OlderNatalie Portman Speaks Out on 'Eating Animals'
Natalie Portman takes to the Huffington Post to write about how author Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated) and his book Eating Animals changed her already strict vegetarian habits to go even more extreme.
Now, the 28-year-old actress writes, she’s a vegan activist: “[T]his book reminded me that some things are just wrong. Perhaps others disagree with me that animals have personalities, but the highly documented torture of animals is unacceptable, and the human cost Foer describes in his book, of which I was previously unaware, is universally compelling.”
Natalie, who has been voted the World’s Sexiest Vegetarian by PETA, refuses to wear leather or fur and is a huge animal rights advocate.
Read more from Natalie at the HuffingtonPost.com.
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Eating animals offends her, but dirty old directors who rape 13-year-olds are okay? KTHX, Nattie.
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Not just eating animals but hurting and torturing them is wrong. That is what she is talking about.
As to Polanski, ask Harrison Ford and others why they signed that petition. They obviously know something we don’t yet.
Natalie basically no longer has a career so she does all this for pr.
She is also balding which really limits her leading actress viability.
Her head looks exactly like her father’s….
Eating animals offends her.Fine.don’t eat them. Wearing hides of animals in fur, wool,leather does too. Fine don’t wear them.
What offends me is that peoole go extreme and put their resources way out left field instead of taking their hearts,using good commmon sense and doing something good and not wasting their time. Fight for animal abuse. Animals should be used for food,medical research, but not abused.
Why don’t these people put a stop to citisens not taking care of pets. Stop dog fights.Set up free palces in ctiites where people can get pets spayed and neutered.
Educate the public about proper pet care,cost before people take on a pet.
BTW,if one like Pam Anderson,StellaMcCartney,Paul McCartney, Natlaie Portman,andrest are so vegan,well, do without meds-birth control,cold medications,cancer treatments that Linda McCartney had, etc..
Meds are tested on animals.Make-up to even if it says it is not.Maybe it,thatbrand isnot,butthe indgredients eleswhere were already tested.
Who read the book to her?
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currently she has 10 movies in the works and her forehead is a sign of intelligence, i find her perfect looking and extremely successful, how many 28 year olds have 10 films in the pipe line at once
Needs some protein to grow some hair on her head!
that is right torturing animals are wrong. nat is not pring! so kill that noise! she is a fine actress. so lay off !!
I’ve disliked her for a while without a good reason BUT now i have one. GO AWAY NATALIE. Your so full of yourself.
i love her. im also a vegetarian so that makes me respect her even more.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/2259782/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-damascus-07/
another large forehead of the most intelligent and beautiful woman in HW.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/2073672/angelina-jolie-heathrow-airport-10/fullsize/
and another large forehead, this woman has brains and talent and education and she cares about others
Natalie is not far behind her
She’s absolutely right! Love her – I think she’s a great person.
thank you jj for posting something interesting, informative and substantive for a change, it would be interesting to read that book
some of us would much rather see posts on Natalie Portman and what she says and does instead of other typical HW airheads who only eat and shop all the time
So is the little activist going to protest all the New York City Delis?
I love t when celebrities speak out on animal cruelty – so many people (including many of the commenters here) seem to have no idea about it – so it’s really important to spread the message.
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she is not the only one who signed the petition, leave Polanski out of it until there is more information on him
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she is not protesting anything and she is not telling anyone what to do, she is merely explaining her believes and makes ppl aware of cruelty to animals, are you for torture of animals? I am sure you are not, so what are you bitching for?
You are right, most ppl don’t know or even think about it, as neither did she, that is why she mentions the book.
If the way animals are mass produced by the big companies is bad to you, then why not by from small local farmers who grain/grass feed their animals. It does not mean you have to go all vegan, which is not always the healthier alternative. I never understood the I don’t like the way my steak was acquired so I’m never gonna eat meat of any kind again. There are other choices besies going cold turkey, because no matter what as long as these big slaughter house suppliers are making money their ways are not going to change but yours can by supporting organic farmers and natural grain/grass fed farms to acquire your meat, pork, poultry and etc.
Small farmers are no solution either bc there will be so many of them to substitute the big onces that there will be no way to check on them, you need a lot inspectors. I really know nothing about it but find it interesting, at least she introduces “food for thought”. She usually does.
Its fine to have your beliefs. But just don’t try to force it on other people i.e. that horrible organisation PETA. Don’t know how they away with some of the things they do. They do more harm than good.
I love her. She is gorgeous and seems so smart. I like the fact that she’s vegetarian. I respect vegetarians. My cousin is. But I am not HAaaa but I think it’s great! No to animal abuse…..Btw I agree with #4! It’s sad that everything from meds to make up is tested first on animals. How shameful.
Hmmmmm…. better go check on that chicken in the oven
I don’t know what you are talking about, I have never been contacted by PETA or have ever been told by them what to do. There is nothing wrong with PETA informing the population if something wrong in society takes place especially torture of animals.
IF Harrison Ford signed it along with seveal other big name celebraties now question is are these Natalie haters going to nail these other actors for the same issue. Why beat a dead horse over why she signed a damn petition leave her alone as you do HF and the other celebs.
If she doesn’t want to eat meat where is that offensive to people that is on her. At least she is not a hypocrite about it she doesn’t profess to be something she isn’t. If you read what she said she read from this book which I saw the interview about it when she did Mr. Mangoruim promo’s one of the Today shows husband gave her the book, which she said opened her eyes to many of the issues with dairy and animals. Mid eastern cultures are vegans or vegetarians are people chasing them down b/c of their beliefs.
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