TRENT REZNOR narrates a new PETA expose video that depicts the horrors cats and dogs undergo in the Chinese underground fur trade. At one point he says, “If you buy or wear fur, you must share the blame for the suffering of these cats and dogs. If you know someone who wears fur, please, show them this video.”

While it may be a very worthwhile cause, this turn of events has really proven Reznor to be a hypocrite. How many NINE INCH NAILS videos show him wearing leather pants, leather shorts, leather boots, etc.? I also seem to remember some pictures from Spin way back when with him wearing a fur coat of some sort. Whichever way you, uh, slice it, it is ridiculous for Reznor to put forth this new ideology in such staunch terms (and as the voice of such a hardcore organization) when he has been connected to the black-leather-badass S&M aesthetic for so long. Ok, so maybe all that leather was vegan, but it still seems like just another aspect of the clean-and-sober, born-again attitude that he’s been spouting ever since the release of With Teeth—surely the worst album in NIN’s history!

Anyways, I don’t know how Reznor would justify his past fashion statements, and I honestly don’t care. But it seems that a public figure would want to explain themselves when pulling such a public 180°, if only to give their new views better reception. And if Reznor is so obsessed with animal welfare, then in honor of all the dogs and cats that have been slaughtered, he should segue into “Closer” by asking the audience not to wear animals, but to f*** like them.