Morrissey's just-rescheduled tour was set to kick off last night with a performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live". But Morrissey ultimately opted out of his appearance because the show had also booked guests who conflict with Moz's pro-animal ethics-- the cast of the A&E duck hunting-based reality show "Duck Dynasty". In a statement Morrissey said, "I can't take the risk of being on a show alongside people who, in effect, amount to animal serial killers."

As Slicing Up Eyeballs reports, on last night's show, Kimmel mocked the whole affair. He aired a fake "Duck Dynasty" clip, in which the show's cast hunts for carrots and broccoli and refer to vegetables as "yuppie food." (So much for promoting... basic health.) In the clip, Kimmel also says he chose to keep "Duck Dynasty" on the show because "they have guns and Morrissey doesn't." He also said Moz "keeps finding ways to depress us."

Kimmel also stated on the show that Morrissey is vegan, which is apparently not true.

In related news, only two more days before we finally find out whether or not the L.A. Staples Center is actually going 100% vegetarian for Morrissey's show there.