Tommy Lee is known for many things ... fierce drumming, partying, piercings, your all-around general mayhem, and oh, yeah, tattoos. We recently caught up with him in London during Mötley Crüe’s “Red, White, and Crue” tour, and he was more than willing to show them to us, photographer Mary McCartney Donald, and, well, everyone else for that matter when he shed his clothes and posed for peta2’s latest “Ink, Not Mink” anti-fur ad.
Lee, whose new reality show, Tommy Lee Goes to College, airs on NBC this fall, joins a long list of celebs who are speaking out against fur, including Gisele Bündchen, Charlize Theron, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Rodman, P!nk, David Cross, and Lee’s ultra-famous, big-hearted ex, Pamela Anderson.
So why has Tommy agreed to bare it all to help animals? Simple. Behind every fur coat, collar, or bit of fur trim is an enormous amount of suffering. Animals who are killed for their fur are the ultimate fashion victims. They are drowned, beaten, gassed, strangled, or electrocuted—many of them are skinned alive.
There’s nothing fashionable or cool about fur. Spread the word and sign up for peta2 E-News to find out what else you can do to help animals. A good way to start would be to let J.Crew know how you feel about fur.
Interesting observation, Necrowitch and I have no idea?? I would assume that using leather or suede in an advertisement against fur would be hypocritical, to say the least. Of course, my opinions on Peta have changed since adopting a couple of bully dogs and finding out that although Peta vows to fight for animal welfare, they actually help to legislate Breed Specific Legislation across this country, thus ensuring a death sentence for numerous innocent dogs based on breed alone. Hmmm, did I mention hypocritical.
Posted by: Raven | December 16, 2007 at 06:58 AM
erm.... isn't tommy lee wearing a leather hat in that photo? looks too nice to be the fake stuff =/
Posted by: Necrowitch | December 16, 2007 at 06:47 AM
Okay, you've got me. I have a crush on Tommy Lee. I don't know what it is about him, but now that I hear he is an animal lover- well, my crush is growing into full blown Tommy Lee Love.
Posted by: katieb | November 02, 2005 at 03:21 AM
It saddens me that so many people still think of fur as a status symbol, I’m not any kind of hippy, I wear leather shoes, eat meat, but in this day and age that so many animals should be kept and killed so cruelly just for one item of clothing is simply unjustifiable.
Posted by: Feral Cat | October 25, 2005 at 08:24 AM