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Watch a Stray Cat Climb Onto a Surprised Reporter on Live TV

A Michigan television news reporter got a big shock Thursday morning when a stray cat climbed up her back while she was speaking live on TV.

Nicole DiDonato of WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich. was teasing her upcoming report when a claw appeared on her shoulder. Her eyes grew wide as the cat hoisted itself up into a perch. A very surprised DiDonato finished her appearance — cat still on her shoulder — before kneeling to the ground so it could get down.

Fox 17 reporter cat

Image source: WXMI-TV

Fox 17 reporter cat

Image source: WMXI-TV

Fox 17 reporter cat

Image source: WMXI-TV

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  • Attila_the_Hunney
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 2:41pm

    Really sweet video, so cute. I love cats….

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:50pm

    I had on do that once.I kept him until he died 15 years later.Looked like that as well,except he had a very crooked neck.The vet said I would be lucky if he lived a few months hahha.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:57am

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    Nice kitty. Very friendly, looks well fed. Doesn’t look like a stray.

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  • 4xeverything
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:46am

    Ha ha! Very funny. Makes me think of my cat Binx. He died last year fat, happy, and at the ripe old age of 16. When I would come home from work late at night he would sit in the street (we lived on a very small, dead end street with almost no traffic) as I parked my car. He would then come up to say ‘hi’ and then walk me into the house. From there he would go about his nighttime business outside and I would go into bed. One summer, someones domesticated rabbit followed Binx home. The rabbit even followed him into the house the next morning. He ended up living with us for about six months until he moved on. He never left the cats side. Binx repeatedly tried to take the rabbit out but, to no avail. He is missed.

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  • redbone007
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:51am

    Good news. comment from one of WXMI-TV blogger
    ” Carol’s Ferals was right on top of this and found that the cat is not a stray, it is just owned by someone who not only does not keep their cats inside, they do not get them spayed and neutered. So he has a home, just not with responsible people.” http://www.fox17online.com/news/links/fox17-cat-climbs-on-fox-17-reporter-on-the-air-20120705,0,6989165.story

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  • redbone007
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:44am

    The cat knew it was her last change of finding her owner or getting someone to take her home by getting on TV. What happen to the cat?

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  • getourcountryback
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:15am

    I hope someone was kind enough to take the kitty home with them.

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  • LimaBean
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 2:59am

    That cat had to have been with a family for some amount of time. Cats not attached or comfortable with people will be much more cautious. As someone who grew up rescuing stray cats/kittens we had all types of personalities in our family cats….those that were closer to being feral were very hard to get them adjusted to us (took a long time).
    Could be kitty was hungry…people = food.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 7, 2012 at 6:45am

      I agree. We have a rescue kitty. The momma had climbed into the drop ceiling at my husband’s job to have her litter, and then either abandoned it, couldn’t get back to it, or died. One of the guys took them home before their eyes were open. We got one when she was 6 months old. It took the WHOLE day for her to come out from behind the dryer. And still, I’m the only one she really likes, just tolerating everyone else, because I was home with her the whole time. She’s a little over 2 now. We don’t know how many generations were ferral, but she still has a little in her. She’s only taken to ONE person who has come to our house, preferring to hide when we have company. And he didn’t like cats.

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    • OniKaze
      Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:50am

      @loriann12

      I know how that is… I have an 11 year old mix breed that somehow ended up with some wildcat blood in her… (Driver took a young bobcat they hit on the road to a vet, it was pregnant, so they gave the kittens to a shelter… Didn’t think they were allowed to but ohh well… Shelter wanted her put down because they were afraid she would be dangerous.. But I was able to convince them to let me adopt her…) but I took her in when she was maybe 8 weeks old, and ever since then she HATES anyone but me…. She follows me like a dog and comes when called no matter what… She is friendly enough with other people and animals (as long as they don’t try and touch her…), but you can tell she just feels kinda odd around others (since she is nearly twice the size of other adult cats).

      But for all of her cuteness, she still retains some of that feral wild side that makes it seem like she in on guard and ready to strike at all times… Cats are quite interesting creatures….

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    • Slice_Of_Life
      Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:18pm

      I adopted a black and white tuxedo Maine Coon from an animal rescue group-or perhaps she adopted me almost 6 years ago. My adorable furr ball is the most gentle, friendly and loving cat I’ve ever seen. It’s like she “knows” she was adopted and given a loving, safe and secure home with plenty of good healthy food, a water fountain and toys galore. I call her my little “velcro-kitty” as she is always laying on me, laying beside me or stretched across my feet. She certainly isn’t aloof like many felines. It doesn‘t matter if I’m gone 10 minutes or 10 hours she greets me at the door like I’m the most prized and loved pet mom which somehow just melts the days stress away. I wish more “people” were like my cat~the world would be a wonderful place. God Bless all of you who have adopted a pet-child, opened your heart and give them a warm loving safe home.

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  • jcvillar
    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 1:23am

    Notice how the publicity-hungry cat jumped on the shoulder where he could most easily reach the mike. A sad commentary on these media-frenzied days where to have your brief moment of fame on camera is more important than chasing down mice. Well sure, why chase mice when you can apply for mice stamps and get free goverment tuna? The world is going to hell.

    I envy the reporter, though. You know, going around and having ***** jump all over you wherever you go. I do love love cats.

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  • blair152
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:34pm

    That was funny.

