Fur flies between Mary J. Blige and PETA

By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC

Furry feud
The fur is flying between Mary J. Blige and PETA.

The R&B singer showed up for an interview with the London Mirror wearing a full-length fur.

“I got it from Roberto Cavalli, so it’s some kind of fur,” she told the paper. “But those PETA people don’t want to mess with me, they don’t want to throw paint on my coat because it’s not just gonna be throwing paint. . . . Understand what I’m saying?”

“If Mary J. Blige would only find the courage to educate herself about the cruelty behind fur, we’re sure she would follow the lead of PETA pal Mariah Carey who, after receiving two pricey fur coats as gifts recently, re-sealed the box and sent them on to PETA for use in educational displays about fur cruelty,” a PETA rep told The Scoop. “Mary should also check in with Roberto Cavalli’s number one fan, Victoria Beckham, who has Cavalli re-make all of his furry designs into fabulous faux fur because she abhors the ‘real thing.’”

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You know it causes more damage to the enviroment to have fake furs















And finally first!

yeah, tell that to a fox.

i think fur looks ignorant on people, even if it's fake.

it's the 21st century. let's move beyond the captain caveman look.

I not into killing animals but doesn't she have to right to wear fur if she wants??

Anxiety said:

Ignorant or not, What if some mofos STILL dig the caveman look? Isn't that supposed to be a personal choice?

Folks sell drugs to after-school children under the noon's sun but we only fuss about dumb shit like this.

Anxiety said:

Ok

Harlepolis said:

i'm pretty "do what you will" about most of my anti-cruelty beliefs and practices, because it's really not a black-and-white simple matter. but with fur? no. i think breeding and killing animals exclusively for luxury items is ugly and repulsive, and i'll be the first one to celebrate the day it's outlawed.

Anxiety said:

Really now?

LOL cars seat leather, medicine tests, the FOOD ya'll inhale. Ring the bell?

I don't judge folks who protest against fur but I find it ironic when they judge pro-wearing fur folks.

Those are the same folks who(after they protest) go home, stomp that bug in the bathroom/kitchen and then go to sleep

To each its own I say, judging is one back-bouncing bitch.

I like your new RHCP avie, Anxy.



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CinisterCee said:

cool observation.

Harlepolis said:

i'm just saying that as luxury items are concerned, fur seems a lot deadlier than, say, cigarettes. cigarettes will kill over time, but fur requires killing in order to exist as a product.

leather, meat, all the other stuff you mentioned - those things can be substituted, but they can also be farmed in a way that is as humane as it can possibly be. when's the last time you heard of a free-range mink farm?

Harlepolis said:

Amen

*continues eating lovely steak*

Harlepolis said:

What is Mary J Blige suggesting, that the fur will fly? that blood will be spilt?

What a dumb bitch.

jayaredee said:

your arteries are gonna be pretty.

Anxiety said:

I eat low carb thank you.

TheSkinMechanic said:

I love Mary, but we definitely part ways on this issue.

If the animal rights activists want to save the animals then fine, but i don't think they should go shoving their beliefs down other people's throats.

I eat meat and wear leather. Too bad if you don't like it.
If you think i'll die of heart disease then you can believe that but don't go jumping on my back.

Live your lives the way you choose to live them.

Same thing with the Catholics shoving their anti-gay beliefs up my ass. Be a Catholic but don't push your beliefs into my life. If i'm bound for hell, let me do it on my own terms.

jayaredee said:

that's quote-worthy!

jayaredee said:

What a kick ass statement! Seriously do people not have the choice to wear fur if they want??

dancerella said:

She has the right, even if it aint right. We're talking about sentient beings here after all, animals/mammals still have feelings. It's like Mary taking someone with cerebal palsy and making a purse out of them. Mary could do that too. don't make it right.

People do a lot of shit I wouldn't do, like wear fur but that's up to them. My life is too incredibly fucked up to pass judgement on folks. But Mary making ghetto ass threats is fucked up.

The real threat are vegatarians..those guys r not human!

Marrk said:

I hear ya. I'm not against PETA in anyway but in general I feel that people should be able to make choices in life that's all. I hate being told what to do. No one likes to feel like they HAVE to do anything. The only thing we HAVe to do is pay our taxes and die.
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TheSkinMechanic said:

Mary J. is suggesting (read: warning the PETA) that she is packing a GUN!!!

Bullshit.
As soon as black people get to wear fur, then out come all the people who are suddenly against it.

DynamicSavior said:

That's so ignorant. What does race have anything to do with it?

superspaceboy said:

Nothing.

DynamicSavior said:

Ok...don't know how true that statement is or what it has to do with anything but I do have to agree with Mary J...if I had a gorgeous fur coat and somebody threw some paint on it because of what they believe, they'd have a serious mf'ing problem on their hands!!

superspaceboy said:

It's a black thing.