Kate del Castillo to Appear at Live Unveiling of New PETA Ad: ‘I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur’
The Day I Met El Chapo Star Strips Down for Winter Shopping Campaign
For Immediate Release:
December 11, 2017
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Moira Colley 202-483-7382
What: Standing in a snowscape and wearing nothing more than icicles, La Reina del Sur star Kate del Castillo appears in a new holiday shopping campaign for PETA that proclaims, “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur.” She’ll unveil the ad in person outside Macy’s flagship store—where fur coats are still sold—in New York’s Herald Square on Tuesday.
When: Tuesday, December 12, 12 noon
Where: Herald Square Park (W. 34th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue), New York City
In an exclusive video interview, del Castillo reveals why she stripped down for the cause: “They’re still killing animals for fur. There’s a lot of work to do, and that motivates me,” she says. “You don’t need to wear fur to be beautiful. It’s not the moment to be silent. I think we have to go naked, go bold.”
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—notes that every year, millions of animals are confined to cramped, filthy cages before being drowned, beaten to death, strangled, electrocuted, or even skinned alive in order to produce fur coats, collars, and cuffs.
Del Castillo joins a growing list of celebrities—including Eva Mendes, Jhené Aiko, Roselyn Sánchez, Alicia Machado, P!nk, Taraji P. Henson, and many others—who’ve bared it all in PETA campaigns.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.
