Activists Hit 'Fur-Hag' Aretha's Star

Activists dub celebs 'fur hags'
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 27, 2009 10:36 AM CST
Activists Hit 'Fur-Hag' Aretha's Star
In this Nov. 21, 2008, file photo, Aretha Franklin performs at the House of Blues in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Shea Walsh, file)

January has not been kind to the queen of soul. First Aretha Franklin was mocked for her ginormous inauguration hat, and now her Walk of Fame star has been vandalized, Perez Hilton reports. Anti-fur activists scrawled “Fur Hag” across her star in Hollywood after doing the same thing to the Olsen twins' star Sunday.
(More Aretha Franklin stories.)

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