Exclusive: PETA Blasts Selena Gomez’s Pink Painted Horses
Not everyone is a fan of Selena Gomez‘s latest video “Love You Like a Love Song.” After the pop star was spotted on a Malibu beach with pink painted horses, animal right advocates including PETA were up in arms.
“There are no safe ways to paint a live horse or any animal; they can have painful allergic reactions to chemicals and there’s no way to know how an individual animal will react,” a rep for PETA told Celebuzz.
“Also, subjecting skittish animals like horses to extended periods of restraint and spraying is stressful and frightening.”
Selena’s camp has since responded to the controversy, saying that the pink substance was “non toxic, vegetable based powder paint” but that hasn’t stopped fellow singer Pink — a known PETA supporter — from speaking out.
On Friday, Pink tweeted:
“If there are any animal activists around Malibu- at Leo Cabrillo State Beach, there are horses being painted for a stupid music video. Shame … Artists should be more aware and responsible for their actions.”
There’s no word on when the video will be released, but we’d love to know what you think about the controversy. Friend us on Facebook or Twitter and sound off.
you guys need to calm down!
it’s not hurting the animals! it’s amazing how no one goes crazy when it’s something that a non teen star does..
how do you know it doesn’t hurt the animal…
Exactly! How idiotic do you have to be to do something like this to an animal!! What the crap!? The horse is beautiful just the way it is! Why would you cover it in some substance for you crappy music video that no one cares about?!!? She’s so dumb. All of these little American, Disney celebrities are just STUPID!
@ a.simpson your not the animal so how exactly how would you no if its hurting the animal?!
How the hell do you know that it is toxic? Were you the administrating the painting?
It’s not a matter of wether the material was toxic or not. There are non-toxic substances that can hurt us regardless. What hurts a human being and what hurts a horse are not the same. Besides, there is no reason to subject an animal – that has not agreed to it – to unnecesasary pain just for the sake of it. Little Ms Selena could think of someone else besides her for a change.
Its just a damned animal. So what if we color it pink? Better that we use it instead of eat it.
dude, you eat horses?
to the comment above. If you are an animal activist/lover you would know any that any kind of crap like this is not good for animals. Stars like pink who does not care who selena is are only looking out for the animals who can’t speak for themselves. If they wanted a pink horese they could have used CGI. WTF is wrong with people that can’t see that this is wrong.!!!!
Artists need to be responsible for their actions.
its a shame that peta would go crazy just for two stupid horses i know they have the right to protest but check with the humane society if they say its safe its safe and pink you need another hobby and stop attacking singers 10 years youger than you you jealous freak.
Even if the humane society says it’s safe they dont know, and couldn’t know hot much stress the horse was under and how much pain the horse was really in. And as for you calling pink a ‘jealous freak’ Pink is more successfull than selena will probably ever be, you’re the one who needs a new hobby.
As for everyone else saying ‘If Gaga can wear a meat dress Selena can paint a horse’ and ‘Animals were killed for Gaga’s Dress’
What are we playing and eye for an eye now? one celebrity does something wrong so it’s fine for another to aswell? Stupid ! and animals weren’t killed specifically for Lady Gagas dress, they would have been killed for our food, so if you eat meat your as bad as your saying Lady Gaga is.
If someone like Lady Gaga, Kesha and Pink did that, people would love it. Just because Selena is a few years younger than them doesnt mean you can pick on her. Cut her some slack!!!
i am soo sick of that excuse !
It is the truth ur moron, I bet ur are sayin that buz u are a “little monster” fucked up teen
seriously ??????
stupid fan !
no animal should be treated like this; whoever the owner…We dissaprove of random people abusing animals, so why would we change our views if it is a celebrity…
LAdy Gaga actually used a painted horse on the director’s cut from Paparazzi. Tsk tsk tsk Yet she wasn’t attacked bcoz she has delusional fans!
