JOKE....PETA is not amused by a joke about the organisation made by The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence.
THE HUNGER Games star Jennifer Lawrence has become a target for PETA. Before she became Katniss Everdeen, the talented 21-year-old endeared herself to critics - and scored an Oscar nomination - with Winter's Bone.
In that film, there's a scene that sees her role skinning a squirrel - something that wouldn't sit well with the animal-loving folks. When asked about that in an interview with Rolling Stone, the actress joked: "I should say it wasn't real, for PETA—but screw PETA."
Well, trust the animal-rights organisation to take seriously every remark uttered by a celebrity that has anything to do with animals - or the organisation, for that matter.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk wasted no time in issuing a statement that reads: "She's young and the plight of animals somehow hasn't yet touched her heart.
"As Henry David Thoreau said,‘The squirrel you kill in jest, dies in earnest.' When people kill animals, it is the animals who are ‘screwed,' not PETA, and one day I hope she will try to make up for any pain she might cause any animal who did nothing but try to eke out a humble existence in nature."
As stern as she sounds, Newkirk seemed to have a change of heart later in the day, as they described Lawrence's quote as "a throw-away remark" when speaking to E! Online.
"We have our bet on Jennifer ending up joining the ranks of other young celebrities like Natalie Portman, Lea Michele, and Kellan Lutz who are using their influence to help animals," she added. (E! Online)
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