PETA Super Bowl Ad Promoting Vegetarianism Deemed Too Racy by NBC

PETA, famous for their “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” ad campaign, is pretty upset with NBC. Their latest ad, scheduled to be shown during the Super Bowl, was rejected by NBC for being too sexy. The ad shows various female models enjoying their vegetables, with the tag line “Studies show vegetarians have better sex. Go veg”.

NBC requested that PETA make a series of edits before the ad would be appropriate, and PETA’s tongue in cheek partial response?

OK, I’ll admit, it’s not the Jonas Brothers eating apple pie, but it sure does drive home the fact that vegetarians make better lovers.

PETA goes on to claim that:

Undulating bodies aside, why do vegetarians make better lovers? For one thing, vegetarians are, on average, fitter and slimmer than meat eaters. Also, heart disease and obesity—both linked to meat consumption—can slow someone down so much that sex can give them a coronary. And the consumption of meat and dairy products is linked to impotence: The cholesterol and saturated fats in meat and other animal products restrict the flow of blood to all the body’s vital organs—not just to the heart.

Now if only global warming advocates could come up with a way to get the public’s attention the same way that PETA does. [Fair warning to readers: the video is probably a bit too racy for you to be watching it work]

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Image: Courtesy of PETA

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