‘Scandal’ Star Bellamy Young Rocks a Cabbage Headdress in New PETA Ad

Bellamy Young for PETA (Photo: YouTube)

Scandal’s Bellamy Young is PETA’s latest covergirl, posing in a new ad promoting veganism.

While her onscreen persona Mellie Grant has a weakness for fried chicken, Young has been vegan since she was in college.

“I went vegan in 1988 which seems like a thousand years ago but it was the right choice for me,” Young says in a behind the scenes video from the shoot which we’re premiering exclusively. “It happened, sort of, just in a moment at college; it’s been terrific for me.”

In the ad, Young sits atop a bed of vegetables with the slogan, “Being vegan keeps me young.” Get it? It’s her last name.

Bellamy Young (Photo: Courtesy of PETA)

“That little, small voice in your mind and in your heart that makes you curious about being vegan is something you should listen to, because that’s the sound of your conscience making you be compassionate,” Young urges in the PETA video above.