PETA at NYFW, Jessica Chastain’s Statement T-shirt and a Climate Change Activist Who Glued His Bare Feet to the U.S. Open Floor All Protested Hours Apart

Three major events in fashion, films and sports turned into a stage for protests on Thursday night. Activists borrowed the attention given to New York Fashion Week, the U.S. Open and the Venice International Film Festival to alert their audiences about climate change, animal cruelty and the current Hollywood strike, respectively.  Four environmental activists disrupted Coco Gauff’s match against Karolina Muchova during the U.S. Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands in Queens, New York. The protesters were wearing T-shirts that read “End Fossil Fuels.” One of them glued his bare feet to the ground, making it harder for security guards and police officers to remove them.  A protest against fossil fuel usage at the 2023 U.S. Open. Gauff, who won the semifinal match by 6-4, 7-5, showed her support for the protesters — even though her game was delayed by 49 minutes. “I believe in climate change. I don’t know exactly what they were protesting.…I 100 percent believe there are things we could do better. Would I prefer it not happening in my match? One hundred percent. It is what it is…moments like this are history-defining moments. I wasn’t p–sed at the protesters. I always speak about preaching what you believe in.

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