I really didn’t expect the complete freakout over Reese Witherspoon’s python bag, and PETA’s public slamming of Reese for carrying a python and leather bag. Nor did I expect to be so soundly criticized for simply remarking that the bad was and is gorgeous (in my opinion) and I would love to own a purse that pretty. E’rybody FREAKED. Well, after PETA issued their fatwa against Reese for carrying the nearly $4000 Chloe python-and-leather bag, they’re now taking credit because Reese is apparently not going to use the bag anymore. What’s confusing is that I don’t think Reese promised anything or issued any kind of statement, she was just spotted out and about using another purse, this time a fabric purse.
Who wants to take Reese Witherspoon shopping for a new purse? At the insistence of PETA, the 35-year-old Oscar winner has hung up her Chloe purse for good. The python handbag, called the Paraty, retails for $3,820 on Net-a-Porter.
After Witherspoon was seen toting the bag around L.A., PETA sent her a video (ironically narrated by her Walk the Line costar Joaquin Phoenix) that highlighted the cruel methods used in the exotic-skins industry.
“We’ve long known Reese to be a kind person, so we’re pleased — and not surprised — that she is hanging up her python bag for good,” PETA told Gossip Cop in a statement.
“We hope Reese’s honest mistake will serve as a reminder for all of us to be extra-certain that what we’re buying is mock croc or fake snake.”
PETA later sent Witherspoon flowers after she vowed never to carry the purse again.
Where and how the Water for Elephants star got the Chloe bag remains a mystery: California banned the sale of snakeskin in 1970.
[From Us Weekly]
So, controversy over? I have a question: when PETA has a successful fatwa and someone agrees to stop using a python bag, or a fur coat, or leather or what have you, what happens to the product that is “discarded” by the celebrity? Like, what is Reese going to do with that python bag now? Is it just going to sit in her closet? Is she going to donate it somewhere? If she’s going to donate it, can she send it to me?
Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.
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