Joaquin Phoenix, a vegan and animal rights supporter, named PETA's 2019 Person of the Year

Joaquin Phoenix has been named by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as its 2019 Person of Year. According to reports, Joker star has been a vegan since of three and has always stood against cruelty on animals. PETA dedicated a post to Joaquin Phoenix through ir official Instagram account.

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Joker actor has reportedly attended countless demonstrations to support rights of animals as well as produced many documentaries about animal rights. In post by PETA, Joaquin Phoenix can be seen in a poster titled 'We Are All Animals' where actor can be seen promoting veganism. Ar photo has actor promoting legislation to ban travelling wild-animal circuses. Along with photos, re are two hard-hitting short videos about empathizing with aquatic animals as well as mass slaughter of turkeys and or animals for festival feasts.

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Joaquin Phoenix as a person

Apart from supporting PETA's cause on a humanitarian level, actor Joaquin Phoenix also supports n-violence in his professional life. actor was recently in news for his conscious decision to t address controversy around violent mes of his recent feature "Joker" as he feared that it might actually lead to extreme incidents. film had received unanimous praise for Phoenix's acting as Joker, a villain in Batman comic mythology but detractors believe his portrayal had hit too close to home in a country where gun violence is a real issue. In fact, Phoenix had recently walked out of an interview when questioned about violence in film. He later told a publication that audience is capable of understanding difference between right and wrong.

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(with PTI inputs)