{"id":317879,"date":"2023-11-15T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=317879"},"modified":"2023-11-15T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:31:00","slug":"heather-mills-brands-sainsburys-gross-and-grotesque-over-cruel-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/celebrity\/heather-mills-brands-sainsburys-gross-and-grotesque-over-cruel-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Mills brands Sainsbury’s ‘gross’ and ‘grotesque’ over ‘cruel’ joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heather Mills, who has been a devoted vegan for the past three decades, took to Instagram to share the front cover of a Christmas card which poked fun at the death of pigs for the meat industry.<\/p>\n

The snow-filled scene on the card featured two pigs out in the chilly weather, accompanied by the phrase: “Don’t worry, I hear we’re getting some blankets!”<\/p>\n

Paul McCartney’s ex subsequently fumed to The Mirror that the “grotesque” card was “lying” to “young kids that don’t understand what they mean or what pigs in blankets are”.<\/p>\n

“They’re going to look at it and think, \u2018Oh, that pig gets a nice blanket from Sainsbury’s’ \u2013 it’s gross.”<\/p>\n

She added: “It\u2019s one thing if they’re going to eat pork, but it’s another thing to make a joke about it. It’s just unnecessary.”<\/p>\n

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Heather reflected that when she first became a vegan 30 years ago, she felt she was regarded as “the biggest weirdo on the planet”.<\/p>\n

However, she stated that the practise is becoming more “accepted” and that people are now realising “the consequences of the overconsumption and production and manufacturing of meat”.<\/p>\n

Heather has founded a plant-based food company, VBites, to encourage the public to be coaxed over to a meat-free way of life.<\/p>\n

She urged: “You can become a flexitarian before moving over to vegetarian before moving over to vegan. If people want pigs in blankets, why not have the meat-free alternative?”<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, over on Instagram, she shared her rage with almost 8,000 followers, exclaiming: “This card from @sainsburys highlights a major historical and endemic societal issue with the way we treat these and other highly intelligent creatures.<\/p>\n

“Having spent time uncovering the nefarious practices of pig farming, sadly I\u2019ve seen it first-hand. If people can\u2019t stifle their Christmas cravings, we\u2019ve got plenty of vegan bacon and sausage at @VBitesfoods – that\u2019s why we made them!”<\/p>\n

VBites has worked with major companies including McDonalds, Burger King and Domino’s Pizza to help them provide sustainable vegan alternatives to their usual meat-based products, but she feels the nation needs to go further.<\/p>\n

Tearful fans flooded the comments section, with one writing: “Is that an actual card? I want to cry!! That breaks my heart.”<\/p>\n