AR-News: PETA says Moore’s size a weighty issue

[jim robertson]

PETA says Moore’s size a weighty issue

Jennifer Szymaszek / AP file
PETA says that filmmaker Michael Moore should stop living large.
By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC
Updated: 9:30 a.m. ET May  06, 2004Michael Moore is making headlines with 
his controversial documentary, but one group is targeting the filmmaker for 
his waistline.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has selected the gadfly 
filmmaker as one of its “Flab Five” and is treating him to a Veg Eye for the 
Fat Guy makeover. “Looks like the ‘Downsize This’ author has been doing too 
much supersizing,” notes PETA.

“We’ll be sending him a nice little care package, a makeover kit filled with 
health and diet tips, PETA’s vegetarian starter kit, and suggestions on how 
he might change his lifestyle,” PETA’s Michael McGraw tells The Scoop.

American Idol winner Ruben Studdard is also getting targeted by PETA. “If 
‘The Velvet Teddy Bear’ doesn’t want to become known as ‘The Velveeta Teddy 
Bear,’ he might want to idle his meat and dairy intake,” notes the group.

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Others celebs who’ll be receiving PETA’s Flab Five pack include Luciano 
Pavarotti (Says PETA: “He’s three tenors rolled into one!”), John Madden 
(“Pass on the Turducken and rush for the salad bar”), and actor John Goodman 
(“TV’s ‘West Wing’ senator looks like he’s been indulging in a few too many 
Buffalo wings.”).

PETA says it's not worried about a controversy for targeting obese people. 
“It’s a light-hearted approach to a serious issue,” McGraw says. “The Veg 
Eye has the potential to save these guys’ lives.”

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