DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Featured In PETA Commercial
March 6, 2008According to a posting on The Def Leppard Satellite Of Love web site, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has been spotted in a TV commercial supporting for animal rights group People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA). The commercial can be seen on Direct TV and online at Peta TV. Click the following links to view:
Collen hasn't eaten meat for more than 20 years and several of his band members are vegetarians.
In an interview with GoVeg.com, Collen talked about how making the connection between living, breathing animals and the carved up bodies on his plate was what convinced him to forgo animal flesh once and for all.
"It started freaking me out eating dead body parts," he says. "The whole Jeffrey Dahmer fridge concept of things was weird. It started when I was a kid, but you know, you have that whole parent propaganda when they say, 'Oh no, you got to eat this, and it's OK,' and even when you go, 'Well, that chicken is kind of like...a dog,' and they go, 'Come on, eat, eat, eat your meat,' and I always felt kind of uncomfortable. And I think when I got to a certain age, when you start making choices for yourself, that's when I was like well, I am not going to do this anymore."
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