LEWIS BRANDS FUR STORE BOSSES ‘BACKWARDS’
Singer LEONA LEWIS has branded bosses of Britain’s biggest department sto= re Harrods "backwards" - for refusing to ban fur from their shelves.
The Bleeding Love hitmaker turned down a $1.6 million (=C2=A31 million)= offer to launch the London store’s summer sale in 2008 over its policy o= n stocking animal products.
And she’s still seething that the company’s bosses have not taken actio= n to remove animal pelts from shelves, despite her public snub.
Vegetarian Lewis tells Britain’s Smooth Radio West Midlands, "Yeah they= did offer me money to open the sale but I said no because they stock fur= .. They’re one of the few places that still do it. I just think it’s so ba= ckwards, it’s very evil and cruel. I definitely stand up for what I belie= ve in when it comes to animal rights." Earlier this month (Feb10), Lewis convinced organisers of the BRIT Awar= ds to remove foie gras from the event’s menu after threatening to boycott= the ceremony.
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