Jennifer Lawrence Admits She Skinned a Live Squirrel: Rad or Bad?

by SodaHead Living Posted 2012/04/11 18:00:00

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Jennifer Lawrence must have a thing for squirrels ... and no, we're not talking about "The Hunger Games." The actress recently admitted to Rolling Stone that she skinned a live squirrel as part of her Oscar-nominated role in "Winter's Bone." Jennifer Lawrence said, "I should say it wasn't real, for PETA. But screw PETA." Whoa. Them be some fighting words.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has now responded to her remarks, with President Ingrid Newkirk telling Gothamist: "She's young and the plight of animals somehow hasn't yet touched her heart. As Henry David Thoreau said, 'The squirrel you kill in jest, dies in earnest.'

"When people kill animals, it is the animals who are 'screwed', not PETA, and one day I hope she will try to make up for any pain she might cause any animal who did nothing but try to eke out a humble existence in nature." So ... whose side are you on? PETA's? Or do you think J-Law was just getting into character when she skinned a squirrel?

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Freeranger 2012/04/11 20:39:15

Rad

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I think you need to go back and do a re-write, because as written, it would seem that she was skinning it while it was still alive. Poor word usage. Obviously, it had been a live squirrel, but she skinned it after it was dead-----no big deal.
And HELL YEAH!!! I'd flip off PETA too. I like this girl already.
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Kari 2012/04/12 04:23:52

Bad

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Skinned a live squirrel? I know, PETA are a bunch of obnoxious a-holes and we are supposed to hate them, but why did the squirrel have to "live"? If someone were gonna skin me, I would vastly prefer that they just kill me before doing so. That sounds awful.

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herenot... to Kari 2012/04/12 05:14:15

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squirrel was dead when skinned. Poorly worded question.

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me0wface 2012/04/12 04:23:13
Rowena Ravenclaw 2012/04/12 04:18:07

Bad

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Well, I USED to like her...

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bluelady 2012/04/12 04:02:47

Rad

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as long as it wasnt wasted but was sauteed and eaten.....squirrel is tasty and healthy. whats the big deal??

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themadhare ~IJM 2012/04/12 04:00:22

Rad

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it was a dead squirrel.

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LucidLoon 2012/04/12 03:48:43

Rad

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Not exactly rad, but going by the comments it wasn't actually skinned while it was alive? Then I don't much care. It would be sick and cruel had it been alive at the time, but it wasn't.

And seriously, screw PETA. How many animals do they kill a year?

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Nawjoo 2012/04/12 03:40:31

Rad

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The screw PETA part was rad.

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nico touched the butt 2012/04/12 03:31:54

Rad

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Oh get over it. It was a real dead squirrel, not an alive squirrel. Squirrels are everywhere. I'm sure the species will continue despite the death of one of their own.

And common sense should tell you that alive squirrels are damn near impossible to skin. Ask any animal hunter. They'll explain it to you.
And PETA can suck my dick.

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vinone 2012/04/12 03:22:38
Diana 2012/04/12 03:12:17

Bad

If she skinned a live squirrel.She'a a very demented and sick person.I hope she never gets skinned alive.

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Bleach the Limit 2012/04/12 03:11:59

Rad

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Oh please. I was a vegetarian for four years.

Cry me a river, it's a squirrel. Get over it. It wasn't even alive.

Plus... Jennifer Lawrence is hot.

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The Inc... to Bleach ... 2012/04/12 08:23:50

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Hear ye hear ye, another idiot has Bern discovered on here! Being hot does not justify anything.

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santa6642 2012/04/12 03:09:12

Rad

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Good for her.

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TheMadChameleon 2012/04/12 03:07:04 (edited)

Bad

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Well, seems (now that I read more comments) that the squirrel was not alive at the time, so it is LESS of a problem. I don't like it, but....

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Say_wut_o_O 2012/04/12 02:59:45
TrailOf... to Say_wut... 2012/04/12 04:15:24

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you obviously haven't seen any documentaries on slaughter houses. It shows you just were your daily sausage and bacon comes from. Or how fish are scaled and gutted to make your fried fish, fish sticks, etc.. Or basically how any other kind of meat is prepared to eat. Nothing wrong with skinning and cooking a squirrel.