None of them would even do something that stupid and if they did, I would still be pissed off.
what they did on that music video is wrong anyway. . the one who direct on that video should be at fault. .
they should’ve just photoshoped the horse pink insted of painting it .
yes the horse does look sick yes its wrong even though its not harmful cause it sends on a message that its ok to paint animals and not many people use harmful paint .
its ok i think she learnd from her mistake
BUT SERIOUSLY selena should be the one who stands up for herself not her “people”
everyone’s just picking at her because she’s famous
she hasn’t actually done anything wrong so stop over exxagerating!
no one is picking on her. Maybe if she wasnt so extravagant and didnt need to paint horses for a music video no one would pick on her dope.
Is she famous?! Who knew!?
I’m upset, because someone would do something this superficial to an animal. Treating it like it’s an inanimate object or a thing for her to play with…with NO regard for this animal’s feelings. That’s why I’m upset. If she had painted a person pink, then it wouldn’t be that big of a deal, because the Person would have been able to give his or her consent. The animal can’t do that and therefore it should not have been done.
If I were famous I wouldn’t paint horses pink or any color for that matter. #justsayin
dude… its a music vid of selena, but she’s not the person to come up wif this idea… so unless she did, they should sue the director of it not her
please she didnt even write the song ofcourse its not her idea .
but if shes the one who agreed on doing the song she also agreed on doing the vid and painting the horse .
but seriously its not that big of a deal there is no need to sue . people need to calm down
look the moment that she laid eyes on those horses she shud have said no thank you….but i bet you she probably thought it was cute, just shows you what a hypocritical bitch she is….going around telling ppl she’s a UN worker, UN worker my ass yes…………..!
Uhhhhhhhhh. isnt he like 35? Really?
leave her alone and cut her some slack. tell the stupid director this. anyway she is not a cruel person or jerk. she is growing up.
I’m sorry but what does her growing up have to do with her painting a horse pink for a stupid music video? She has nothing better to do than make a music video for some stupid single we’re they have pick horses?? Yeah grown ups have horses painted pink in their videos. She’s so mature.
Gee. Pinks an animal and she’s been putting toxic chemicals on her hair for years. Of course she is a bit dimwitted now.
Pink needs to get rid of all her hair dye and all her makeup. Her pets could accidentally lick some of that stuff off her.
poor animals…these celebs gone too far…
They painted a damned horse. So what? They didn’t abuse or kill it. So PETA shut the hell up!!! Do something usefull with your life.
YES DAMN THAT HORSE, DAMN ALL THE ANIMALS OF THE WORLD RIGHT. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.THE HORSE PROBABLY TOLD HER TO SHUT HER BIG MOUTH SO SHE PAINTED HIM PINK…..I SAY PETA SHOULD SUE THE SHIT OF HER AND WHOEVER IS THERE WITH HER………….
I am a member of PETA….People Eating Tasty Animals.
Murder, illegal immigration, drug abuse, child abuse, rape and these PETA idiots have the time to complain about making a horse appear pink for a video? PETA losers need to get a life. I they want to be activist, be one for a common cause.
selena is as much to blame as the morons who directed this video she is suppose to be an embassoder and look what the hell she’s doing…but whats done is done she has to take responsibility for her actions and i suggest she start with a public apology instead of sending a rep like most of these cowards do today…and i support what ever action peta takes against her!
if gaga can a wear meat dress selena can paint a horse
I think celebrities do stupid things and don’t realize what impact they are putting on their fans. People do stupid things
well……..lady gaga is down right weired so we can expect anything from her…but selena gomez is an embassador she should know what she done was cruel to the animal…i mean i dont go around painting my rabbits toenails i would be thrown in jail for that shit….she shud understand nw that she’s a grown women she shud act like it, her fans look at her as a role model she shud act like 1…….!
stop attacking selena,she is only 18.people are hurting animals in worse ways all over the world.PETA should be trying to deal with that not something as petty as this
petty….its the petty things that celebs get away with that has this world so fucked up……lets say we all forget about this what will u do wen she starts giving dolphins piercings and putting make up on them? are we gonna forget about that too, oh im sure u will…aren’t we glad we have some1 like u in the world(gagging).
Oh wow, PETA is angry about something that has to do with celebrities and animals-shocker. Not.
PETA will “raise their voice for the animals” anytime it will get them more publicity. I’m really sick of them. I honestly see them as nothing but a big joke full of hypocrisy.