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  • 75andkickin
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:54pm

    There’s nothing so great as the love, honesty and loyalty of a cat. They have those assets in abundance where humans can’t compare. When JROOKS was created, God forgot, or neglected, to give him a heart. That’s why he spews so much vitriol on every sited he posts on. What a sad, sorry excuse for a human being. I’ll take a cat any day over something like him.

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  • Twit123
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:56pm

    I love the story. The cat must have been adopted before until it was let go. She was looking for someone to adopt and love her.

    Last summer, I was sitting at the backyard chair enjoying the sun. Suddenly a young beautiful cat jumped on my lap and started purring at me. I put her down and she exhibited several entertainment tricks like rolling around her body, turning around and around my legs, and opened her belly wide as she basked on the summer sun. She was so cute. I looked around the blocks looking for the owner, but no one was found. I wanted to adopt her. My black cat named Baby, was so jealous and won’t let her come in. I called the Humane Society, gave them $100 to find someone to adopt the cat. The Humane Society told me that many will adopt her because she was very young and pretty.

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  • THE BECKMEISTER
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:41pm

    Smart kitty! I hope the reporter took her home. Kitty chose her!

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    • runnindeer
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:02pm

      Either that, or Kitty wanted to be on television in order to let the real family see where it was located?

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  • Joudicca
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:26pm

    The feline (cat) family is God’s most perfect creation…from the lordly Lion to the family cat. The day the Lord created the Cat, He was in an extremely artistic, aesthetic and perfectionist mood, with a soupcon of humor when it came to the cats’ personality. And then God made His biggest mistake….He made us….!

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:38pm

      My sentiments!

      I have several cats abt my home who love to perch on my shoulder.

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    • Evantoo
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:06pm

      Speaking of His Creation, perhaps YOU consider your creation a mistake, but I don’t consider mine to be one. Nor those of most of the people I know.
      The cat, who obviously came from way out, was undoubtedly very liberal- simply wanting to sink it’s claws into somebody/anybody who would give it security.

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  • riker01
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:05pm

    As a news director I can honestly say, “Good Job” lol!

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    • januscatinhat
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 5:09pm

      Agreed! Could have squeezed in a half second greeting to Mr./Mrs. Kitty for their kind contribution?

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  • Ih8Taxes
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:11am

    OK, but did someone adopt the cat afterward? II know I would have in a second.

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    • JRook
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:05am

      Beer in a baby’s cup…. Cat crawling up a reporter. What is there some office pool today on who can post the lamest and most useless report.

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    • Weiners Wiener
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:00pm

      JROOK — then why do you come here, read the stories, and post on them? If there was an office pool for most pathetic person in the world, surely you would win in a landslide. After all, you call something stupid, then partake in it anyway. Guess you have no life at all.

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  • Rashomon
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:43am

    Hot cat, looking for a kitty. going to look in every corner of the city.

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  • bigben357mag
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:25am

    too funny!

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  • piper60
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:27am

    Give that cat a job.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:32am

    LOL, having several cats ourselves and knowing how they act, this was funny. Definitely curious and playful. Living in a rural area with open woods on three sides and a large field in the front they are really handy. They do a great job at keeping the population of field mice and ground squirrels in check. And they are always entertaining.

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    • Diane TX
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:58am

      I once lived in an area like that, and one Christmas Eve – eight deers gathered in my back yard. My six year old son was quite impressed.

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    • MittensKittens
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:52am

      Now we know what really happened to Anderson Cooper when he got the “thrill up his leg” those pesky kitty cats!

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:41pm

      Mittens — it was Chris Matthews at MSLSD not Anderson Cooper at Communist News Network w/the thrill up the leg LOL

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    • Phil McKracken
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:00pm

      Mittens – Anderson Cooper never felt a tingle up his leg because of a cat’s presence – A rooster’s presence, yes – but never a *****-cat.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:30am

    Cute story. The cat chose to climb on her shoulder.

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  • mharry860
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:58am

    She needs to take it home. My customer this morning had 2 cats that didn’t care that I was cleaning the carpets. They wanted to see what was going on. There are 2 types of cats, these one‘s I wouldn’t mind. Unfortunately, I’ve always said “That’s my favorite cat, why? Because it’s not mine.”

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  • lukerw
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:52am

    Cats choose the people that they like… the opposite never works out!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:26am

      True… I never had a cat until on a few years ago when she claimed as hers. She follows me a around like a dog. If I go for walk she goes, if I’m working on the car she right there helping me. The neighbors say they never seen a cat do that.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:29am

      I‘ve got two that I’ve nicknamed woofie cats.Follow me like a dog .will lick my hand and face, nuzzle like a dog[drop your hand and they will stick there head under it.I can even call them like a dog ,whistle and a horse calling voice.they will come running.No matter what they are doing.One is fairly young though and I’ve named him the furry toddler.He is into everything.
      Yes this reporter should take him or her home,The cat obviously likes her.

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    • AmericanPatriot
      Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:19pm

      After I recovered from having to say goodbye to my 18-year-old cat, I went to a local shelter to look for a new love. After taking a number of them to the little private room so you can see if you like each other (and getting no response whatsoever), I went into this separate plexiglass room where there were a few cats just hanging out. I really liked one of them (he licked my nose when I held him), but petted the others, too. When I turned around, the nose licker was waiting for me in my purse — lol! He’s laying at my side right now. Yep, the best matches are when the cat chooses you!!!

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:57am

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      LUKERW…. So true.

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  • marine249
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:30am

    the cat and the reporter did a good job.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:11am

    One smart cat; curiosity got the better of the four legged furball and it made it onto TV. Excellent, I like this story.

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