Dear Tori Spelling
Published on January 4, 2012 by GirlieGirlArmy · 13 CommentsThis isn’t a hate letter. So let’s start with the positives. We love your show. We adore the way you divide and conquer an estate sale. We love your fabulous parties, doting gays, impeccable style, and commitment to your adorable children and family. We, like you, are Mamas who love animals with sexy, tattooed motorcycle driving husbands. We coo over your precious pet chicken and tiny goat, who you keep in your home and treat as well as you treat your dogs.
What ruffles our feathers is you eating animals when it’s so clear how much you love animals. How can you love your chicken, and then cook and eat chicken in the same house in good conscience? How can you spend so much time, money, and energy on your animal (dog) rescue work, and then rationalize wearing fur (two episodes ago, you totally bought numerous vintage furs.) Is it possible that nobody has shown you “Earthlings” and nobody from PETA has come to talk to you after all these years in Los Angeles? Have you never walked into Kitson and seen copies of “Skinny Bitch” lining the store? We want to believe you just don’t know better (we were fur and meat lovers ourselves 10 years ago) but we are having a hard time imagining that you haven’t made the connection between Coco and Perdue.
Image via Dicapua/X17online.com
You brought Coco to an award show in last nights episode and Lisa Vanderpump made jokes onstage about her dress being dead chicken feathers? It was a moment of ha-has all around, but having seen the behind the scenes footage of how “fashion” skins and feathers comes to us, that gag was no laughing matter. The devastating cruelty behind Vanderpump’s furs and feathers is cruelty you would go to the ends of of the earth to stop if it were threatened towards your beloved Coco. The images and footage us animal rights activists have seen are forever stamped on our hearts, which is why we choose – above all else – to make kind choices each and every day with what foods we put in our bodies and what fabrics we put on them.
You are SO almost there, Tori, please jump over to the other side. We are all waiting with open arms, and cruelty-free food and compassionate fashion tips.
Army members: Please tweet this story to Tori (or your own message of encouraging compassion) at @Torianddean
Tags: Coco the chicken, designer chickens, Lisa Vanderpump, Tori and Dean, Tori Spelling, vintage furs
Readers Comments (13)
Oh my God! I pray this letter really makes a huge impact on Tori S., Amazing!
Most of us always believed Donna Martin ‘s sweetnness and integrity were pure Tori Spelling. We all know Donnna Martin would never eat chicken or allow a voodoo priestess sacrifice one in her name. Channel your inner Donna..its time to graduate to the compassionate side. Tori Spelling graduates!! C’monn!!
Redonkolous. How can someone raise chickens, goats and pigs as pets and wear furs and eat chicken? Clearly a case of someone who can not do basic geometry, as in connect the dots. Your pet pal is your food, hello? Clearly she’d eat her dog. Wake up tori!
Does she still have her pig too? I remember pics of her walking her baby pig around just like you would walk your dog, lol. I’ve wondered the same about her. I haven’t seen the chicken until now and I just saw the goat a few weeks ago. When I saw the goat, I really wondered how she could meat and all that other junk. Especially fur!
Oy re the pig! Havent seen the pig in any recent episodes. You gals? Hope that wasn’t a passing trend pet store buy and dump. :(
Love this article. It is surprising that Tori has such a blind spot. After all, once you have loved a bird, you cannot, in good conscience, EAT a bird.
She has come a long way and I believe she will come further. Connect those pesky dots, Tori!
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Why does caring for animals have to make you a vegetarian? This is the most pretentious letter I’ve ever read. I say she’s done her part, let the girl enjoy her food.
Wow.. “why does caring for animals have to make you a vegetarian”.. There’s a difference between farming livestock and caring, actually giving a damn a bout that living beings life.. If you cared actually really trueley cared about pigs, cows, chickens, goats, etc, like you would a dog or a cat.. You wouldn’t eat them.. Just because you love your dog does t mean you give a shit about any other animal.. You’re not making the connection, and I trueley potty you for that
*pitty you for that”
Hey A-Hole Poster Above,
Two words: factory farming.
Animals are not food.
Food is veg, grain, beans, nuts, seeds, & legumes.
Watch “earthlings” then let your mouth flow.
Til then STFU you ignoramus.
Xoxox
Why do you have to get so ugly? Your point would get out much better without the name calling and sarcasm. It doesn’t matter what anyone else says first or in reply or whenever–once someone gets nasty, he or she immediately loses credibility. There is too much hate flowing these days by overly opinionated people.
Veganism is the only solution to a sick planet.
I like what I see so i am just subsequent you. Look forward to discovering your net page but once more.