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Real Housewife Bares All for PETA
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Jen Carlson
Published Dec 15, 2009
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PETA has wrangled themselves another cougar (cheetah?) for their "I'd Rather Go Naked" campaign. Last month it was 1979 Olympic gold medalist figure skater Tai Babilonia, and now it's Bethenny Frankel from the Real Housewives of New York. There's video!
According to People, her billboard is located in Times Square. Frankel said in a statement: “I used to wear fur. I went to a cocktail party, walked outside on Fifth Avenue, and a PETA protester was holding up a skinned animal. I looked at it, and it made me sick. I felt disgusting. That day was a huge change, and since then I’ve really been against fur. I’m cleaning out my closets — trim, everything. I don’t see any reason for cruelty.” Full ad after the jump (NSFW, we suppose).
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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