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Did you know New York is #4 of America's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Large Cities? It's no surprise there are so many famous and not-so-famous veggies living here. Focusing on the former, PETA is holding another poll asking who the Sexiest Vegetarian worldwide is. This is their sixth annual sexy veggie contest, and has a list of 233 celebs competing for the title, including our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man Tobey McGuire. While the poll only includes Hollywood herbivores, AMNY notes that celebs aren't the only high profile folk with a taste for tofu. If Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich were to win the 2008 presidential election, he'd be the first vegetarian in the White House.
Amongst the stars listed are some New Yorkers, including: Stella McCartney, Alec Baldwin, Nick Zinner, Russell Simmons, Mos Def, Todd Oldham and of course - vegan king of the LES - Moby. While the co-founder of Teany won't be getting our vote, he is a pretty hardcore vegan, he recently noted that he's been a "vegetarian for 23 years, vegan for 20.... I like animals and I don't want to be involved in anything that makes them suffer. Fake meat is amazing, the vegan equivalent of junk food. I usually refrain from fake meat unless I'm really hungover. Somehow it makes hangovers more bearable." We wonder what his great-great grand uncle, author/whaler Herman Melville, would think of that.
Earlier this year the NY Post reported that Chrissie Hynde, who has been a vegetarian since 1969, turned down a $100,000 offer from The Gap, who wanted to "use one of her songs in its 'Everybody in Leather' campaign. She refused, then bit the hand that wanted to feed her by sneaking into a Gap window display and pulling 'a switchblade on the mannequins to slice up their leather jackets.'" More stories like that in PETA campaign chief, Dan Mathews' book Committed: A Rabble Rouser's Memoir, which came out in April.
Vote here, through June 23rd.
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is pasty with a total lack of muscle tone in these days? cause i don't think i've ever met a sexy vegan.
Typically we sexy vegans stay away from charmers like you, perhaps thats why you haven't met any of us.
I heard once that Moby used to be a musican instead of a professional vegan and SUV commerical jingle writer. Of course, I didn't believe it.
Nobody likes a vegetarian.
That's why Kucinich can NEVER be President. Would you trust a whiny vegetarian to defend us and fight terrorism?
All veggies/vegans are pansies anyway.
Baldwin is a veg? Then why so doughy and angry? Methinks he hits the peanut butter and doublecrust pizza too often.
#5, google "Kenneth Williams vegan"
a friend of mine runs an animal sanctuary upstate and had come up for a visit. he said moby was a total board game nazi. they HAD to play by HIS rules.
"You don't make friends with sal-ad! You don't make friends with sal-ad!"
I can't be the only one with that Simpsons episode running through my head now. . . .
why all the veggie hating?
#10 - Because no one stand the holier than thou attitudes of militant/PETA vegans that make meateaters feel like they're committing murder. I will enjoy my Peter Luger porterhouse whenever I want without the guilt, thank you very much!
#7-are steroids vegan?
guest: i didn't realize that all vegans are militant. i guess i should start acting up. here i thought i was just making a healthy lifestyle choice.
save a cow, eat a vegan.
Have you tried the ground beef bananas? They taste just like real bananas!!
Eat all the veggies you want, but why try to make them look and taste like meat? Furthermore, why charge four bucks for a box a frozen, pressed bean patties? That b's messed up.
What about those kids who gave Moby a knuckle sandwich a few years ago at a signing? Knuckles are meat, ain't they?
Someone punched moby? I would have paid money to see that simpering shmuck btchslapped and kicked, and as far as veggies go, I cant make love to a skinny bony girl, I cant. Theres nothing to enjoy there. You have to draw the tits on with lipstick. No thanks. Gimme a girl that likes her meat..