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Comedian Russell Brand has responded to TikTok star That Vegan Teacher calling for acceptance and tolerance online.

The stars latest YouTube video explores howThat Vegan Teacher, real name Kadie Karen Diekmeyer, has become a media sensation.

What is it about her, veganism, and what human beings eat that causes so much controversy? Brand asks.

Is it that shes a bit judged because shes not what you expect to see on TikTok? Like everything is a bit hippy-dippy Is it also that people dont like to be preached at?

Im vegan myself but Ive always tried to stay clear of that kind of political aspect, or at least the evangelical aspect of veganism. But, the fact is, our diet and what we regard as sacred have always been intertwined.

Brand goes on to explain how hunter-gatherer societies worshipped, revered, and held as sacred the meat or food that they hunted.

He then adds: Its interesting that in the English language there are different words for animals when theyre alive to when theyre served as food

But for me, theres something about the way not eating animals necessarily being fundamentally and entirely wrong but it does seem to be something we need to keep at arms length.

And That Vegan Teacher, in the very first joke of hers that Ive seen, is sort of satirically and humorously claiming a divine connection

The celeb says that while veganism is important to him its also important that he stop short of judgment or condemnation of others based on what they eat.

Responding to That Vegan Teachers Eating Animals Is Wrong song, Brand said: Is it that it seems a bit unaware? Is it that? Like it seems sort of overly sincere and reductive. Eating animals is wrong completely agree with that Im a vegan. Im sort of not a real fan of McDonalds apart from how bloody delicious.

I agree with everyones right to express themselves freely. Im simply trying to understand why this woman has become the subject and I think that part of it might be a kind of unblinking sincerity.

The video mentions how That Vegan Teacher attracted global media attention by urging celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to go vegan.

In one of her videos, Diekmeyer sings the celeb a song, telling him hurting animals is wrong. She adds: And if you call me a donut, thats fine, as long as youre vegan from now on.

In response, Ramsay posted a video nodding along to the song whilst eating lettuce. He called her a vegan donut and at the end of the video, took a large bite from a burger.

Beef burgers were consumed while making this TikTok was the caption. Later posting the video on his Instagram account, Ramsay said: Its an honor a song was written about me.and now back to my beef burger.

While That Vegan Teacher has stirred opinions online due to her comparison of animal agriculture to the Holocaust as well as her use of terms such as meat is murder.

She also received backlash for arguing that coming out as a vegan is more special than coming out as gay. While Brand did not mention these points, he did address online trolling.

If youre trolling what is in your heart while youre doing the trolling? He asked.

Its anger, isnt it? And sort of disdain and judgment. Now, it cant really be for her can it? You could completely ignore it.

Certainly, it would be good if, in my opinion, if more people were vegan. Certainly would be good in my opinion if there was a general sense, particularly online, of acceptance and tolerance. Beyond tolerance actually, because it suggests something is a bit annoying and youre putting up with it like a deep acceptance that people are so different.

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