The 25 hottest celebrity vegetarians (2024)

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Rooney Mara told The Post that her vegan diet helps her stay slim. “Of course I eat, I eat a lot,” Mara said. “I love to eat. But I’m a vegan."

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Jessica Chastain touts veganism for her svelte bod. She told Harper's Bazaar, "I used to think about dieting, but I'm vegan now, so it's not really a problem."

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Casey Affleck told PETA he became a vegan in 1995, and that it wasn't easy finding places to eat or buy clothes or shoes without animal products.

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Natalie Portman has been a vegetarian since she was a preteen and became a vegan in 2009. She went back to vegetarianism during her 2011 pregnancy, then became vegan again once her son, Aleph, was born.

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In a 2012 interview, Olivia Wilde revealed (via Contact Music), "I have been a vegetarian since I was like ... 12. But [being vegan] has been something that, for the past four years, has at times been consistent, other times less so. ... [Being vegan] is not always easy and accessible. But it's a way of life and makes me as a person feel really good and physically look better.'' Like Portman, Wilde ditched veganism while she was pregnant, but reportedly hopped back in the saddle after son Otis was born in April.

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Denzel Washington went vegan to lose weight in 2013. He told GQ UK, "Last summer I went on a vegan diet just to try it and it was actually quite healthy. I was a good weight."

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Lea Michele (left) says that she and "Glee" co-star Dianna Agron made great roommates because they share the same diet. "It works out," Michele told New York Magazine. "We're both vegans. Well, I was. I slowly dipped back into cheese."

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Jared Leto told GQ UK that avoiding meat is one of the ways he keeps himself looking young. "I've been [healthy] for a long time — 20 solid years of eating vegetarian/vegan and taking care of myself. That probably helps the preservation process."

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“I am a vegan but I consider myself to be a practical vegan,” Carrie Underwood revealed to Women's Health (via Taste of Country). “If I order something on a menu and it has a sprinkling of cheese on top I’m not going to send it back. I’ve been vegetarian — no fish, no chicken, no meat vegetarian — for about a decade now. ... I'm vegan at home. It’s when I go other places that it can be a challenge, especially when you don't exactly know what you’re ordering."

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The Daily Mail reports that Brad Pitt has been a vegetarian for decades.

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Ariana Grande maintains a "completely plant-based" diet. She chuckled to MTV, "It's hard [being a vegan] in an Italian household. My grandparents would have a heart attack whenever I'd turn down a meatball or a prosciutto or a mozzarella!"

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Ne-Yo went vegan for 35 days in 2013, but became a pescetarian after he found he had less energy without fish in his diet. He reportedly still avoids all other meat and dairy.

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PASADENA, CA – APRIL 18: Actress Jenny McCarthy attends the NBCUniversal summer press day held at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on April 18, 2012 in Pasadena, California. (Photo...

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Russell Brand became a vegetarian in his teens. He converted to veganism in 2011 after seeing the documentary "Forks Over Knives."

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Jenna Dewan-Tatum admits that husband Channing Tatum doesn't share her taste for veganism. She told People, "Sometimes I can drag him to my vegetarian-vegan restaurants – he politely eats, then promptly goes home and eats what he really wants. Opposites attract!"

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Andre 3000 told Vibe he went vegan when he was 22 and has stuck with it ever since.

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Bruce Springsteen keeps in shape through consistency: The Daily Mail reports The Boss keeps a vegetarian diet and has had the same workout routine for more than 30 years.

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Access Hollywood reports that Christian Bale gave up meat after reading "Charlotte's Web" when he was 9 years old.

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Maggie Q told the Huffington Post she's a vegan for numerous reasons, especially because of the meat industry's environmental impact.

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You won't find any dead animals being served with Ricky Martin's cup of life. The ageless singer explained what keeps him young: “Love, acceptance, friends, two kids that I love and that I have to take care of myself for them. I love what I do. I think that’s important. I’m vegetarian. I just became vegetarian about three years ago. I don’t know if that works.”

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Kate Winslet is a vegetarian and PETA supporter. In a statement for the organization, the Oscar winner denounced foie gras, explaining, "To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are force-fed enormous amounts of grain and fat, which causes their livers to swell to many times the normal size."

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PETA named Prince the world's sexiest vegetarian in 2006.

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When the Phoenix New Times asked Kesha why she's a vegetarian, she explained that it's part of her animal advocacy as a whole. "I just love animals, and I'm an advocate for animal rights, and my family has rescued dogs from all over the world," the singer said. "I don't believe in animal testing. If you see me in fur, it's always fake. Sometimes you see me wearing skulls, but those are all from roadkill."

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Joaquin Phoenix told Cover Media he became a vegan when he was a toddler. "I was 3. ... There were five kids and we literally screamed at our parents and said, 'We are never going to eat meat again.' Because we were on a boat, and they were catching fish, and they were throwing fish against the side of the boat in order to kill them, they are flopping around," he said. "It was undeniable that it was brutal, barbaric and horrible for us, and so we said that. I remember my mom not being able to answer and we said, 'Why didn't you tell us that’s where meat came from?' And she didn't know what to say. I feel like I have this memory of seeing her crying." Intense.

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