PETA Slams Justin Bieber and His Fur Coat: He ’Needs a Brain Scan’

Earlier, TMZ posted the above video, which shows Justin Bieber wearing a fur coat. They ask him if the coat is real, and he says enthusiastically, “Hell yeah!”

Obviously, PETA is not happy. Ingrid Newkirk gave a statement exclusively to our cousin site Gossip Cop, saying:

“I sometimes think that Justin Bieber needs a brain scan, as I suspect his mirror neurons — the seat of empathy — are underdeveloped or undeveloped, given that he acts like a self-absorbed, childish showoff. He seems incapable of seeing how his buying habits cause needless suffering to animals, such as baby tigers, baby monkeys, and wild coyotes. Animal groups are tired of having to clean up after him, from the abandoned baby monkey in Germany (now rescued) to the abusive zoo in Canada (now closed) to having to run ads explaining the horrible ways in which animals die for fur.”

Harsh.

[featured image via Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com]

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