Morrissey has donated $14,800 to PETA, the funds were paid as a copyright dispute with Britain's Channel 4, over their use of the classic Smiths tune Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want to promote a 2011 cooking special, featuring chef Gordon Ramsay, without permission.
Well known as a vegetarian and outspoken animal rights activist Morrissey donated his winnings to PETA, specifically to fight the use of foie gras.
He made the following comments:
"Ramsay may very well stick his head in his microwave when he hears that the money I received from Channel 4 because one of my songs used to promote his Christmas show is being donated to Peta to fight foie gras. Foie gras is so cruelly produced that he'd be against it if he had an ethical bone in his body."
