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4-08-04, 12:47 PM
Bruce Springsteen?
Those attack dogs at PETA have pulled in their fangs in deference to Bruce Springsteen, reports MSNBC.com.
The activist animal-rights group - which specializes in harassing celebrities who are unkind to critters - killed an ad because The Boss' people said it might upset the star.
The ad is a send-up of the 1984 album Born in the USA with the famous cover image of Springsteen's denimed behind, but PETA's version shows a big bottom with what is unaffectionately known as repairman cleavage and the tag line: "Obese in the USA."
Springsteen's people saw the ad and asked PETA to pull it, said a source.
"The ad was intended to parody the sad shape a meat-addicted America has taken since this classic album came out two decades ago," PETA execs wrote in a memo. "But Mr. Springsteen's management felt that people might think we are spoofing Bruce himself, which was never the case."
Out of deference to the Boss, who has a pro-animal history, PETA is yanking the ads.
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Those attack dogs at PETA have pulled in their fangs in deference to Bruce Springsteen, reports MSNBC.com.
The activist animal-rights group - which specializes in harassing celebrities who are unkind to critters - killed an ad because The Boss' people said it might upset the star.
The ad is a send-up of the 1984 album Born in the USA with the famous cover image of Springsteen's denimed behind, but PETA's version shows a big bottom with what is unaffectionately known as repairman cleavage and the tag line: "Obese in the USA."
Springsteen's people saw the ad and asked PETA to pull it, said a source.
"The ad was intended to parody the sad shape a meat-addicted America has taken since this classic album came out two decades ago," PETA execs wrote in a memo. "But Mr. Springsteen's management felt that people might think we are spoofing Bruce himself, which was never the case."
Out of deference to the Boss, who has a pro-animal history, PETA is yanking the ads.
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