Eva Mendes on Stripping Down For PETA

December 20, 2007 | Filed Under Celebrity Fashion

Eva Mendes’ PETA campaign poster - with her on it, naked, - is being unveiled this afternoon in Los Angeles on Robertson Boulevard, down the street from Ivy Restaurant.

Eva says it all started when she forgot warm clothes for a New York premiere and ended up borrowing a fur coat. PETA sent her a letter, and she decided not to do it again. Then, a short time ago, she and her filmmaker boyfriend, got a 70-pound Belgian Malinois who is the guard dog at her house. Then, she realized that she couldn’t wear her dog.

It was sometime after that that Mendes agreed to pose (naked) for PETA with the tagline “Fur? I’d rather go naked.”

“It’s very tasteful,” said Mendes. “It’s all in fun. It’s got a flirtatious, fun spirit about it. It’s not like come hither or anything like that.” She adds that she’s not out to change people’s minds, she just wants them to be aware of the issue.

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