the rest
PETA??? Who the hell cares about them? She’s been rocking furs for YEARS and now all of a sudden they want to speak. For all we know, it could be yard squirrel.
lmao!
I view PETA as robbing from the rich to give to the poor. PETA defeats the purpose of their war against fur by sending donated furs to women and children in Afghanistan. So it’s okay if the underprivileged wears fur…
PETA are a bunch of hypocrites. They kill animals and have even dumped carcasses in other companys’ dumpsters.
Their excuse was the animals were going to be be euthanized anyway so they wanted to do it humanely. Pffft!
i agree NyNy and prettybrwngrl…Peta Shmeeta!
Regardless if Aretha is overweight, she’s still human and have feelings! And if she’s content with it, then everyone else should be too…by the way the “Queen” comment by Aretha wasn’t so dam bad for everyone to go off the meatwagon, grow up people…this is some ish that childish people entertain!!
PETA needs to do some research. They have Pamela Anderson as one of their biggest fighters and she wore UGG boots for years. Her excuse was , She didn’t know. Some of the members throw pig blood at people, “oh yeah that’s humane.” If some PETA Peon approaches me in my fur, I’m looking at life in the graybar hotel. Man has worn fur and eaten meat since BC, PETA members needs history lessons.
I’m saying as big as she is how can anyone slam her????