Sorry the duck's off: Leona Lewis campaign pays dividends
BRITt Awards bosses have caved into demands from pop singer Leona Lewis to change the menu for next week’s awards or face a no show from the singer on the night.
Animal rights activist Leona, whose number one hit Bleeding love was this week crowned Britain’s most romantic song and who is up for Best Female at the awards threatened to boycott the event if foie gras was dished up at the event.
Lewis was aid to be disgusted that the French delicacy was on the menu for the BRITs 30th anniversary show next Tuesday (16.02.2010) and launched a campaign to force organisers to drop the dish, which is made from the livers of fattened ducks.
Now it seems show bosses have decided they’d rather have tasty vegetarian Leona on the show’s menu than the dish, and have removed it.
The vegetarian singer said: "As both a fan of the Brits and an animal rights campaigner I'm delighted that the Brits have changed their menu.
"Foie gras is produced in such a cruel and disgusting way it would have been beyond disappointing for the record industry to endorse such a thing."
The former X Factor winner’s stance received praise from animal rights group PETA who said in a statement: "Learning that the BRIT Awards is shunning foie gras is music to our ears. Foie gras is too cruel to produce in the U.K., and we're pleased that BRIT Award organisers have deemed it too cruel to serve."
A spokeswoman for the BRIT awards said: "Having listened to concerns about imported foie gras ... we decided to replace it with UK-sourced duck liver."
