Vegetarian rocker Morrissey canceled his scheduled performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week due to an appearance on the show by the cast of “Duck Dynasty.”
The singer, who was slated to perform on the late night talk show to kick off his already-postponed tour, released a statement on Monday saying he “cannot morally be on a television program where the cast members of Duck Dynasty will also be guests.”
The statement continued: “Morrissey would be honored to play the show, if ‘Duck Dynasty’ were removed.”
The A&E reality program focuses on a family that became wealthy by making duck-call tools for duck hunters. The former Smiths frontman is a staunch animal rights activist.
E Online reports that Morrisey also stated:
“As far as my reputation is concerned, I can’t take the risk of being on a show alongside people who, in effect, amount to animal serial killers. If Jimmy cannot dump Duck Dynasty, then we must step away.”
According to the Associated Press, a source close to Kimmel said the singer’s performance would be rescheduled.
Morrissey has been in the headlines this month for hosting the first all-vegetarian concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Yay. Purest example of integrity
A man of principle!
yea- someone needs to stand up for animals- love you Morrissey
Good for him! We need more people with this kind of dedication to animal rights! Kimmel’s loss.
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Who the hell scheduled them together–do they think it’s all a joke?
Is he vegetarian or vegan? if he is octo -lavo vegetarian then he is a hipocrite and still killing non human animals. If he is a vegan he( and you )should state that proudly. It is a huge difference, especially to the cows, calves, hens and chicks killed for the “dairy” and egg slaughter machinery.
It’s great when celebrities stand up for what is right and moral, unlike Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christophe Waltz, the stars of “Water for Elephants,” who, even after being shown video footage of Tai the elephant, who was the animal star of the movie being abused by her trainers at Have trunk Will Travel, did not make a public statement of condemnation about the abusive training. I guess because they felt it would tarnish their career. Not sure? Appalling!
A true American hero. I’m tired of these shows that glorify stuff like logging and gold mining. Disgusting industries to be involved in. Logging should be restricted to only tree farms.