Kelis Takes on PETA in Scathing MySpace Letter

By Steven Avalos Posted Jan 14th 2010 06:00PM

When not crooning about milkshakes and bossiness, you can regularly find Kelis at the center of a high profile scandal -- be it her much publicized custody battle with estranged husband, Nas, or now a scuffle with PETA that's sure to ruffle a few feathers.

Some background on the situation: Kelis was photographed earlier this week wearing a very fur-centric ensemble which caught the attention of animal activist group PETA leading the singer to make a public rebuttal via her MySpace blog. Kelis not only dismisses PETA President Ingrid Newkirk as "nuts" but the organization as a whole as causing "the death of high fashion."

"I eat meat and in fact my mouth salivates as I type the word, " Kelis writes.

In her over 600 word rant, Kelis states that she would never wear the fur of endangered species, but chinchilla and mink are fair game. "Quite honestly [they] are rodents, and if it weren't in the form of a coat, I would demand they be put to death anyway."

Kelis is obviously not above writing such potentially shocking statements and proceeds with a hypothetical scenario where she "would eat pterodactyl if you found some and told me it was meaty and delicious."

Instead of focusing on the plight of the animal kingdom, the singer suggests people should focus on more worthwhile causes such as poverty in underdeveloped countries and women's basic rights in the Middle East.

"Everyone has the right to an opinion, and that's mine on that," ends Kelis. If you want to read the entire letter, click here.

Tags: Kelis, peta

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Thursday 14 January

By Bob

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Me Too, Pass the Bambi stew.

By sethrocabra

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PETA funds eco-terrorists through shady practices, and actually puts away more animals than they save through their shelters. They're shady as hell and their president is a whack-job. Their VP is a hypocrite, too--decrying the use of animal experimentation in labs, but using insulin shots and animal-derived medications to battle diabetes. I guess when your own human life is on the line, one's strong opinion about saving animal lives is but a small concern. If you want to save animals, that's cool. Just don't support PETA.

By Debi

Exactly Dave...most folks have no idea what PeTA's true agenda is.

By cp8967

I have absolutely no use for the useless zealots at PETA. They do nothing but engage in attention seeking questionable publicity. I love animals, but much prefer the SPCA which really does something for abused animals. I despised PETA before but became nauseous when I saw their idiot president trying to defend their really insulting picture of the naked model with the crucifix. No point to that at all except to get attention for PETA.

By Angel

OK this is just stupid. Im not a huge fan of PETA, as I think they get a bit on the fanatic side, although I do work with Rescue Ink, a national animal rescue organizaton. I dont see the need to wear fur. We dont eat minks, and we dont eat chinchillas, so I see no justification in it.

We eat cows, so I dont really have an issue with wearing leather.

Im not a fan of rats either, hell, Im not very fond of hamsters for that matter. But would I go on a killing spree and wear their pelts? Uh, no. Not in this lifetime.

Honestly, if most of you animal haters saw how they treated the animals they killed in the name of fashion, you would think twice about wearing their fur. Then again, maybe you wouldnt because you think the planet belongs to humans exclusively. What you dont understand is we NEED these animals or our entire eco-system goes to hell. So, if you insist on being morally selfish, keep that mind.

Ignorance can be cured by education. Stupidity is terminal.

Which one are you?

By Dave

Nonsense. Watching PeTA type films on the internet from third world countries is not the true picture. Fur bearing animals will die after a short life, why not use their fur for warmth and fashion as the natives have done for eons?

Friday 15 January

Dave, the fashion industry isnt sitting around waiting for animals to die so they can skin them. They are bred for that very purpose. The natives, as you state ATE what they killed. They used every part of the animal, they didnt just farm up a bunch of minks, electrocute them, skin them and then dump their skinless bodies somewhere, so they could parade around in high fashion. They wore skin because they had to keep warm and survive. This is entirely different.

By Dan

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Nice try Dave. While I'm not a fan of PETA's extremeism, don't try and dismiss the films by saying they were in "third world" countries, unless you mean that Texas, California, Maine and Nebraska somehow slipped south of Mexico.

By Bigdaddy

Who the hell is this chic, she looks like the women who works at McDonalds by my house! I would like to grill her up in a McRib!!! If she is that f,n stupid lets just eat some dog or cat! Meat is meat isn't it??? High end fashion? Out in the wild she would be shot if you know what I mean!!!

By Victoria

This is NOT about how 'tasty' animals are and kelis is a disgusting moron for all the things she said. who is she to say what animals deserve their lives or not? filthy, she is. she can take her 15 minutes of fame and stick it where the sun dont shine. i would save those furry 'rodents' lives before her ignorant ass any day.

By Macaroni

I'm making a coat out of coonskin (and I don't mean racoon)...

Macaroni is the perfect example of the inhumanity of man. Despicable!

By Janet Hardy

Good for you!!! I am with you 100%.

By im4ncsu

Hell Yes! Finally someone intelligent enough to speak the truth and not back down from a left-wing minority group! Their membership is ridiculously low, and have gotten more media coverage than they truly deserve.

By Michelle

Who on earth is this "person?" :) Really doesn't count!

By Jay Saldivar

Pick up a book dumb ass mink are not rodents. Have some class and shut your ingnorant mouth.

By TREY

LETS PUT THIS NI--ER TO DEATH SO WE CAN WEAR HER BLK ASS AS A PAIR OF LEATHER CHAPS,AN A FUR HAT,IF THERES ANY LEFT OVER OF HER BLK ASS MAKE SOME FOOTIES DAMN NI--ERS

By mdc

The death of high fashion...?? As much as I love a good steak, high fashion= ugly clothes, so no points there. Ah well, ugly clothes for ugly people.

Just a thought...

By Ugh

What a disgusting piece of trash Kelis is. She looks pathetic, not to mention totally ridiculous. May karma catch up with her ASAP.

By Pat Lukes

What color is this message board?

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