PETA to Aretha: Lose the Fur, Keep Your House

Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:50PM by TMZ Staff

PETA is trying to help out Aretha Franklin with that whole foreclosure mess she's in. The animal rights group has written a letter to the fur-ocious Queen of Soul offering to pay her $19,000 tax bill if she promises to never wear fur again and donate her unwanted furs to PETA - like Mariah Carey and Kim Cattrall have done.

Aretha should know, fur is definitely out of fashion. Hasn't she seen all those shots of Paris and Britney getting out of cars?

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31. First Aretha needs to seriously loose some weight before anything else. Obviously she has no talent left and no one wants her to perform. Thats why she has no money

Posted at 4:40PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Nadira

32. Maybe she could earn some money doing fat fetish porn.
She has those humongous gross breasts

Posted at 4:51PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Dirk Diggler

33. FUR is not out of style, at all!! It looks good on women here in Colorado. PETA can shove it!!

Posted at 5:27PM on Mar 26th 2008 by sager

34. Pain En The A.§§!

Posted at 6:04PM on Mar 26th 2008 by i need a crash course

35. I find it almost unbelievable that an Icon like Aretha Franklin, who's still out there performing AND isn't a financial dumbass & all around wierdo like those genetic mutants the Jacksons would have problems coming up with $19,000 to pay a tax bill. Someone please explain this to me...

Posted at 6:12PM on Mar 26th 2008 by WTF?

36. Hey you guys need to have respect for Aretha, don't say nasty things about her. She is part of the old school, the real talented people. Show some freakin respect, she has done her job in this business and succeeded, give her respect. And plain and simple the damn animals are already dead, who cares. Quit spending all your money on animals and helping them, when humans need way more help.

Posted at 6:15PM on Mar 26th 2008 by J

37. good god, can u IMAGINE how many animals have to be killed to make a coat for her??anyone see her perform at the grammys? she can barely walk...such talent...and what a COW...i don't get it...

Posted at 6:21PM on Mar 26th 2008 by k.d.

38. PETA kills animals too...pets in need of homes. In fact, 97% of them in 2006. Kill shelters have far better records! Maybe people would take them seriously, if their hands weren't covered in blood too.

Say "no" to fur, and PETA!!!

Posted at 6:22PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Me

39. I vote for electricuting Aretha and skinning her alive so I can wear her skin. I mean I could get at least 10 coats out of her.

Posted at 6:28PM on Mar 26th 2008 by blue pen

40. *electrocuting*

Re: Showing Aretha some respect....
The 'damn animals' are killed to meet a demand, one which old Franklin Fur Butt is promoting - albeit in a really sweaty and fugly way.

Posted at 6:32PM on Mar 26th 2008 by blue pen

41. People shouldn't eat animals, it's only acceptable to take over their habitats for our veggie gardens and fruit orchards.

Posted at 6:36PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Me so smart!

42. Yeah, let's skin Bertha,I mean Aretha alive and wear her skin to da clubs.
Bitch don't need to wear a fur coat to go to Roscoes House of Chicken and Waffles.

Posted at 6:42PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Dirk Diggler

43. Say no to fur! Whether you get the money or not!

Posted at 7:03PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Elina

44. Nshado,
Very very good post. I wish more people would pay more attention to the issues you raised.

Posted at 7:04PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Jobless

45. About petroleum products that is.

Posted at 7:06PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Jobless

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