Kristin Cavallarihas ruffled some feathers over a comment made about her pet chicken.
In an Instagram poston Cavallari’s account from Memorial Day, the mom of three is shown holding a young chicken in her arms while she smiles at the camera.
The caption that accompanies the photo reads: “Pet today, dinner tomorrow. Kidding. Kind of.”
While some of theVery Cavallaristar’sfollowers applauded her choice to raise her own food, many other commenters were angry with the playful tone of the post.
“Animals belong in our hearts, not our stomachs. Bet that chicken has a family too. Why can’t we think of them as someone, not something. You don’t need meat to survive folks,” reads one comment.
A number of the negative reactions to thecookbook author’s postare from self-identified vegans or vegetarians, but, for many who responded, it wasn’t about eating meat, it was about the joke Cavallari made in reference to an animal she called a pet.
“I like Kristin, but regardless if you eat meat or not this was a very bad joke, one should never promote the killing of another animal, you should use your social media for better things than this, too bad you probably can’t see that,” reads one remark.
Others pointed out how the post might play differently, if the formerThe Hillsstar was holding a dog in her hand.
Outraged commenters didn’t keep those who supported Cavallari’s choice from speaking out.
“I’ve been vegetarian my whole life but I’m not going to unfollow@kristincavallaribecause she’s posted this! All you people who were following her and have now unfollowed… you knew she ate meat before this post so why unfollow her now? At least the chicken is free range,” writes one.
And another didn’t have time for the drama at all, “The fact that people unfollow u because u may or may not eat chicken is actually so stupid. What sunnies are u wearing@kristincavallari??”
Cavallari is part of agrowing group of celebritieswho are raising their own farm animals in their backyards, but she is one of the first to insinuate the personal use of the birds as food.
PEOPLE has not yet received a response from Cavallari to its request for comment about the controversy surrounding her recent Instagram post.
source: people.com
