Vegetarian Celebrities Opt for Cruelty-Free Living

As it turns out, some of your favorite celebrities maygoing to contribute to the violence in the world
also be vegetarians. Pamela Anderson, Paulanymore". She said that going vegan meant putting
McCartney, Alicia Silverstone, Moby and Andre 3000food back into the mouths of starving children, since
of Outkast are among the many vegetarian celebritiescrops grown to feed cows could otherwise be used
who decided to stop eating meat because of theto feed villages.Silverstone also has her own vegetable
harm that factory farming does to animals, our healthgarden, where she grows vegetables like lettuce, kale
and the planet.Former Beatle Paul McCartney said heand pumpkins. "To make your salad from your own
was first turned on to animal rights as a child. Disneygarden is just amazing", she once said to talk show
movies like Bambi and Dumbo instilled in him a beliefhost Ellen DeGeneres.Singer Moby first exposed his
that animal cruelty is a bad idea. He once said, "If youveganism in an angsty punk rock album titled Animal
think of Bambi, its mum gets killed by a hunter and IRights, arguably the most controversial album of his
think that made me grow up thinking hunting isn'tcareer. Since then, he has taken a more utilitarian
cool".McCartney decided to finally make the move toapproach in order to make his message more
vegetarianism when he and his wife Linda were eatingaccessible to the masses.Moby encourages
a meal of lamb and happened to see lambs frolickingvegetarians and vegans to become salesmen for
in a field. This experience helped him make thewhat they believe. He himself does this by
connection between the food on his plate and living,aggressively championing vegetarianism in the public
sentient animals.Supermodel and former Baywatcheye. Moby also promotes vegetarianism in his
star Pamela Anderson has been a vegetarian sincevegetarian tea shop, Teany.Outkast star Andre 3000
the age of 16. In high school, she used to donate rollsis also a vegetarian celebrity. In 2004, he won PETA's
of quarters to People for the Ethical Treatment ofaward for Sexiest Male Vegetarian. When Andre was
Animals, the popular nonprofit animal rights organization.asked what he would do on his last day on Earth, he
Since then this vegetarian celebrity has become ansaid, "I'd probably go for a great meal-some broccoli
outspoken activist for PETA, participating in many ofprobably, because I'm a vegetarian".Other notable
their campaigns including ones against fur, seal huntingvegetarian celebrities include Coldplay's Steve Martin,
and Kentucky Fried Chicken.Alicia Silverstone, thePearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Avril Lavigne, Fall Out Boy's
young actress who made her debut in the movieAndy Hurley, Natalie Portman, Good Charlotte's Benji
Clueless, went vegan in 1998 for moral and politicaland Joel Madden, Alec Baldwin, Anne Hathaway,
reasons. She once said to talk show host RosieJoaquin Phoenix, Tobey Maguire, Shania Twain and
O'Donnell that she went vegan because she "was notWeird Al Yankovic.