An anti-circumcision staff primarily based in Toronto is planning to protest a series of appearances by way of Oprah Winfrey in Canada this week over the TV tycoon’s endorsement of an anti-growing old cream that makes use of cells reproduced from human foreskin. The activists, who name themselves the Canadian Foreskin Consciousness Challenge, have equipped in opposition to Winfrey prior to now over her strengthen of the product TNS Recovery Complicated made by using the corporate SkinMedica.

“How would Oprah reply if a pores and skin cream for men hit the market that used to be made the use of cells from the genitalia of little ladies? I think she can be absolutely disgusted and appalled, and rightly so. So it’s loopy that she’s doing the opposite,” the staff’s founder Glen Callender told the Toronto megaStar. “We expect it’s extremely hypocritical and distasteful that Oprah Winfrey — who’s herself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and an outspoken opponent of female genital mutilation — at the same time uses and promotes a product that wouldn’t exist if now not for the forcible genital mutilation of boys.”

SkinMedica’s founder Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick guaranteed The Celebrity that the cells used in the cream are derived from a single foreskin received greater than two decades ago. “In the beginning, there used to be a misunderstanding and other people notion we have been in reality grinding up the foreskin, “Fitzpatrick mentioned. “So, there was a lot of snickering and laughing about people placing this foreskin product on their face.”

The Huffington Publish’s Jack Mirkinson mentioned that Winfrey “has now not commented on this publicly,” however mentioned he wouldn’t be shocked if she addresses one way or the other, both all the way through her tour or on Twitter.

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