Man Crush Monday vegan edition: 17 super sexy celebs who don’t eat meat

Leto has been a vegan for years and credits his diet and yoga regimen for keeping him looking youthful.

“20 solid years of eating vegetarian/vegan and taking care of myself. That probably helps the preservation process,” he told GQ magazine in 2013.

While he’s never publicly confirmed he abstains from animal products, DiCaprio did produce Cowspiracy, a staunchly vegan documentary, and it’s widely believed that he’s a vegan himself.

Harrelson has been meat-free since his 20s and was even named PETA’s sexiest vegan in 2012.

The Wu-Tang Clan rapper is a talented lyricist, and he’s also very eloquent when it comes to speaking his mind about eating animals.

“I don’t need a dead animal or a dead piece of flesh to go into my live body,” he said in a 2014 interview with PETA. “There’s not nothing on this planet that doesn’t want to live. I’ve had animals as friends that were happy to see me… I’m pretty sure they did not want to end up on my plate.”

“After all the information I gathered about the mistreatment of animals, I couldn’t continue to eat meat,” Hemsworth told Men’s Health in 2015. “The more I was aware of it, the harder and harder it was to do.”

Hemsworth also says he got support in going vegan from his pal, Woody Harrelson.

Dinklage has spoken out against animal products and has said that purchasing them is directly participating in animal cruelty.

“The images that you’re about to see might make you want to turn away, but this is what you pay for every time you buy meat, eggs and dairy products,” he said in a video for PETA.

Barker loves being vegan for animals and for his own health.

“I feel great after every meal, and I know that no animals are getting hurt in the process. That’s a win/win,” he said in a 2014 interview.

“Well, it started with my yoga practice and you know, the practice of non-harming, ‘ahimsa,'” Simmons told Al Roker of his veganism in 2015. “So I became a vegan because [of] compassion [for] the animals.”

“The vegan diet was being discussed around me all the time, so finally I just made the choice,” he said.

Simmons published a book titled The Happy Vegan: A Guide to Living a Long, Healthy and Successful Life in November 2015.

Brand, a long-time vegetarian, took the plunge and went full vegan in 2011 after watching the documentary Forks over Knives with his then-wife, Katy Perry.

“I’m now vegan, goodbye eggs, hello Ellen,” he tweeted (referencing Ellen DeGeneres, who is also vegan).

Waka Flocka went vegan because he “just didn’t want to be fat.” 

He has a pretty bomb vegan blueberry muffin recipe that you can watch him make on YouTube. Caution: It’s NSFW, but super adorable and hilarious.

Phoenix revealed in a 2013 interview that he has been vegan since he was just 3 years old. He swore off meat after a particularly traumatizing fishing trip.

“There were five kids and we literally screamed at our parents and said, ‘We are never going to eat meat again,’ Because we were on a boat, and they were catching fish, and they were throwing fish against the side of the boat in order to kill them, they are flopping around,” he said. “It was undeniable that it was brutal, barbaric and horrible for us, and so we said that.”

“I ride longer distances on my bike, can do more pull-ups than ever, and my brain seems to have a larger capacity for new projects, problem solving, songwriting, and fielding random questions,” he wrote on his blog of his plant-based diet. “My health and strength make me a better performer and all that combined gives me more confidence to go out in the world and shine my light. It also makes me a lot better in bed. Just sayin…”

McCartney’s been meat-free since 1975.

It’s rumored that he requests vegetarian meals for his entire crew while on tour, and his rider states that the venues he performs in should not have furniture made of any animal skin or print.

Affleck has been vegan since the ’90s.

“When people ask me why I don’t eat meat or any other animal products, I say, ‘Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry,'” Affleck said, according to veganpeace.com. “Chickens, cows and pigs in factory farms spend their whole lives in filthy, cramped conditions, only to die a prolonged and painful death.”

Cameron embarked on a vegan journey to lower his carbon footprint, but discovered the diet had a multitude of benefits.

“The great thing about this as a solution for climate change — one of a number of solutions that we need — is that it’s a win/win,” he told Men’s Journal. “You’re going to be healthier, you’re going to live longer, you’re going to look better. You’re going to have fewer zits. You’re going to be slimmer. You’re going to radiate health. You’re going to have a better sex drive. That’s what shifting away from meat and dairy does.”

“I’ve been a vegan for two years, so that’s helped my already good-looking self. I think that eating healthy is important,” Wonder said at the 2016 Global Green’s Annual Pre-Oscar Party, via AOL.

“We have to be about making our planet greener, the urban areas more sustainable for the children,” he added. “We can’t just talk about it; we have to be about it.”

Maguire has been a vegetarian since 1992, vegan since 2009 and was declared PETA’s sexiest vegan in 2002.

He takes his veganism so seriously that he even reportedly rejected a gifted Mercedes because it had leather seats.