The only surprise is that it took so long for PETA to express its outrage.
Joe Namath was one of the top storylines coming out of the Super Bowl due to the garish fur coat he wore during the coin toss.
“The real embarrassment on Sunday was Joe Namath’s caveperson coat,” PETA said Tuesday night in a statement, which is the nicest thing anyone could say about the Broncos’ performance.
“No matter what he spent on that eyesore, the animals who were trapped, bludgeoned, electrocuted, or skinned alive for their fur paid a lot more — the ultimate price, in fact — and viewers across the country agree that it was too high a price, as demonstrated by the outpouring of anti-fur messages that hit Twitter the second that Namath’s coat hit the screen.”
According to Marc Kaufman, who sold Namath the coat, it was a $3,000 coyote fur with Norwegian fox trim. Namath has a history with fur, but the PETA statement claimed he had changed his ways.
“PETA is asking Joe, who swore off fur when his wolf-skin bedspread horrified his fans decades ago, to donate the coat so that we can give it a proper burial,” the organization said.