Jesse McCartney Admits Eating Monkey Brains, PETA Goes Bananas

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by Michael dEstries April 3, 2009
Categories: Animals
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mccartneyUntil a vegetarian options exists (take note, Morningstar Farms) for monkey brains, the general rule of thumb is to not eat monkey brains. Actually, avoiding brains altogether (unless you’re the living dead) is probably a good idea; lest you want to draw the ire of PETA.

Pop star Jesse McCartney is discovering this first-hand after admitting that he sampled the Asian delicacy on a recent trip. He says, “It was a little chewy and a little bland. It could have been seasoned a little bit more to tell you the truth.” Hasn’t this kid ever seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?

In response, PETA recommended that McCartney go VEG and use his head next time. “You’d have to be bananas to eat monkey flesh, or any meat,” said spokesman Michael McGraw. “When it comes to the ability to feel pain and suffer, a monkey is no different from chickens, cows and pigs. All animals deserve respect, which is why PETA promotes a vegetarian diet.”


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  • Whoever…

    He probably ‘thought’ that this way he could actually ‘grow’ a brain of his own!!!

    I guess it didn’t work and he’s still one brainless dude – “It was a little chewy and a little bland. It could have been seasoned a little bit more to tell you the truth.”

    :)

  • http://nothoney.com sheryl

    Did he bother to find out if the monkey he so carelessly ate was a threatened or endangered species? The Chinese are notorious for poaching a species, or two, to extirpation (clouded leopards in Taiwan) or extinction for the sake of taste. This kid is an asshole.

  • Christine

    Whether this monkey was included on an endangered species list is irrelevant… An animal was killed for this moron to sample an “asian delicacy.”

    As PETA pointed out, the fact that this was a monkey’s brain and not a cow’s brain shouldn’t make a difference…it is wrong regardless of the species killed…but I must say this smacks more of killing for the novelty of it all….

    This Jesse McCartney idiot is a pathetic sicko. What a shame he has the same surname as some fine vegan/vegetarians…

  • http://www.smouch.net/lol/ Jack Mool

    This is so funny. Monkey brain must taste awesome. I’ve always wanted to try it since I saw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as a kid.

  • pleinelune

    the true delicacy is eating a monkey brain while it’s still warm and in some cases while the monkey is still alive… stupid rich people will eat anything when told it’s a delicacy. human beings are the true cockroaches of this world.

  • http://www.myspace.com Katarina

    WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! HE WAS BEING A GENTLEMAN AND TRIED SOMETHING DIFFERENT INSTEAD OF BEING RUDE, HE’S NOT AN ASSHOLE. ALL OF U R!! PEOPLE EAT COWS, LAMB, HORSES, PIGS, CHICKENS, AND MEAT! SO IF YOUR MAD HE ATE MEAT THEN GET THE FUCK OVER IT BECAUSE SO DOES MOST OF THE WORLD AND HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG! AND HES NOT RICH ACTUALLY HE DOESNT MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY! SO LEAVE JESSE ALONE HE DID NOTHING WRONG!

  • VeggieTart

    Katarina: 1) Please do not shout. Your CAPS LOCK key is just to the left of the “a” key, and your Shift key is near the bottom row of letters on the average keyboard. 2) Most of us who object to this dingaling eating brains don’t eat animal flesh. Except for the trolls who come on here, we’re all vegetarian or vegan. And believe me, we do have issues with people who eat animal flesh, if you would bother to READ stuff on this site. 3) Please learn the difference between “your”, a possessive pronoun, and “you’re”, meaning “you are”.

  • http://elainevigneault.com Elaine Vigneault

    Eating brains is a bad idea.

    Reason one: Whoever had the brain before you ate it, probably wanted that brain more than you.

    Reason two: Brains and disgusting. Only nasty, sick people like Hannibal eat brains.

    Reason three: Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.

  • hil

    @VeggieTart please be careful with your generalizations. Not ALL of ecorazzi’s regular readers are Vegan/vegetarian and not all non-vegan/vegetarian readers of this site are “trolls” that show up simply to stir up trouble. Some of us are people that are working on their own continual journey toward having a lifestyle that leaves a minimal footprint and have not made that commitment yet.
    Thank you,
    your friendly Omnivore :)

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  • lola

    OMG JESSE MCCARTNEY is HOT no matter what he eats !!!!!!!!!

  • s

    gawd. the monkeys brain was bigger than his.
    lola, i am totally w/u, he is hot. but so are alot of the guys at my school, but i’d never go out with them, nasty meat eaters…

  • Ryan

    If he had any smarts he wouldn’t go around bragging about it… probably wanted to give his ego a boost by being all “manly” and eating dead animals.

    Still, monkey brains or not, I wouldn’t kick him out of bed :P

  • http://www.google.com Anzu

    SAY WHAT!? EATING MONKEY BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!! SICK!!!!!!!!!!!

  • John

    Maybe he was referring to a great all natural, organic instant oatmeal I have eaten called Monkey Brains I purchased at Whole Foods. It was awesome!

  • myron

    wow.
    get a life you veg heads!

  • soldier

    First of all, unless you know how the world works, keep your stupid comments to yourself. Secondly,places like Panama raise Dogs as cattle (not as pets) and yes they eat them as they are cattle. To them its a delicacy, just like MONKEY to Asia. They do not go and kill people’s pets just to feed someone famous-those animals are cattle. Also, those who travel know that there are dangers if you refuse stuff like that-In Iraq, refuseing a hospitable act like a delicacy is rude and the host will become angry

  • Jeƒf

    Wow, this planet is really sick! Must we destroy it any faster. Most seem to be numb to the reality by acceptances of the norm. Sick people make for a sick planet. This disease, we call humanity. The poor creatures of this planet have no say in their largely unjustified demise.
    Even calling a vegetarian dish monkey brains inadvertantly helps to desensitize us of the murderers we call human.
    Animals are the only innocent beings on this planet, well besides babies, and a few others, but what do we call people that offend us? Animals…of course! How’s that for backwards logic?
    I’m really am considering vegetarianism as an option.

  • ApolloGenX

    Firstly, eating brains is a bad idea as they can give you diseases. I don’t know if this guy cares about diseases, maybe he has some already. In any case, it’s not like anyone would care if he got a disease and vanished.

    Secondly, doing while an animal is alive is incredibly cruel and unnecessary. I love meat just as much as the next person, but at least kill the animal as quickly as possible. Torturing it for sadistic pleasure is sick.

    Lastly, who cares what this idiot does? If it weren’t for stupid tweens, he would be at the bottom of the food chain himself. It’s only a matter of time until he’s just another has been who overdosed over the weekend.

  • Monkey

    So he didn’t like the monkey brain so what, at least he gave it a try. How many of the people above me have done that much. I say give it a try and if you don’t like it you can get some pork or something since pork tastes great.

  • leah

    Hi, i just wanted to say that it is very wrong to kill an animal if your just going to sample it, and i believe aids came from monkies so maybe he got it. but i eat meat, i feel bad about it, but i tried to be vegan and i got sick (im guessing to many carbs). iam anemic and tried to eat soy which was ok but the beans and lentils killed me. i try to just stick with fish, not anything else unless i have to. but killing an animal for shits n giggles is animal cruelty and as for china-those people will eat anything! i read an article how they boil aborted babies for collegen and other cosmetic reasons. thats pretty sad and disgusting. it also had alot of detail on the smell and taste. never buy from china! but sorry for eating animals, i do prefer however to pick an apple if i can find a fruit tree. sorry :(

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