"When the time comes that you're asking for mercy, how much mercy did you give ?" I like that, I really like that.

"I feel like if I can dominate and I'm in this superior position, I let him go." I love you, Chrissie. That was spot on.

Chrissie talking about her vegatarian lifestyle without being confrontational. This is how you have a mature adult conversation.

what she said about thinking every day about how much mercy we give is profound, a good spiritual lesson, be blessed.

Love this woman, her music, her ethics, her intelligence, long live Chrissie Hynde.

legend! And she's right in every point she makes. We need more heroes like Chrissie.

I adore this woman, not only as an artist but as a person. Great discussion here; compassionate, pragmatic and totally genuine. ✌🏼❤️

I've always loved her, i love how she loves animals. She's been my Inspiration throughout my life ❤

What a beautiful and intelligent strong Woman, I just Love her!!! I am so happy I discovered her, she is so much more then a great talent, she has compassion and cares. I never liked meat even growing up as a child, people tried to force me, later I knew why and I am happy, content and a good Lady, for following my instincts.. please do not eat meat..it truly is unnecessary. Love you Crissie 👏 💖💖

Chrissie Hynde, Anne and Nancy Wilson and Pat Benatar all in a class of thier own!! Amazing women!! MAde a huge impact on the women of that generation.They Inspired strength and independence!! Thank you for that ladies!!

"It's your responsibility as a human being to decide how much mercy you can show while you're alive. One day you're going to be asking for mercy, and how much mercy did YOU give? That's something you should be thinking about every day of your life." Wise words to live by. Thank you, Chrissie. You're tops.

Damn, Chrissy, you rock! Love her sticking up for animals!

Interviewer: "I would never try to kill you." Chrissie: "You don't know yet. We're just getting started." You gotta love her!

Wow I love how she used the point about showing mercy your whole life and one day you will ask for mercy....she is 100% correct.

Morrissey makes the same argument "nobody is THAT hungry."

I liked her, now I like her much more.

She is so comfortable at being herself I love that in a woman.

"I can't pay the slaughtermen..."... I Love you Chrissie !

i could easily be a vegitarian, she makes sense and they are her principles, she is a smart woman

"I don't see the point of a life if you're not living by your principles. And if you don't have principles, what have you got?" Beautifully said! Go vegan!

I'm a vegetarian too and I really like the way she explained this love her❤️

Love your music, and love your ethical convictions.

Intelligent lady..... and a shining example of a balanced mind, its a shame the media revers stupidity instead of intelligence, how different our world would be if that were the case.

She's so awesome! Living as a vegan is the healthiest lifestyle, great for the environment, compassionate for animals. Thank you Chrissie!

I'd give up meat to live with Chrissie Hynde. Good God, I love her.

She's right. And I like her

Have you ever seen an animal weep while waiting for slaughter? I have; and I will not at meat.

I absolutely love her integrity, straightforwardness, and the fact she would kill before being killed.

Sir Ray Davies, ex-partner and co-parent of their child Natalie, is a vegetarian, as is his brother Dave.

You'd have to be pretty smart to outsmart this woman . . she's always had my upmost respect . . her recent(ish) book Reckless is an excellent slice of The Pretenders original story . .

She made me feel Proud & Grateful to be a Vegetarian...Chrissie Hynde is a Incredibly Evolved & Aware Human being...This was Excellent!...Raising Animals for the Consumption of the human digestive tract is not only Environmentally harmful,..it's Disgusting & Cruel..These animals have every right to Live as we do.

I love how her singing voice is so beautiful and sweet and her speaking voice so strong and powerful.

Vegan 12+ years. I had a vegan outreach table at one of her concerts. Awesome, talented lady! I have to say the audience laughing is weird.

Being a vegetarian, vegan....etc is a choice and I totally respect it. Humans are not herbivores however...a human's choice to eat meat should also be respected.

I love the Pretenders and Crissy Hynde especially. RIP💖❤️🎸😭😭

Real, as always.. Chrissie rocks

I don't feel crazy anymore.

Respect!

