Celebrity Vegan of the Day: Joaquin Phoenix

Phoenix has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations and is the start of the upcoming Joker which I cannot wait to see.  Joaquin is an outspoken animal activist and supports groups such as In Defense of Animals, Live Earth, Mercy For Animals, and PETA.   On his decision to become vegan Phoenix has said:

“Really it was seeing these fish being killed when I was on a boat as a kid. I guess to stun them they were throwing them against the side of the boat. I just had a profound strong reaction. It felt like a real injustice. It wasn’t just me, it was my siblings, all of my siblings, except for the youngest, Summer, she wasn’t born. My mom was pregnant with her. I don’t know how to explain it. I think it made me distrustful, and angry, and frightened of humans, humanity. I just thought it was such a gross abuse of power in a way. I think that during that moment we knew that we were not going to eat meat anymore. We said to our parents, “Why didn’t you tell us?” It’s amazing. I remember my mom’s face, I remember her crying. She didn’t know how to answer. It became very obvious we weren’t going to eat meat anymore.”