America's big-cat activist Carole Baskin slammed Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B for their latest music video, WAP. Stallion and Cardi B collaborated for the first time and released a music video on Aug. 6. Since the video released, it grabbed the spotlight for various reasons.
One of the biggest causes of turning heads was Kylie Jenner's cameo on the music track. Apart from Jenner, Normani was also featured in the music video. Both the musicians were seen in tiger printed clothes and other feline associated animals.
While many people called out and even signed a petition to take down the video, Baskin who is an activist for big cats spoke against the musicians. The 59-year-old activist has been known for her quarrel with Joe Exotic because of the way he treated the tigers.
Baskin also featured in the Tiger King series, a documentary series available on Netflix. She explained that the way WAP video has glorified animals' skin, it might encourage people to have these wild animals as a pet.
In a conversation with Billboard, the Big Cat Rescue CEO explained that the scenes shown in the music video were edited and the rappers were definitely didn’t share the same space with the animals. However, she pointed at the filming of those animals that would have been done on the green screen, which is not appreciated.
"You have to pose a wildcat in front of a green screen to get that image and that doesn't happen in the wild. It can't happen in sanctuaries like ours where cats have plenty of room to avoid a green screen (or would shred it if offered access and could die from ingesting it)," she explained.
Baskin said that this shooting might have held with the help of a big cat's coordinator. She claimed that such coordinators usually starve, shock, and beat these big cats to ensure that they are aligned with the green screen properly while shooting as per the cue.
Baskin explained that it’s not a good thing for the big cats. She called the latest music video "lurid" as it will encourage rich people to own a big cat as their pet. She made a note that after these tigers get old for the performance they become a liability to people like Bhagavan Antle, Joe Exotic, Mario Tabraue, Marc McCarthy, and more. Most of these big cats are destroyed or given to rich people to show off.