Men.com — the gay adult studio behind such productions as “Erectile Entanglement,” “Flesh Peddler,” “The Whoremonger” and “My Therapist is a Pervert” — has drawn ire from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for a recent scene showing an alligator.
In the scene, entitled “The Everglades,” performers Kaleb Stryker and Diego Sans have sex in the Florida Everglades, a tropical wetlands in the southern part of the state consisting of swamps, marshes and mangrove trees. Director Marc MacNamara filmed the scene on location on May 17.
During their scene, an alligator floats in the water near their pontoon and then stalks through the mud in the background as Sans tops Stryker. Neither man tries to engage the alligator because that would be creepy.
But in a statement given to Gay Star News, PETA Director Elisa Allen disapproved of the alligator being included in the scene:
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“No matter what humans are getting up to on set, wild animals should be left to their own private lives, never used as props or decorations. They deserve to be spared the confusion, stress, confinement, and exposure to bright lights and loud noises that are inevitable on a film set – and the distress caused by shifting them from place to place – which is why PETA urges all film directors to work only with willing, human actors.”
While Men.com hasn’t commented on PETA’s statement yet, it’s probably loving the free publicity. After all, the studio usually gets headlines for making explicit parodies of pop-culture hits including The Justice League and Pokemon Go.
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PETA also probably digs the free publicity too as it’s predominantly known for media stunts like its ad comparing meat eaters to Jeffrey Dahmer, featuring partially naked folks in their annual “sexiest vegan” competition and having a gay couple make-out in public to prove that “vegetarians make better lovers.”
Considering PETA’s love of using sex for attention, perhaps they should be collaborating with Men.com instead of complaining about them. They could call the scene “Tofu Taboo,” “Soy Boys” or “Cruelty-Free Furries.”
doug105
They kill more animals than just about any shelter and have written checks for an eco-terrorist, why the hell does anyone carry what peta says?
IanHunter
PETA is a bunch of hypocrites, they do nothing to help animals. They collect money for their salaries.
DaddyRob
Peta torments more animals than anyone, why would I care what peta says.
tjack47
PETA may suck it.
darklight413
I don’t have a problem with Peta standing up for animals. God knows someone needs to. But, I’m a little confused. Did they bring the alligator with them and force it to swim in the swamp? Seems to me that if you’re filming in the Everglades, chances are that you will probably see an alligator or 2. Unless they were actually doing something to force the alligator to do something in a certain way, why should they care what the alligator is doing just because it’s in the shot? I imagine the director thought it was lucky that he caught the alligator in the wild. Otherwise, it would be like taking a picture in NYC and Peta being upset that there was a rat in the picture.
darkanser
Make me wonder if PETA would be equally outraged about Everglade tours on airboats. Should Men.Com have added the proviso “No animals were harmed during the production of this feature”. I’m confident the alligator survived the imposition.
Brian
I think they’re mad because the alligator didn’t consent.
ShiningSex
PETA ARE HYPOCRITES. THEY PROTEST ZOOS AND YET ZOOS ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT FUND SAVING ANIMALS NATURAL HABITATS.
THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO PICK THEIR FIGHTS.
orbit5
Peta is the most inane and insane group of people ever.
Chipper
I differ with you, on the inane and insane group. Evangelical republicans got that won tied up
Mack
Maybe PETA is afraid it might turn them gay.
DarkZephyr
PETA is cruel to animals, not “ethical”.
KJ
The real tragedy here is Diego’s man bun.
valentino888
Alligators have faced much greater inconvenience out in the wild than a little harmless barebacking 100 yards away. It will almost undoubtedly survive this.
sfmike64
Bless their hearts. Just to be clear that’s the “holy shit you’re stupid” variety of “BTH.”
