Martin Freeman's SHOCK U-Turn on Vegetarianism | Viva! Podcast Minisode (Ep33)

Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan charity Viva!. Presenter Faye is this month joined by Rachel as they bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. 
In this episode, Faye and Rachel discuss Martin Freeman's shock U-turn on vegetarianism, Viva!'s 'golden ticket' competition, Lidl's plant-based price parity in Belgium, and they make a heartfelt plea to Greggs to bring back the vegan steak bake.
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[@normhanson981]

He was obviously not vegetarian for the animals . Thanks for highlighting.

[@nat22.]

my thoughts exactly

[@eleo_b]

Not everyone is vegetarian for the same reasons.

[@teresajose2280]

No one vegetarian is for the animals.

[@laurenbeavis500]

Love it Faye and Rachel!! x

[@lorraineraven3836]

As a vegetarian he was still complicit in the exploitation of animals in the dairy and egg industries 🫤 Suffering is an experience food is a choice!

[@Ric.A.Photography]

Absolute hypocrite! Going junk food meat eating will kill him!

[@teresajose2280]

🤞

[@daniellegarland5156]

He’s attention seeking. It just makes him look ridiculous

[@islash09]

Really good stuff!

[@twy6280]

I always find the "vegan food is ultra-processed" comment totally bizarre. A small percentage of vegan food is ultra-processed, but I'd guess probably a smaller percentage than non vegan ultra-processed food. I mostly eat WFPB - loads of variety and super healthy (plus, of course there's no exploitation or abuse of animals). A win win 🤘

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

oh dear

[@Human_Herbivore]

Martin is a rich guy who seems to be trying to claim that it's somehow difficult for him to eat a whole food plant based diet.

[@lynnritchie231]

He was only vegetarian.......

[@Human_Herbivore]

@@lynnritchie231 at best

[@PA-hi9wj]

He was probably one of those vegetarians who ate meat or fish too when he craved it. And they're not called vegetarians but omnivores or pescetarians

[@teresajose2280]

Why is this a topic of conversation? You’re saying “come back to us” but he was never with us. He was never in it for the animals. No one cared about his diet before so why he feels the need to share that he’s eating animals now is weird. I’d say he’s seeking attention. He probably wasn’t even vegetarian before. Especially if he suddenly craved a corpse for something to eat. That would imply he’s done it before and a lot more recently than 38 years. This is a weird thing for people to make a fuss over.