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Say_wut... to TrailOf... 2012/04/12 05:01:35

You don't think I know that ? I find it disgusting , and nothing wrong with skinning a animal ? Are you sick ?

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Nica24 to Say_wut... 2012/04/12 06:35:37

Oh no!!! Don't eat the animals (considering that's what a big portion of what they were placed here for) we must convert to Vegans & eat tree plants.

Because skinning a dead animal is just wrong & disgusting. Try telling that to starving kids in Africa. Save your "Let's Save the Animal!" Speech for Alicia Silverstone she might feel your sympathy...

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Say_wut... to Nica24 2012/04/12 07:00:44

What , are people skinning starving kids in Africa ? .... And why have you such little sympathy for animals ?

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Nica24 to Say_wut... 2012/04/12 07:13:59

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Really!!!! Don't twist my words please to feed your twisted imagination.

Animals are placed her for a reason. Hace you read history at all?

It's different if you let the thing be tortued. That's just wrong.

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Say_wut... to Nica24 2012/04/14 04:26:34

Animals are eaten yes, and that's fine if they die a painless death. And what does history have to do with this ? we don't live in the past

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Nica24 to Say_wut... 2012/04/14 05:03:15

I don't believe a animal should be tortured....So the world no longer eats animals??? We still eat animals just like they did in the past.

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Say_wut... to Nica24 2012/04/14 07:37:49

Wait what ? The world no longer eats animals ? are you saying that if we eat animals we have to torture them ?...

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Nica24 to Say_wut... 2012/04/14 23:19:11

Are you an idiot? Did you not just read what I wrote. I'm starting to think your blind.

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Say_wut... to Nica24 2012/04/15 10:09:19

No I actually just didn't get what you said ... no need to be so rude

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TrailOf... to Say_wut... 2012/04/12 22:59:05

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what i was saying was that people eat meat all the time. meat comes from animals, it just doesn't magically appear. All Jennifer Lawrence did was prepare a piece of meat for eating. Which is what other people have to do for you everytime you go to the meat department in the grocery store.

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Say_wut... to TrailOf... 2012/04/14 04:30:28

But this was in a movie, they could have used a fake squirrel

"When people kill animals, it is the animals who are 'screwed,' not PETA."

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Nica24 to Say_wut... 2012/04/14 05:05:01

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Squirrels are cute. I can never hurt one.

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The Inc... to TrailOf... 2012/04/12 08:24:31

I don't eat pork/bacon/beef etc. Disgusting.

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Nichole 2012/04/12 02:33:44 (edited)

Rad

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I have no problem with meat and skinning animals. I do have a problem when the animals are still alive but hers was dead. However, her comment "screw PETA" just made me like her all the more! Finally there seems to be a celebrity who hasn't jumped on the PETA bandwagon yet.

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Danielle Mawson 2012/04/12 02:32:42

Bad

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oops! just realized the squirrel wasn't alive!
then i don't mind =)

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Rhi-ot. 2012/04/12 02:11:46

Rad

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Apparently it wasn't alive. Kind of the same as eating an animal after it's dead, whatever.
PETA is such a hypocritical organization.

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lilcoco1998 2012/04/12 02:09:47

Bad

I have mixed opinions about this..But at least the squirrel was dead I mean come on.

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Cricket 2012/04/12 02:09:18

Bad

This subject material needs to be clarified or modified as to if the squirrel was truly alive. If so, then I have nothing but ill wishes on her, role or not.

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~Violate Harmon~ 2012/04/12 01:52:24

Rad

Oh well. She was just getting into character for Winter's Bone, and preparing for The Hunger Games. And plus, in Winter's Bone, wasn't she a redneck? I would think that all rednecks would do that kind of stuff lol.

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Aingean to ~Violat... 2012/04/12 13:05:56

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While I am a redneck I wouldn't skin a squirrel, I'd have to be starving to actually cook one of my chickens ( we use the chickens for eggs )

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Say_wut... to Aingean 2012/04/14 07:38:20

Aw that's sweet :D

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ladyfyre 2012/04/12 01:39:54

Bad

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Well, it's really neither of the choices. I personally wouldn't do it myself but I really detest PETA. They make what should be a personal choice a choice between murder and insanity. They are extremists and extremists are scary scary people. And she didn't "skin a live squirrel" so the question should be worded to remove the suggestion of torture/cruelty, in the name of fairness so results aren't skewed.

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