Celebrity Feuds
Beyoncé Ambushed by PETA at Nobu

Beyoncé was confronted Thursday night at the swanky restaurant Nobu in New York City by two members of People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The two had won an eBay auction, benefiting VH1's Save the Music Foundation, to dine with the star. Beyoncé had no idea they were PETA members.


TMZ obtained video of the confrontation, shot by PETA, taped inside the restaurant. As they sat at the table, Beyoncé, who has a fashion line with her mother that uses fur, had no idea what was coming. After placing their orders, the PETA members confronted the singer.

The PETA members then pulled out a portable DVD player and began playing a tape of Pamela Anderson's attack on the fur industry, which highlights graphic footage of the process of killing animals for their fur.

Also present at the table -- Beyoncé's mother Tina and her sister Solange.

The PETA members were swiftly escorted out of the restaurant. Beyoncé and her relatives stayed inside.

Calls to Beyoncé's reps were not immediately returned.

Related links:
PETA
Pamela Anderson Anti-Fur Campaign movie



Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, Beyonce Knowles

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16. I feel really bad for Beyonce. she doesn't deserve to be treated like that. I don't get why they target her when billions of people all over the world eat meat and wear fur or leather.
THE PETA ARE CRUEL TO HUMANS. they would do anything to save animals even if it means hurting peaople. where are their priorities at? sick freaks!

Posted at 2:37AM on Jun 16th 2006 by Ihatepeta

17. I feel really bad for Beyonce. she doesn't deserve to be treated like that. I don't get why they target her when billions of people all over the world eat meat and wear fur or leather.
THE PETA ARE CRUEL TO HUMANS. they would do anything to save animals even if it means hurting peaople. where are their priorities at? sick freaks!

Posted at 2:38AM on Jun 16th 2006 by Ihatepeta

18. I feel really bad for Beyonce. she doesn't deserve to be treated like that. I don't get why they target her when billions of people all over the world eat meat and wear fur or leather.
THE PETA ARE CRUEL TO HUMANS. they would do anything to save animals even if it means hurting people. where are their priorities at?

Posted at 2:41AM on Jun 16th 2006 by SMH

19. If you would just watch the animal videos, it would change anyones mind. It's not a PITA thing it's a concious thing. I challenge anyone to see the videos at furisdead.com and still support the fur industry. I am not a member of PITA I just went to see the videos and I am heart broken that it is allowed at all.

Posted at 2:45AM on Jun 16th 2006 by Amber

20. STOP DEFENDING THOSE RICH PEOPLE, THEY WOULDNT DO SH*T TO HELP ANY OF YOU ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY. YOU PEOPLE BITCH ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ WHEN AN ENEMY GETS KILLED, BUT WHEN A DEFENSELESS LITTLE ANIMAL IS KILLED FOR NO OTHER REASON THEN THEIR FUR YOU THINK ITS FINE.

Posted at 2:52AM on Jun 16th 2006 by ANGELUS

21. Needlessly killing animals for "fashion" and eating them are two different things. This was about fashion not food. And they had paid to eat with her. How dumb is this indeed.

Posted at 3:02AM on Jun 16th 2006 by yesyesyes

22. hey in the vid beyonce sorta looks, in her eyes that is, like the very animals that go off to slaughter to make her clothes line. it takes one dumb animal to wear the skins of 100 dumb animals. sorry, didn't realize we were still in paleolithic times where humans HAD to wear skins cuz the cotton gin hadn't been invented yet. as for meat eaters... direct correlation between the consumption of animal tissue and cardiovascular disease i.e, heart attack and stroke. hey, see you in the ICU!

Posted at 3:05AM on Jun 16th 2006 by sean

23. erasmus you should read the paris hilton blurb about her doobage at the pink elephant cuz u been hittin the bong waaaaaaaaaaay too long!

Posted at 3:08AM on Jun 16th 2006 by sean

24. PETA are a bunch of freaking idiots and so is Beyonce.
Was PETA in the right to do something like that? No I don't think so.
But Beyonce & her mother's no fashion asses shouldn't even have a clothing line. I mean COME ON! Have people seen what her mother has dressed her in before? Those hideous shiny golden craptacular outfits.
It makes me wanna barf just thinking that there is now fur involved with theirr 'fashion'. Good god, I don't even wanna imagine what the stuff must look like.

Posted at 3:38AM on Jun 16th 2006 by Lisa

25. DO WE HAVE TO BE SO STUPID. I HOPE EVERY MEMBER OF THE HIP HOP COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO WEAR ANKLE LENGTH FURS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.

Posted at 3:43AM on Jun 16th 2006 by TO THE IDIOTS

26. you are all insane. you are not heros you are annoying.

Posted at 3:44AM on Jun 16th 2006 by TO THE IDIOTS

27. why do stupid people like animal rights activist and enviromentalist even exist ?

Posted at 3:52AM on Jun 16th 2006 by TO THE IDIOTS

28. Damn PETA. I think that was very out of line. I'm not a beyonce fan by any means (frankly I think she's talentless) but come on, let that woman at least enjoy her meal (which I'm sure had some kind of meat in it - and they said nothing about that.) I think it was wise of her NOT to say anything. PETA is getting outrageous, next they'll be knockin on my door asking me why I ate pork chops last night, or why I fried some fish. I do have to give it to Beyonce though she handled herself well, and doesn't she sometimes use faux fur? Why don't the PETA people say anything about that?

Posted at 4:16AM on Jun 16th 2006 by popintops

29. Debra, you believe the women confronting Beyonce was "disturbing her dinner for her own personal cause"? This isn't a personal cause, this woman was standing up for the millions of animals that are killed every year just for a bit of fashion. And if Beyonce wants to be responsible for a percentage of those deaths then she shouldn't complain about having her dinner disturbed. Please have a look at the website, www.FurIsDead.com, watch the videos and come back and say that it's still ok to wear the skins of animals. The women that confronted Beyonce were probably vegans, as am I. PETA does campaign against the consumption of meat and other animal products and also the abuse and exploitation of animals across a wide range of issues.

Posted at 4:57AM on Jun 16th 2006 by Jamie

30. PEOPLES ARE DIEING IN AFRICA AN OTHER PARTS THE WORLD

FROM HUNGRED AND AID ,SICKNESS OF ALL KIND. DEATH RATE

ARE IN THE MILLION LET US FIX THIS CRISIS. If ptea had love

there hearts they would foucs on these Issue. people are still in slave.



Posted at 5:11AM on Jun 16th 2006 by Gene Morgan

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