She's definitely given me a lot to think about. Wise words from Chrissie once again.

The interviewer was quite gentlemanly and took it well.

I love Chrissie Hynde but boy, I would never cross her! Strong woman.

Interviewer seems to be having a hard time wrapping his head around what is a very simple and logical concept.

So was all that leather I thought she was wearing for 35 years really just vinyl?

I love what she said about a fish

Been a veggie for 48 of my 62 years.... she's so right.

Although I do not agree with her I respect people who stand up for what they think is right. Shes not on some trendy celebrity bandwagon its something she truly and always has believed in.

A real conversation.

I love this lady ❤️

Meat is murder!! Chrissy your a good kid 🤗🤗🤗

Chrissie has always been her own woman,,,,,I have so much respect for you and your choices........We are Vegetarians for the same reasons........harm none......

Totally agree with everything she said !

She's so sweet!!!

So right Chrissie you are awesome!

When is the last time a celebrity talked about principles?

she's right about meat it's bad for your health.

Why do we hang off every word spoken by people like singers and actors? As if their political and social views mean more than anyone else’s. Why do we even ask a singer about things other than music and singing?

I'm vegan, and this conversation has happened too many times. Meat eater: You don't eat meat?!! Me: uh, no. Vegan. Meat eater: proceeds to go on about it, drawing dumb comparisons to Australopithecus, bizarre hypotheticals etc. It's very, very tiring. So, please, meat eaters: don't try to defend the practice with "facts and logic" because your arguments are bereft of both.

That presenter is like a combination of Gordon Ramsay and David Beckham

Love you Chrissie! ❤️

Hey Chrissie. We have two things in commun - I am also a vegetarian as mani others, and I am born on the same date as you, the 7th Septembre 1951.

U know the funny thing about it is that I have been considering changing to vegetarian because I see animals in a different way now..

Chrissie’s right. It’s not about money or fame. It’s important to get paid so you can eat healthy & pay the bills but you can get by. I’m starting to record an album I’ve been writing for the past year at my job, and it doesn’t have to go anywhere. I don’t need anyone’s violence & jealousy. I know what Chrissie means. It’s why her songs are so good - she’s like Jasper Johns, just trying to figure out a way to say it ☕️

*** I love Chrissie even MORE due to this issue. Dear Chrissy: Why do you never, ever play Pittsburgh if Akron is ten seconds away?? GET TO PITTSBURGH!!!

I have diabetes. I need meat to satiate hunger without my glucose going through the roof.

I don't eat meat and I live just fine. I, personally, believe that meat eating makes people aggressive and violent.

She is amazing!❤

Totally agree with you Chrissie, I have been a vegetarian since I was 15. I get so pissed off with people saying well "Are your shoes leather?" or other inane questions. The irony of me becoming a vegetarian was that my dad was a farmer. He was horrified that I stopped eating meat, I think he thought it was a phase, but I'm now 52 and it's been one hell of a long phase. And for me it is a deal breaker if I meet a guy, if he eats meat no chance.

The first thing I thought about the presenter was that he looked like Paul McCartney and then he brought him up to the conversation lol

Wow. She's great.

Her statement about advice that's not asked for is SO true.

very nice!!! i have the same problem eating with meat eaters..they treat you like handicap person, because you don't eat meat...most of them looks scared...i'm not.it is my choice what i eat and yess,mercy is a big thing,....all living things have soul!!

She talks about not eating animals and then goes on to say men act “like a dumb animal”. Weird choice of insult

WONDERFUL INTERVIEW...Chrissie never funnier and truer. I feel exact same way. "One day you yourself will need mercy. How much mercy did it I show?" Excellent interviewer who brought out her best and kept it fun...but no less true.

She has never been afraid of the truth.

Holy shit! I just gained so much respect for her.

Jeff Beck also is a vegetarian .

A great singer with great common sence. My hero #vegan

Chrissie Hynde... there are indeed no good arguments to defend animal eating... common sense.. TY !

I love intelligent people.

god I love her ! she's fantastic !

Thank you Chrissie for your outspoken truths on being vegetarian

I totally agree with her and vegetarianism. I just find it hard to give up meat.

