Lady Gaga’s “meat” photoshoot for Japanese Vogue gets PETA’s knickers in a twist

By Andrea Petrou on September 8th, 2010 6 comments

By Emily Borrett.

PETA’s all in an indignant tizz again, and this time it’s Lady Gaga wot done it.

The singer/performance artist/nutcase was photographed for Japanese Hommes Vogue in a bikini. Which itself sounds alright, except for the eensy detail that she was photographed in a MEAT bikini. She’s going more above and beyond in her duty to be even more mental than Michael Jackson.

But is it art? PETA doesn’t seem to think so. Relations between the singer and the animal rights group seem to have soured – where at one point bosses were begging Gaga to be a spokesperson for their “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” campaign , they now seem to feel a bit let down.

President of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, said on the matter:

“No matter how beautifully it is presented, flesh from a tortured animal is flesh from a tortured animal .. Meat represents bloody violence and suffering, so if that’s the look they were going for, they achieved it.” Ouch.

Looks like Gaga’s got some serious kissing up to PETA to do if she wants to get back in their good books. What do you think of the ad campaign? Is it artistic or in bad taste? Comment below to let us know your thoughts.

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Berny

What complete nonsense from PETA, as usual. The last time I checked, slaughter houses took great pains (no pun intended) to ensure the animals were killed in a humane fashion before being butchered. No torture involved, unless we’re talking about the tortured thinking of PETA representatives.
Charles

Such a waste of delicious steak…
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I’m sure someone was still willing to eat it after it touched the Gaga.
Shannon

I think it’s in bad taste and stand by PETA on this one, and Berny, the people at slaughter houses are savages, evidence has emerged of them handling the animals brutally. They go to the slaughter terrified. And I know for a fact they’re cruel people, my ex boyfriends father worked at an abattoir when he was about 10 because he was kicked out of home, and some of the men there wrapped him in a cow carcass and trapped him in it. A 10 year old boy. And you think they’ll be kind to the cows? I think not. And nothing has changed since then.