PETA Backs Off Triumph-Aiken Ad

[Brian]

That PETA ad in which Triumph the Insult Comic Dog takes a verbal poop on "American Idol's" Clay Aiken may not see the light of day.
The ad is still featured on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' web site, but it looks like the group may hold off on placing it on the streets of New York, where it was scheduled to go up this week, according to the New York Daily News. The possible delay comes after some of Aiken's legion of fans -- along with his lawyer -- expressed outrage over the ad.

In the ad, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" regular Triumph sports a surgery collar and bandage on his nether regions. Its slogan reads "Get neutered -- It didn't hurt Clay Aiken."


PETA targeted Aiken because he told a Rolling Stone interviewer that he hates cats and once ran over a kitten, albeit accidentally.
"We're in a slight holding pattern. We're always flexible," PETA spokeswoman Ingrid Newkirk tells the Daily News about the future of the Triumph ad. "We got a lawyer calling, and our lawyers said maybe we can work something out, make the ad evaporate, and put a leash on the insult dog."

PETA asked Aiken to take back his unkind words about cats, and when the singer didn't respond, commissioned the ad.

[Bordick]

[crappertay]

So in otherwords if they run the ad they can expect multi-million dollar litigation...



Someone on this board should retract their love for cat-eating aliens, else the next PETA ad will be;