March 5th 2008
Tobey Maguire Gets Vegan And Bans Leather From His House
Filed under: animals, fashion, green and famous, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 10:08 am
The Hollywood vegetarian scene is pretty well stocked. We have Alicia and Natalie, Joaquin and James… but did you know Spider-Man was a vegan too? Or at least the actor who plays Spider-Man is.
In an attempt to take his vegetarianism one step further, Tobey Maguire has totally banned all leather from his house. Maguire insists that everyone who visits his precious abode must remove all leather garments-including shoes and belts-before entering.
One guest to his house said: “I’ve seen women take off their shoes, belts, and even leave their $4,000 bags at the door. Tobey says the smell of leather makes him sick - he never has it around him.”
Now let’s pause for a moment and talk about Tobey’s veganism. Tobey has been vegetarian for 14 years (totally badass) and today he is MOSTLY vegan…with the exception of relying on eggs and dairy when having to gain weight for a role.
I know guys, as a vegan of seven years I’m totally all like, “Damn Tobey, you can bulk up on a vegan diet. Didn’t you read that health and fitness issue of VegNews?” However, being vegan 90 percent of time is way better than being vegan zero percent of the time, so I say we let him in the club and just agree to give him a hall pass every now and then. What do you say Veg Heads?
gracias: femalefirst.co.uk
If I was to give anyone a break, it would be dear Tobey.
Since he makes people take of their clothes before entering his house, he’s in.
Brookie-That’s what I’m talkin bout!
I’m down with that and I especially appreciate him making people strip at the door. I may try that too…with leather, wool, silk, cotton, and everything else!
Please visit Eco-Eating at http://www.brook.com/veg for lots of good info and links.
That is so true about leather. The chemicals they use to make it really reek! He’s probably allergic to them….
However fair or unfair, people hold vegans up to impossible standards (eg. Don’t they use pesticides to grow your vegetables?, etc.), and so I would say that having vegans around like Tobey Maguire doesn’t exactly help. Making people remove clothing at the door just contributes to the bad publicity we get, as morally righteous… but then eating eggs and dairy when it’s convenient to him adds insult to injury. I think he could benefit from a bit of self-reflection.
I think I would rather talk to Tobey about this personally than speculate about what I’ve read at tabloid sites. Then I can make a fairer assessment.
Well the next time you chat with the old tobenator ask him why he isn’t returning my calls.
Personally I don’t like such things in my home. And it is HIS home, and he can ask guests to do as he wishes. More power to him.
On the other hand, I’m sad to hear he uses dairy and eggs for weight gain. Theres absolutely no reason he couldn’t gain weight without it, trust me… I would know! Plenty of Soy Delicious will do the job.
[…] With our article yesterday on the webslinger’s demands that no one enter his home with leather accessories of any kind, having Maguire be an ambassador or veganism (not be confused with Jerry Mcguire’s “Ambassador of Quan”) makes sense. As we mentioned earlier, Portman did not originally consider going vegan with food (she’s long been against buying clothing made with any animal products) because as she said, “It’s really hard for traveling, especially if you want to maintain your protein levels.” Which of course, several vegans in the comments took to task saying that it was entirely easy and possible. Here’s what Portman said in a recent interview with Marie Claire: “She grabs an energy bar from the display basket and studies the contents of the label. She wonders if the energy bar contains milk. That’s Tobey’s fault. For the past ten days she’s gone from being vegetarian to vegan. ‘I was around Tobey Maguire in rehearsals [for upcoming film Brothers] and he’s vegan and I was, like, this is nice. I’m honest about caring about animals. You know, eggs and milk products, there’s a lot of animal discomfort in that, too. I don’t know if it’s a permanent thing.’ […]
[…] With our article yesterday on the webslinger’s demands that no one enter his home with leather accessories of any kind, having Maguire be an ambassador or veganism (not be confused with Jerry Mcguire’s “Ambassador of Quan”) makes sense. As we mentioned earlier, Portman did not originally consider going vegan with food (she’s long been against buying clothing made with any animal products) because as she said, “It’s really hard for traveling, especially if you want to maintain your protein levels.” Which of course, several vegans in the comments took to task saying that it was entirely easy and possible. Here’s what Portman said in a recent interview with Marie Claire: “She grabs an energy bar from the display basket and studies the contents of the label. She wonders if the energy bar contains milk. That’s Tobey’s fault. For the past ten days she’s gone from being vegetarian to vegan. ‘I was around Tobey Maguire in rehearsals [for upcoming film Brothers] and he’s vegan and I was, like, this is nice. I’m honest about caring about animals. You know, eggs and milk products, there’s a lot of animal discomfort in that, too. I don’t know if it’s a permanent thing.’ […]
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Hey, I’ve been vegetarian for 14 years too (vegan for 5 of those years). I guess that means Toby and I were meant to be together.
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