PETA Senior VP Dan Mathews: Lady Gaga's Fur Flip-Flop Is Bad News for Her Human-Rights Advocacy, Too (EXCLUSIVE)

Tuesday, 14 August 2012 20:00

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"There comes a time in an artist's career where they really make a move that's out of character and leaves a lot of people cold," People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Senior Vice President Dan Mathews tells AOL Music. For Mathews, that artist is Lady Gaga, and that time in her career has come. The animal-rights advocate called out Mother Monster in an open letter posted on PETA's website yesterday (Aug. 13) for wearing fur on several occasions after proclaiming, "I hate fur and I don't wear fur," on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" back in 2009.

But Mathews insists Gaga's fur flip-flop is more than just a matter of animal rights. Her actions also suggest her ambivalence towards the human rights issues she has so ardently taken up as her causes -- namely gay rights and anti-bullying legislation.

"She's made a career of speaking up for the rights of gays and that's her niche market," Mathews, who is himself an openly gay man, says. "That's how she has marketed herself -- as someone who is standing up for the oppressed. We were thrilled that she included animals in that when she came out against fur so clearly on 'Ellen,' so it was a bit of a shock that she started to sell out and was wearing one fur after another."

Source: AOL Music

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