That being said-Selena usually has a level head about many things, and makes great decisions on her career, whether it be music or acting. This is one thing I think she didn’t think was that big of a deal or she didn’t think it through enough before making the decision.
The pink horses could have been photo-shopped in, that aspect of the video could have been approached differently then painting the horses. However, this one thing doesn’t make Selena a terrible person.
I do know that there is a safe dye that can be used for dogs, where one can dye their dog different color and it will not hurt the dog at all and is completely safe to use. Perhaps the paint was the same?
As long as the horses were treated nice, handled correctly, and weren’t put in any stressful situations(or if they seemed stressed/tired at any time during shooting they weren’t pressed to continue in the video production and/or were allowed to rest) then I really don’t see a big deal about it. Again, I don’t agree with painting the horses-hopefully Selena will make better decisions when it comes to having animals in her music videos in the future. I just think people are making this a bigger deal then it actually is. Seeing as how most people commenting on the matter weren’t there for the painting of the horses, nor the shooting of the video-so they are just assuming as they speak( I am too just speaking from my opinion, not saying anything above is fact-well aside from the dye, I do know there is animal friendly dye-).
Ewwee .Selenas pretty but the guy could of been cuter..
ssssshhhhhhppppp!!! GUUUURRRRLLLL you be trippin if you think that man could be any cutier!@messyouup.com PEACE & BLESSINS PEACE & BLESSINS BETOCH. ;)
Who cares. It’s a stupid horse. Meanwhile, children are starving, dictators are committing genocide and humanity is falling apart. Im sure the horse will live without holding a grudge.
u kno wat?! someone shud paint u a toxic pink and then u’ll see how it feels.. ur so frikin stupid! i hope u rot nd die! also, i admire selena but i just cant believe someone down to earth cud do sumthin like this.. nd if it was lady gaga or kesha or watever, this wud still be very wrong
You couldn’t paint me pink because I am NOT an animal like the horse. Animals are just tools for humans.
Selena’s rep said that the paint was NON-toxic, not toxic. And, Selena made a mistake, like many people do every day. You can’t expect her to be perfect all the time. She probably just assumed that since the paint was non-toxic it wouldn’t harm the horses. I do agree that painting them was wrong, because I feel like animals should be treated with the same respect as people, but Selena shouldn’t be getting so much hate about this. She’s human; she makes mistakes. She usually makes the best decisions for herself and for others, she’s very down-to-earth and caring, and she always has the best intentions. PLUS, the paint obviously didn’t harm the horses too badly, seeing as they are fine now.
the hairs not bad its just boring…..and she looks retarded…..especially in the first picture……probably trying out something new i guess.she is growing up afterall……but it takes a few tries to get your own style….
can’t BELIEVE “who says” was just a month ago…..look at this…..gawd…..at least she’s not a bad role model like Miley. She’s a nice person…..with a not-so-nice taste. ugh…..the guy and the makeup are such an epic fail…
i think there going for a love-hippie music vid :)
Noooo you’ve gotta kiddin’! Lol.
WE AGREEE. :D
Even if its a vegetable base dye….The chemicals that are in it are still hurtful. They use Vegetable Dye to chemically paint eyelashes. When you use it, after 10 minutes or so, it starts to sting. Imagine what they had put in the dye. You dont know if they mixed it with something else.
i saw this on twitter. “Selena Gomez Painted her horses pink, and people are making a big fuss. but PETA or nobody cared when Lady Gaga came out in a meat dress. Animals DIED because of that dress.” Or something along those lines. which is the complete truth. That person above is right, nobody would care if it was Lady Gaga. Because it’s expected of that fucking freak but when a disney star does ANYTHING wrong, people are quick to jump on them. And I’m not saying, that it’s okay for Selena to do this. Because, it’s not all that great. But in the end, the horses didn’t die. It didn’t hurt them, it wasn’t harmful dye. And before you go off, i do LOVE animals. It’s just blown too far out of proportion.
she didn’t eat the fucking horse, get over it.
poor girl! that make-up is hideous! the entire ensemble is a train wreck. She’s a pretty girl, but this mess looks horrible.
