Rod Stewart angry over being posed with a seal skin jacket in Newfoundland
Posted July 15, 2015 7:11 am.
Last Updated July 15, 2015 7:40 am.
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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Rod Stewart says he’s angry an image of him wearing a seal skin coat is being used to support the disputed industry.
The musician was in St. John’s, N.L., to play a concert and stopped into a store to pick up capes for some of his crew.
A message posted on his Facebook page Tuesday says the shop’s owner asked if he would pose for a photo in the jacket and that Stewart obliged.
The post says Stewart regrets that he didn’t check what the jacket was made of and is upset the photo is being used as an advertisement for an industry he does not support.
Darren Halloran of the store Always in Vogue says Stewart and his entourage were informed, and it’s possible he wasn’t aware of the politics surrounding the seal industry.
Halloran says he’s sorry that Stewart is getting some criticism, but that it’s not surprising given the negative attention the industry attracts.
(VOCM)
