Martha Stewart |
HOLLYWOOD - Animal rights activists at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)are celebrating after recruiting lifestyle queen Martha Stewart to their
cause.
The crafty TV personality has signed up to appear in a new PETA video, in
which she apologizes for being a one-time fur lover and now insists she'll
never it again.
In the hard-hitting new video, Stewart says, "I used to wear real fur but,
like many others, I had a change of heart when I learned what actually happens
to the animals."
Her five-minute fur-trade expose, filmed on the set of her new TV talk show,
shows how animals are trapped, strangled, and electrocuted for their pelts.
Stewart's feelings towards fur changed earlier this year, when she
responded to a letter from PETA Vice President Dan Matthews while serving time
in jail for lying about stock sales.
Stewart insisted to Matthews that the fur she famously wore the day of her
sentencing was fake, and credited her daughter Alexis, who is a vegetarian,
with making her aware of animal issues.
Stewart is also calling on fans to send fur-wearing family and friends a
mission statement she has posted on her official website, which reads: "So much
violence in the world seems beyond our control, but this is one cruelty we can
stop by being informed consumers."
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