Anti-Fur Activists Disrupt Amber Rose’s Book Signing in NYC
The News
While promoting her new book, How To Be A Bad Bitch, at a Barnes & Noble in New York City, Amber Rose, the 32-year old hip hop celebrity, was targeted by animal rights activists who loudly protested her consumption of fur until they were aggressively ejected from the Barnes & Noble store.
The actress, model, singer and fashion designer is perhaps best know for having dated rap star and fashion designer Kayne West, who frequently wears full length fur coats.
The anti-fur activists – Rob Banks, Jaime Lee, Angela D. and Michelle – were quickly pushed from the immediate area of the book signing into an adjacent section of the store, but their anti-fur messages – “anally electrocuted and skinned alive” – could be still be heard by Ms. Rose and the dozens of fans waiting in line to meet her.
Anti-fur activist Rob Banks, who, in recent months has staged high profile protests against Kim Kardashian and Rihanna said, “As expected, Ms. Rose’ fans were not at all happy to see us, but the disruption – and the reason behind it – will be what they remember most from the book signing. And perhaps some of them will take a moment to think about what they heard us say.”
Ironically, Amber Rose appeared in a reality TV show about Russell Simmons, the vegan hip hop mogul who routinely advocates for animal rights. Perhaps neither knew of the other’s stance on fur when the episode was shot in 2010.
Great job, as always! Thank you for speaking out for her victims.
It saddens me that Amber Rose and the others continue to wear real fur. I would have thought they were compassionate people. Sometimes the truth hurts.
Useless. Zero animals saved. Photo op for activists.
Way to go activists.
Good points.
Always remember, we want the focus on the issues of cruelty, not on our language and other things that can be criticized in order to distract from the issues.
Barnes & Noble won’t have me as a customer anymore. I understand that we don’t want censorship but I highly doubt they’d host a signing for a pedophile’s book? How about a Nazi? How about…if someone was straight with their language…’How to Torture Animals’? By hosting this thing, they are saying that torturing animals is fine with them. It’s one thing to sell the book but to go so far as to host a book signing… Not my book store anymore.
Thank you for having been there and done that.