LARRY
hmmmm….LMAO!! too damn funny 🙂
Brian
The real headline here is that the hairy-chested one has a big, intact d, and everyone should watch their “hiking” promo. 🙂
MANSUMM
Who from PETA watched the movie to discover this?
johnnymcmxxx
I usually agree with PETA so I’m not complaining this time either. Yes PETA has euthanized over 35000 animals but they were animals so neglected, dying of cancer, irreparably abused by humans or suffering. When people say they kill animals, it’s from people who have not done much research into why. Sometimes euthanasia is the kindest thing to do. And a sex scene in a swamp isn’t hot anyway.
ShiningSex
PETA IS RIDICULOUS. THEY’RE THE LOWEST OF THE ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS. THEY’RE ALL ABOUT MONEY. READ ON HOW MUCH THE HEAD OF PETA MAKES. SHOULDN’T THAT GO TO “HELP” THE ANIMALS, EDUCATE PEOPLE? NO. IT GOES TO EXPENSIVE BASHES AND BIG SALARIES.
DarkZephyr
Because you “usually agree” with them you’re letting this nonsense slide?
Well I suppose it doesn’t surprise me, falling over yourself the way you are trying to justify their animal slaughter. You probably make soup out of the carcasses and broth out of the blood. Ugh.
BTW “not hot” and “viciously cruel to alligators” isn’t even remotely the same thing. An alligator doesn’t give a crap one way or the other if human sex is hot or not. And how would you know? Have you watched the scene?
nitejonboy
Dayummm, Kaleb and Diego together, I gotta get that scene!!! But seriously, if PETA wants to complain about the treatment of gators, they should come to my city, hell, in my city we have an alligator park where you can wander around on walkways above swampwater that the gators live in,and you can zip line over their habitat. Yes, you read that right, zip lining over a gator pool…lol..Only in Louisiana!!
curiobi
What are PETA smoking now? Why must they always and I mean always have sand in their collective parts every time anyone so much as breaths in an animal’s general direction? On what planet was that alligator under threat of harm? Wasn’t the cast and crew at more risk, it’s an ALLIGATOR FFS, they are known less for worrying about their acting equity cards and close ups, and more for being predators who occasionally eat entire people! Chill PETA, just for once take it down a damn notch.
jcoberkrom
And men who watch porn are concerned with what PETA thinks!!!!
PETA is it’s on worse enemy..
karnak92
Again PETA is the most ridiculous organisation, this is just plain stupid!
As the previous comment said PETA is really its own worst enemy; I am an animal rights supporter but no supporter of PETA – really how goofy can you get!
ShiningSex
PETA IS STUPID. SIT DOWN.
Brian
You know what’s even stupider than PETA? Always posting in all caps.
Felecia
PETA is a joke; I saw their ‘soldiers’ throwing red paint on a woman wearing a fur one day, in Seattle when I still lived there. I grabbed the assh*le as this woman sobbed (the coat turned out to be an antique, handed down through her Grandmother) and asked him exactly WHAT animal he thought he was saving…because THESE skins had been dead since 1911, and why didn’t they take their little war to the fur-mills that raise the animals in the first place…let them go or something. The pathetic jackass actually said “Those farms are too protected, and we’d go to jail”. Well, no shit, genius…lol…I guess a day in the slammer is not considered a ‘sacrifice for the Greater Good’ to those PETA idiots, the chickenshits…as for the gator; well, did PETA stand up for the snakes, lizards, birds, and mosquitos in the Everglades also..? If not, then shut-the-fu*k-up, lol….I’d like to add that here in Indiana, a man got arrested for assault after he threw a burnt biscuit at his surly waitress. Maybe that’s why PETA stays clear with the paint-throwing around here, lol…..
Tootall
They probably didn’t even consider the possibility that the alligator was there of it’s own volition, did they. After all, the scene was set in it’s natural habitat. Why would they stop filming if there wasn’t any danger? PETA needs to get over itself and stop grasping for straws.
djmcgamester
The article is a little vague. Did Men.com put the alligator there or was it just there? Also, animals are often used in movies. Big shrug from me.