hes like cheking out down her top! im dissapointed in this video so far…. :/
Vegetable hair dyes that are non-toxic to humans and animals do exist – Manic Panic by Tish & Snooki have been chemical-free since their inception. No, we have no way of knowing if the dyes used in the video were non-toxic, but for those of you freaking the h*ll out over this, educate yourselves before you bother commenting in order to avoid looking stupid.
im a fan of selena and i love her but people are making a big deal out of it. so when lady gaga dressed in the meat dress i didnt see anybody comment. cuz they didnt notice that animals were killed because of this dress. they just like to tease little teens and they see that adults like lady gaga and pink as their role models, and i think that selena can be blamed a little bit cuz she agreed on those horses. and back off people she is still a little teen.
you idiots she didnt dye that hourse pink, the person who ever wanted to do the shoots did! i swear you lot are stupid fucking go get some brains into your dumb head!!
* Umm…I think we know that she Selina Gomez didn’t actually literally paint the horses herself silly! * lolz xD
everyone knows it wasn’t Selena who actually did the painting but she didn’t stop it and she still approved of this happening to a horse.
also horses look amazing white, why not give a white one a clean and have that? would have looked alot better and been alot safer.
OMG, she shoots a video with another guy than her BF and he doesn’t say anything and he does OLLG and meets his fans and she says she don’t want him to do it?
poor animals.. but just one thing i really wanna say..
FINALLY! selena made a mistake! kinda sick of her being goodie-goody
BIG DEAL! an animal was painted… SO???????????
isnt there such a thing as face painting for humans??
how many humans have died from being painted or anything?
stop being so EXTREME people.
He looks like an avatar! LMAO.
You look like an ugly crap faced, who actually likes selena gomez so clearly youre young & in deinal! -___-[ DUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD ON YOU, P!NK!
yeah shes turning 19 painting horses pink
has NOTHING!!! to do with growing up hello …..she knows what she doin wrong and watch she say srry and be like im srry i didnt mean to blah blah
so,,,,,,,,,,,,, it doesnt matter if it was the director vision or idea she has a say in everything she does ….no one is forcing her to do nothing they told her that oh the horses are safe so she like o k lets do it.
Lady Gaga wears meat, Selena have a painted hores who wins?
Selena hardly painted them herself like?
I like her better with short hair…
I like her…period!
law and order were not violated by Selena Gomez – Pink better informed before, then one need not feel ashamed afterwards
fake hair. fake eyelashes. fake horse. she’s naturally beautiful. this makes her look trashy.
Her fans need to stop defending her with such lame excuses. Painting horses is wrong, Lady Gaga wearing a meat dress and leather is also wrong. Period.
And by the way, she’s like 19, she’s a grown up, she should know that this is wrong.
You peolpe need to get a life. It is just coloring. It washes off. If you want to protest, protest the gas prices, protest the illegals coming into America while the Federal Government turns a blind eye. Protest something that matters. A pink horse isn’t anything to worry about.
I heard one of the horses was really sick and died…wait, no? that didn’t happen? So what you’re telling me is that these horses are fine? Oh, and the horses said to tell you they always wanted a pretty pink coat and they are glad someone advocated for them so they could finally feel like a princess.
If the horses die, there are people out there in California who will not let it go to waste. Specials at the Chinese restaurant coming up. Animals are to be used. Thats why we are on top of the food chain.
I own horses and have been around them for years… this horse is fine. It doesn’t appear to be “skittish” at all. People “restrain” their horses all of the time (grooming, trailering, etc.) with no problems.
Horse owners know that you have to use LOTS of chemicals to maintain their health, such as supplements, dewormers, and, oh no, daily fly sprays that are LOADED with chemicals and probably far more toxic than that paint.
Horses are EXPENSIVE, so no one in their right mind is going to put such a delicate creature in harms way. I’m sure that they did a patch test on the horse (sound familiar to anyone that has dyed their own hair??), and promptly washed it all out of their hair after the shoot.
C’mon people, use some common sense. If you don’t know what you are talking about, keep your mouth (hands?) shut.
I dont know about where you guys are but in EVERY parade I have ever been to there were horses painted(american flag and such) It really isnt such a big deal. I guarantee that over half the people saying how wrong this probably arent vegans and use a product that is at least in some part tested on animals.
everthing looks extremely fake….