So, last Tuesday, while I was watching election coverage and writing a post piecemeal-style, I mentioned that one of my cats looks EXACTLY like Anderson Cooper. I got a few comments about this, but Brenna was emphatic:
“I need to see a picture of the Anderson Cooper cat. STAT.”
And so you shall, Brenna. So you shall. First, though, I would like to explain something. Irma was not interested in sitting for pictures this evening, and as it turns out, I have no good face shots of her as a grown-up cat. This turns out to be fine, because the pictures that best illustrate her uncanny resemblance to a certain television journalist were taken in her kitten years. However, Irma had…large ears as a kitten. She is a Devon Rex, and that is just how they are, you see. She looks perfectly lovely now, a model of feline proportion:
So in the following pictures, you must IGNORE IRMA’S EARS. Don’t get distracted. Focus instead upon her distinguished white hair and boyish good looks:
MAN OR CAT? KITTEN OR JOURNALIST?
See? Didn’t I tell you? It makes watching CNN very odd indeed.
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but it’s hard to ignore irma’s ears! you make me laugh. thank you.
okay, yes, you win!
Bizarre, and yet highly entertaining. Now, I want to know is if Irma shows any sort of reaction to her anchor-twin when he appears on the TV–affection, fear, raw feline envy?
You are seriously funny…and yes, there is a similarity. Don’t tell Anderson…he might be offended.
Seriously. Separated at birth. The noses are identical!
Oh.My.God. Look at their identical piercing stares!
That is just… seriously weird.
It’s their eyes. They totally have the same eyes!
I think you should email these photos, and the accompanying post, to CNN.
You need to know that I laughed a true hearty belly laugh at the conclusion of this post. The culmination of the “DO NOT LOOK AT THE EARS” with a cat named IRMA who looks like Anderson Cooper was too much to bear with a straight face.
I really rarely laugh out loud when I read things, but man oh man, I laughed hard at this.
And I agree. You really have to send this to CNN. It could be 360 blog fodder! I’m totally not kidding.
I nearly wet myself laughing at this! I think I need to do more kegels.
I totally see the Anderson Cooper stare in Irma’s ears. And OHMYGOSH, I have wanted a Devon Rex for quite a long time and those kitten pics of Irma may send me right over the edge to getting one. :)
lol! you must send this to CNN :)
Those ears defy explanation.
Yes, but you know what would be WIERDER?? If you got a picture of Irma sitting on a manhole cover in the middle of the street.
What’s up with that??
I can absolutely see it. And so can my husband. You must send it to Cnn!
OMG! Identical twins! He’ll always be “Irma” to me now!
Oh you just made me laugh out loud. If that wakes the baby i’m gonna be mad!!!
:-D
Boy howdy but that is bizarre!
I echo sending to CNN. Maybe the Ellen show too, she does those celebrity look-alike bits.
ahhh, those ears lol
You’re fantastic, amazing and inimitable.
You know, in that top picture, ‘Anderson’ is getting a little podgy around the middle, there. Must be all that sofa sitting?
Uncanny. Especially the second picture.
Amazing, I wonder if he ever googles himself? There is definitely a resemblance, that’s for sure.
Why yes, they do look alike. She is so cute. I have 2 cornish rex cats that are so much fun.
I have a crush on your cat. Is that bad?
which one is the cat?
LOL! That is truly awesome.
I’ve never said this to anyone before, but your cat is HOT!
Hee hee! That first comparison shot is freaking right on.
That’s creepy weird. Maybe it’s not that your cat looks like Anderson Cooper, but that he looks like your cat.
hahahaha!
Omigod! I am so glad to have you in my life, Alexa- you make me laugh and cry on a regular basis (laughing, of course, today). Striking resemblance for sure.
Awesome!
I’m sorry, you warned me, but I can only see ears. It’s like my eyes can not move from them. EARS. EARS. EARS. Like when you drive past a car wreck and can’t look away.
It’s true! How funny!
When I look at the pictures of Anderson Cooper, I have to wonder why they chose to take a photo of him sitting in the middle of a street next to manhole; I suspect trying to portray him as just the average guy. But, who does this in normal every day life?
Ok, once I got past the ears I wanted to reach out and scritch…
I really don’t know if I should be impressed or disturbed. He looks just like her. Such a copy cat he is.
that is so funny!
What an eerie coincidence… I’ve never known a cat (who wasn’t deliberately dressed like its owner) to look so much like a person before.
They do look alike. Also, I like the big ears.
LMAO. Seriously.
*dies laughing*
Seriously, you crack me up. I see the resemblance and it’s kind of creepy! And, did I mention that you crack me up?
I think I hurt myself laughing.
ooooo, that’s uncanny. Or maybe, uncatty.
I don’t know if I can look at Anderson the same way again!
You are soooooo funny!!
Ah, wonderful. Thank you.
YOU ARE THE BEST!
It’s the eyes, it’s most definitely the eyes. And perhaps the aura of “I feel your pain, oh tsunami-stricken / bomb-ridden / financially- ruined one”.
I should add that this is the first time in my life that I have even heard of Anderson Cooper. Although my mother always told me that people whose names work both ways should not be trusted…
I agree. You have to send Irma’s picture into CNN. ROFLMAO
I think Anderson and Erika would love this!
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