Alicia Silverstone for This Is Vegan’s vegan check
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Before veganism had venture capital, before oat milk had a stock ticker, before a single influencer had ever said “plant-based girlie”, there was Alicia Silverstone, going vegan in 1998 because of a conversation she had with her own dog.
Not a metaphorical conversation. She looked at her rescue dog and asked herself the question that ended it all, as she told Vegan Food & Living: “If I’m not willing to eat you, how can I continue to eat these other creatures?” Twenty-eight years later, she still hasn’t found a counterargument.
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Yes, Alicia Silverstone is vegan, since 1998, which makes her one of Hollywood's longest-running vegans. She's a PETA Honorary Director, appeared on PETA's January 2026 vegan celebrities list, and reaffirmed the whole story on a podcast in September 2025. She half-jokingly calls herself “99.9% vegan”, a warrior rather than a purist.
Last fact-checked: July 7, 2026
What 28 years of plants did for her
Silverstone’s health claims are unusually specific, which makes them more interesting than the usual celebrity glow talk. After going vegan, she says she ditched her asthma inhaler, stopped needing allergy shots twice a week, and stopped the recurring rounds of antibiotics for bronchitis. Her summary on Armchair Expert in September 2025: “Everything changed about my health.”
But the core motive never moved: “Choosing this way of eating, you save so many animals. I did this because I love animals.”
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She goes vegan for the animals, three years after Clueless made her a superstar. In 2026, that's 28 years.
2007: the naked pool ad
She stars in PETA's first-ever nude celebrity TV spot, emerging from a pool to explain why she's a “veggie”.
2009: The Kind Diet
Her vegan book becomes a New York Times bestseller and converts a generation of readers who'd never touched a tofu block. The Kind Mama follows in 2014.
2011: Bear Blu, vegan from birth
Her son is born and raised vegan. She's been publicly consistent about it ever since.
2014: mykind Organics
She co-founds a vegan vitamin line with Garden of Life, still on shelves today.
December 2022: the Times Square cactus
A 29-foot nude billboard for vegan cactus leather: “Don't Be a Prick, Wear Vegan.” Subtlety remains overrated.
2025/26: still the blueprint
September 2025: retells the whole story on Armchair Expert. January 2026: featured on PETA's vegan celebrities list as Honorary Director.
The “99.9% vegan” honesty
On a podcast a few years back, Silverstone described herself as “99.9% vegan”, a “vegan warrior” rather than a “perfect vegan”. We’re mentioning it because honesty is the whole point of these checks, and because her version of imperfection is more committed than most people’s version of perfect: 28 years, a vegan kid, a vitamin company and a PETA directorship. If that’s the 99.9%, the missing 0.1% can live.
Fact or fiction?
She raised her son vegan from birth. Fact or fiction?
Fact. Bear Blu, born 2011, vegan from day one.
Her vegan book flopped. Fact or fiction?
Fiction. The Kind Diet (2009) was a New York Times bestseller.
She posed nude in Times Square for vegan leather. Fact or fiction?
Fact. December 2022, a 29-foot billboard promoting cactus leather with the slogan “Don't Be a Prick, Wear Vegan”.
Quiz: how well do you know vegan Alicia?
Five questions, no cheating
1. What year did she go vegan?
2. Who triggered her vegan epiphany?
3. What medical device did she ditch after going vegan?
4. What's her 2009 bestseller called?
5. What role does she hold at PETA?
Is Alicia Silverstone still vegan in 2026?
Yes. PETA’s January 2026 list names her as Honorary Director, and her September 2025 Armchair Expert appearance retold the whole story with no hedging. She was the blueprint for the celebrity vegan long before the category existed, and 28 years in, the blueprint still holds.
She raised her son vegan from birth. Fact or fiction? Fact. Bear Blu, born 2011, vegan from day one. Her vegan book flopped. Fact or fiction? Fiction. The Kind Diet (2009) was a New York Times bestseller. She posed nude in Times Square for vegan leather. Fact or fiction? Fact.
Is Alicia Silverstone still vegan in 2026?+
Yes. PETA’s January 2026 list names her as Honorary Director, and her September 2025 Armchair Expert appearance retold the whole story with no hedging. She was the blueprint for the celebrity vegan long before the category existed, and 28 years in, the blueprint still holds. More vegan celebrity checks: Is Natalie Portman vegan? Hollywood’s other long-hauler Is Woody Harrelson vegan?
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