7 UP Dude, Orlando Jones, Is A Raw Foods Vegan
Filed under: food & drink — Michael d'Estries @ 3:20 pm
March 2nd 2009
You’ve probably seen Orlando Jones in any number of movies and television shows, but I like to remember him as the innocent 7 UP spokesperson with the “Make 7 — Up Yours!” campaign. Hilarious.
Anyways, in a new interview with Parade magazine, Jones talks about why he’s a pain in the ass to cook for and why going green is a double-edged sword. Here are some highlights:
On being a vegan:
“I’m like vegan raw, so I’m really a pain in the butt about what I eat. I’ve been pursuing it actively for 14 years. But, actually, I’m a weird vegan because I don’t mind cooking meat for my friends. I don’t really subscribe to the theory that meat is going to kill you even though I don’t touch it. I’m sort of in the “anything in moderation” camp.”
On pursuing the green lifestyle:
“It’s like a double-edged sword. On one level I believe in an organic lifestyle and recycling and trying to cut down on energy consumption and everything else. But I’m not really a fan of doing anything to the “nth degree” because I think economically it’s an expensive lifestyle which a lot of people can’t afford. I kind of feel like it’s better in moderation. The yin and yang to me is about balancing it all.”
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Wow 14 years as a vegan and animal welfare hasn’t rubbed off on you! Man watch Earthlings or visit a farm sanctuary. I started veganism for health as well and it only took me about 2 years to realize all the other good reasons to be vegan. Off the slow track for you my friend.
Wow. 14 years and he has NO PROBLEM GETTING PROTIEN!@!@ wow….he must be so sickly…
I’m am joking of course….
and im kinda surprised too that after 14 years he still serves meat. I know at first i felt that way but over time that defiantly changed….ah well.
Good for him at least for coming out of the vegan closet.
And he hasn’t even turned green!
a vegan cooking meat for his friends ? hilarious.
That’s pretty bizarre, but raw vegan is extreme – I’m 80% raw and people give me the side eye. He’s not eating the meat – but the smell, eek.
I just always thought if you didn’t do it for the animals, you would eventually go back. He just showed me that’s not the case. Very interesting … [paradigm shifting] …
I’ve adored Orlando Jones for YEARS! This only makes me coo harder over how awesome he is.