I would quibble with her on one thing she said: "Everything that lives, lives off of something else that lives." ( 07:03 ) That is an argument made by meat-eaters to try to justify eating meat; the "you're killing the plants you're eating" shtick. But it simply isn't true: many foods that veg*ns eat _are not alive,_ such as fruits, seeds and grains. The plants and trees which produce them have evolved to make their fruits, seeds, nuts, etc., appealing to animals to be eaten -- often for seed dispersal. Papaya tress "want" their fruit to be eaten; they fall on the forest floor, and local frugivores come along and eat them, and poop the seeds a mile away. Nuts are not "living", neither are seeds. There is no detectible life within them (there only is with seeds, if the conditions are changed to cause them to sprout). So, no: NOT everything that lives, lives off of something else that lives. It is quite possible to live off of things that are no longer alive.

Animals are delicious. That's why they're here. It's easy for the Chrissie Hynde's of the world to live this lifestyle when she has her own personal chef for every meal she eats. This interview has inspired me to go out and get a cheeseburger tonight.

Just because YOU are against eating meat, it doesn't mean everyone else has to be. It's YOUR opinion that killing and eating other animals is wrong. It's not an objective fact. She has no right to tell anyone how to live their life. Period

final comments by her were very good. i do notice her tulasi neck beads. very strong presentation. bravo!

I always loved Chrissie Hynde, but she won't eat a hamburger, but ask her what she thinks about dismembering human babies in the mother's womb?

I rarely see her without a cigarette. Passiv smoking is worse.

Chrissie Hynde on why she experienced rapid aging and malnutrition.

She’s such a one-off. I admire her, I kinda wanna be her, and I’m a little bit scared of her.

IVE GOT TICKETS TO SEE THE PRETENDERS FOR MAY 15 2020 !!! 💙

Go Chrissie, nicely put.

She rocks for being a vegetarian.

The only problem with this is that if you go to any integrative physician, they will tell you of patients who have been on probiotics, supplements and a vegetarian diet for 3 years and have constant stomach pain because their guts just cannot physically handle hard to digest veggies and sugars from most fruits. It literally causes them pain 24/7. Meat is one of the only things they can eat that doesn't cause them issues. But those physicians will also tell you that they tell their clients to only eat antibiotic, organic meat and wild caught fish, and to eat as little as possible and to eat as many easy to eat veggies like spinach and squash to help build up anti-inflammatory systems. So I don't agree with her that eating meat is completely unnecessary. In fact, I know a person who eats meat and nothing else and has less digestive issues than she's had in her entire life. All veggies cause her bloating and enormous pain. But again, we are talking about a person who only gets her meat from organic farms, and she makes sure to make use of the entire animal. So I have issues with accusing such people as immoral, cruel animal killers. If it comes down to living in a life with pain and 24/7 digestive issues, humans come first. The problem is that most humans do not have digestive issues like this, and when they do eat meat, they eat meat that is treated in the most inhumane ways possible. The cheap non-organic meat that you find in typical grocery stores. I respect anyone who adopts a veggie or vegan diet, but I feel they need to understand that unlike what they feel, that diet is literally intolerable for some human beings. That being said, if we reduced meat consumption to those who truly need it, we would see a massive reduction of animal suffering, health issues, etc. The world would be a better place.

I do SO love her....

i've been in bands and told band members to "turn it down". And they did.

Why does she always look angry?

Love her and her music so much that I would go vegetarian if I was having dinner with her.

Thanks Chrissie, my brilliant vegan sister.

People talk about 'our ancestry' a lot, and the fact that we have always eaten meat to survive. I'm not sure why these people haven't noticed that we don't live in caves anymore. We have enormous choice. It is a choice. Folk that hunt, to me at least, are lacking something. My partner is Scandinavian, she feels the same way. Her fellow countrypeople's obsession with killing wildlife is as vexatious as it is upsetting. The term 'evolution' comes up a lot one way and another these days. I feel that the cessation of meat eating is evolutionary. Fair well to the cave!