10 Celebs Who Swapped Steaks for Salads

Alicia Silverstone chowing down on a steak? “Ugh, as if!” Alicia has been championing animal rights longer than we’ve been quoting "Clueless" lines. In her cookbook "The Kind Diet," she serves up plant-based deliciousness with a side of tips for living a plant-based diet, emphasizing health and compassion for animals.

Turns out Rainn Wilson has a warmer heart than TV’s Dwight Schrute. During an interview with Conan O’Brien, Wilson revealed the reason why he swore off meat. Yep, chomping on a slice of bacon while staring at your two rescue pigs, Snortington and Amy, will do it.

Possibly the first-ever vegetarian celeb, Paul McCartney ditched meat in 1975, fueled by his love for animals and a mission to promote a more humane lifestyle. Co-founder of the Meat Free Monday movement, McCartney is all in when it comes to encouraging folks to skip meat just one day a week for environmental and health reasons. As he famously quipped, “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” I’m going to have to agree with you on that one, Paul. All you need is love.

Zendaya became a vegetarian at age 11 after passing a slaughterhouse on a road trip with her dad (did it have glass walls by chance?) Since then, she’s been all about that plant-based life. Ironically enough, she's not even a lover of veggies! That’s how you use ironic, right? Let’s ask Alanis.

Since adopting a vegan diet in 2014, she’s been a fierce advocate for animal rights, criticizing fast food chains for their treatment of animals and encouraging her fans to choose more ethical and sustainable eats. From sharing her scrumptious vegan meals on social media to championing pet adoption, Miley embraces living compassionately and fighting against animal cruelty.

Legendary musician Stevie Wonder made the decision to opt for a plant-based diet for both health and environmental reasons. He understands the positive impact that reducing meat consumption can have on the planet. It’s also done wonders for his confidence once stating, “I’ve been a vegan for two years, so that’s helped my already good-looking self.”

Ariana Grande is a passionate advocate for veganism, often encouraging her fans to consider plant-based diets. With several rescue dogs at home, her love for animals is a big part of why she went vegan. As the singing sensation once told Mirror, “I love animals more than I love most people, not kidding.” I’m with you there, girl.

Natalie Portman gave up meat as a kid, but after reading "Eating Animals", she knew going vegan was the right move, even going on to produce and narrate the documentary "Eating Animals." Fun fact! Portman once spoke about how her "Thor" co-star Chris Hemsworth, who eats “meat like every half hour,” held off from eating meat before they filmed their on-screen kiss out of respect for her vegan diet. That’s thoughtful, but you wouldn’t have to do that for me, Chris. Just sayin’.

Country superstar Shania Twain has managed to defy aging since the 90s thanks to her vegetarian, carb-free diet. But Shania is not about preaching vegetarianism, believing everyone’s eating habits should feel right for them emotionally, spiritually and physically. Well, I’m physically ready to stop aging, so let’s go, girls!

We can’t do a vegan countdown without including the sexy Pamela Anderson — one of the OG vegan celebrities. Pam is known for many things….her relationship with Tommy Lee, her iconic slo-mo Baywatch running and being a die-hard animal rights activist. T Throughout her career, she has teamed up with PETA (love ‘em or be scared for your life of them), for her tireless efforts to promote vegan eating and animal activism, even earning the title of PETA's Person of the Year in 2016!