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Aretha Franklin's Star on Walk of Fame Vandalized by Fur Haters

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Aretha Franklin singing at the opening bell of the NY Stock ExchangeOk, maybe we were a little too hard on Aretha Franklin for what we perceive to be a millinery mishap at the inauguration. The bow wasn't really that huge. This week, we are totally incensed on Aretha's behalf, because some fur-punk decided to deface her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That's just flat out going too far. Insulting her choice in headgear is one thing, but desecrating the greatness of a soul legend by scrawling "Fur Hag" on her star ... that's just wrong.

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Aretha Franklin vs. PETA update

Filed under: Style in the News, Celebrities with Style

Kyle reported back in February that PETA was awarding Aretha Franklin with the distinguished title of Worst Dressed Celebrity in 2008. In a follow up to that tasty bit of news, I read today that PETA is offering the Queen of Soul a way to redeem herself in the eyes of the fur-hating masses.

It seems that Aretha has run into some hard times, financially speaking, and she's let her $700,000 Detroit home go into foreclosure. When PETA heard about this, they jumped at the chance to play the hero and offered to pay the $19,000 in back taxes on the property. There is one condition though: Aretha has to promise that she will never wear fur again. Read PETA's letter to Ms. Franklin here.

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