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Reasons Why Alicia Silverstone Is Anything but Clueless

An Active Vegan

Alicia’s an active, passionate vegan, who’s been living this lifestyle for the past two decades. She published her own vegan cookbook in 2011 and has been using her social media accounts for years to regularly remind her fans of the meat industry’s cruelty.

Alicia Silverstone with Tom the turkey during PETA'S 2006 Vegan Thanksgiving Roast.

Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images

She went vegan after petting her rescue dog Sampson and realizing that his leg felt “the same as the sort of chicken breasts I might be eating.”

While the star’s decision to change her diet raised a few eyebrows, raising her son, in the same manner, raised A LOT of eyebrows.