Vegetarian Star

Fred Mascherino is one of several celebrities that has a pair of MacBeth vegan shoes named in his honor.

But Fred doesn’t think he’s the vegan shoe god and seems a little embarrassed knowing foot gear was designed with him in mind.

From eujacksonville.com:

“Yeah, that was pretty ridiculous [laughs]. Those things should be reserved for Michael Jordan. But I’ve been working with the Macbeth Shoe Company for many years. I always wore their shoes, I always liked what their company was about. And they’ve always had shoes that were vegan, including the glue so I could wear a cool shoe that didn’t have leather or animal products as a part of it. I was always pretty supportive of what they were doing and we were friends at this point and they said, “Oh, let’s do a shoe together,” and I think it was a pretty big success because the shoe that I did kinda caught on and I guess people liked it. It was a win-win thing for everybody.”

Fred says factory farming really opens his eyes about the effects of mass produced meat on the environment.

“My reasons for being vegan are definitely not against people who disagree and I’m definitely not against the farmer and his cow. It’s more about the whole factory industry and the unhealthy part of it. A lot of things changed when we started doing factory farming and I kinda just don’t want any part of that. I also do it for environmental reasons because even just eating less meat is one way you can actually help lower global warming.”

Read Fred’s entire interview at eujacksonville.com.

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