Ginnifer Goodwin Says Goodbye To Veganism

by Lisa Kalner Williams May 13, 2011
Categories: Eats
Tags: ginnifer goodwin, jimmy kimmel.

Last year, Ginnifer Goodwin was our girl.

We reported on her ”Jimmy Kimmel Live” appearance where she talked about her efforts to save turkeys from Thanksgiving slaughter. This Wednesday, she returned to Kimmel’s show to talk about animal food — like, how yummy it is.

(Say what?)

As you’ll see in this video clip, the “Something Borrowed” star seems content with dropping her plant-based diet. “I’m actually not a vegan anymore,” she giggled. “I’m always learning and growing and changing, and there were some boring health issues that no one wants to hear about. So I had to work some animal products back in my diet.”

So what did she leave the world of veganism for? A “humane” scrambled egg. ”It was the most delicious thing I ever tasted. I felt like a hypocrite and I cried. Then I scrambled up another one … it was perfect.”

Looks like animal flesh has also made it to her diet. Goodwin told Kimmel that prior to the show, she had just prepared meatloaf with bacon on top.

Ooph. I’m a bit taken back. How about you? What are your thoughts on Ginnifer’s “change?”

Categories: Eats
Tags: ginnifer goodwin, jimmy kimmel.

About Lisa Kalner Williams

Lisa Kalner Williams is a lover of rock 'n' roll and founder of Sierra Tierra Marketing, a social analytics, strategy, and education company. She lives with her vegan family in the Greater Boston area.

View all posts by Lisa Kalner Williams →

Anna

Live and and let live! That’s all I say … If she is not a vegan anymore well then good for her! I bet she knows what’s best for her, if I am a vegan then good for me , I know what’s best for me, the quality of a person is not measured on what we eat or don’t eat!

Annna

Yes it is.

Bryan

No, it’s not !

Sean

I’d really like to know what “health issue” would require eating meat.
Karina

Wow. Just wow. Does she know how stupid she sounds in that interview? Does Kimmel know how ignorant and stupid he sounds? I doubt it. What kind of “boring health issues” could possibly cause you to eat animal products? She definitely does not seem broken up by it, as it seems she is eating every single animal product she can get her hands on. Makes me wonder if those so called health issues are just an excuse she uses because she actually wants to eat these things. And who exactly told her she needs to eat animal products? Did she decided herself that she needs to? Because no experienced and intelligent doctor, or more importantly registered dietitian, would tell a person they need to eat those things. Its so sad when people give up their “morals” and “ethics” just to “please” their tastebuds for a few minutes.

jag1018

Agreed. I have completely lost all respect for her. The way she nervously giggled like a 6-year old throughout the painful Jimmy Kimmel interview was a clear indication that she was attempting to cover her shame–and she SHOULD be ashamed. No one is perfect–and I myself am most definitely not. However, Ginnifer Goodwin has touted for the past few years that she adopted a vegan lifestyle because she (like most of us) realized how her actions fueled the horrific cycle of animal suffering. She volunteered her celebrity to raise awareness and was quite vocal about it, including being a spokesperson for HSUS and Farm Sanctuary. She also previously did a Thanksgiving video for Farm Sanctuary promoting adopting turkeys–only to now tell Jimmy Kimmel about the turkey bacon on her meatloaf that she made! She portrayed herself as a promoter of veganism and now has compromised the credibility of the rest of us who actually give a damn about the animals. Her cousin John Goodwin manages animal fighting issues for HSUS and I bet he is completely mortified right now.

Missy

How disappointing. It is espcially bothersome when someone like Ginnifer–who I’m certain knows better and has seen the suffering involved, judging from an interview I read with her in VegNews–turns her back and goes back to eating animals. She KNOWS better, although many people out there do not. At least she gave veganism a try, and maybe she’ll think of the animals she seemed to care about before and go back.
LittleMe

Someone should tell these people that cravings for hamburgers or some fried chicken don’t count as “health issues”. A bit of perseverance and self-control goes a long way.
gino

After Brooke Shields – another fallen angel! I mean stars are no saints and it can happen, we have to live with it! Nobody can grant for all his life to stay like this or like that! But anyhow – I’m a litte bit disappointed! I am a vegetarian for more than 40 years, also with a small break between, but now I hope to continue until ? A person who is a vegetarian or vegan with ten dogs to feed is worse than one single person eating meat! There shall always be animals to be slaughtered! The important thing is not that they are slaughtered but HOW they are slaughtered – because there are also milliards of dogs and cats to be fed! I am for humane slaughter methods and strict controle in the abattoirs with camera survey! What more could I tell?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Julia-Goryun/747648215 Julia Goryun

This is so terrible! How she acts, also towards her vegan family :S
She is just a bitch!
http://www.vegancoach.com/index.html Sassy

Ummmmmm…wow. :-/
Bryan

get a life people. If she wants to eat meat, more power to her.
all the babbling sound cultish…
Kate

I don’t think the issue is “if she wants to eat meat, then more power to her” – the issue is that she is all of a sudden being very flippant about an issue that she claimed was near and dear to he heart – an issue that a good number of vegans looked up to her for so publicly espousing.

It’s as if Angelina Jolie all of a sudden said “well, you know, the Khmer Rouge, they weren’t THAT bad!” Or if Elton John said “AIDS? That’s so yesterday – I’m all about solar energy now!”

Additionally, she has decided that the decision to become vegan that her family made — with her encouragement — is all of a sudden ridiculous. “I mean come on people, can we get some cheese?” Really?

I find her manner in this interview disturbing, and I wonder if the “medical issue” she had was just peer pressure.
http://veganversus.blogspot.com Jason

I was just disappointed because as a vegan she was thoughtful and even eloquent, but as a meat eater she sounded glib and disrespectful. It was a sad day.