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Famous Felines Get Frisky at CatCon

Famous Felines Get Frisky at CatCon

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A convention devoted entirely to cats? Yes please! YH joins up with comedian Andy Milonakis and heads down to CatCon to get the scoop on this purr-fect event and catch up with the famous felines in attendance, including Nala, Pudge, and, of course, Lil BUB, plus we check out some of the cat-tastic merch!

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Young Hollywood

Cats of Instagram. They're a huge sponsor of this event, right? Because pretty much Cats on Instagram made cats all that much more famous.

Guest

Yeah, definitely.

Young Hollywood

Little Bub, I met last night. She has like 1.3 million followers. Young Hollywood, here we are at CatCon. I have sweet Nala. Say hi Nala. Nala is a rescue, right?

Famous Felines Get Frisky

She's a rescue, yeah. I adopted her when she was five months. Somebody dropped her off at a shelter, and I just got too lucky.

Young Hollywood

What's amazing about Nala is there's sweatshirts, there's t-shirts. Plus she pretty much almost everything right now. Yeah. I'm gonna have to get myself a Nala sweatshirt. What do you think Nala? What is up Young Hollywood? It is Drew and Drew number two. Andrew. Andy Milanakis is in the house. Since we have him, let's have him give us a little tour of this awesome thing we call CatCon, huh?

Andy Milanakis

All right, I'll give you a tour, something I've never seen before. I'm down. We got a full-body cat costume, you know what I mean? I need one of those. Hook a brother up, bro. Oh, that's soft, man. I wanna cuddle with you.

Young Hollywood

That's some CatCon love right there, Andy.

Andy Milanakis

Hell yeah, man, I get love with all I go, let's do it.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so here we are with Little Bub. Hi Little Bub. What's amazing is the following behind Little Bub. How did this all come about?

Guest

I started a blog for fun in 2011 just for friends and family. Friends shared with other friends, and before I knew it, there was a substantial following of strangers. We were on Buzzfeed, Good Morning America, The View, had a documentary about us, a book, and that was all within the first like six months. So now we're four years later, so. She's only cat diagnosed with osteopetrosis. It's also known as stone bone disease. So instead of her bones getting brittle, they actually get harder and denser with age.

Young Hollywood

She's so cute. So how has life changed Little Bub now that you're so famous?

Guest

Oh, she said she's she's always been famous, so not not too much.

Young Hollywood

This is awesome. Here we are at Pudge. I mean, that looks like me in cat form. I mean. Okay, here we are with Pudge. Hi Pudge. So first off, even though she has a mustache, she wants everyone to know that she's a woman. Do you think the universe is a hologram, or do you believe in string theory?

Guest

Oh, wow. Really?

Young Hollywood

Neil Degrasse Tyson, watch out, buddy, Pudge is coming for ya. Okay, so Pudge merchandising is really cool. Everyone, she's such a big fan, everyone wants to wear her, wants to have like a Pudge coffee mug. That's something that really is like almost your form of art, I've noticed. Like it's your thing to come up with new Pudge clothing, huh?

Guest

Right, yeah. And the merch started, people were like, I want a calendar of Pudge, I want a T-shirt of Pudge. And I went to school for design, so it was like easy for me to do that for people. It's sort of been the place where I could just sort of like have fun and come up with whatever and.

Andy Milanakis

You know, Pudge is actually a girl though, bro. I am too. Look at my. Oh, wow, you make a bunch of miniature cat stuff, Andrew, look. In Japanese? Oh, nice. Shout out to Tokyo, shout out to Shibuya, shout out to Kyoto, shout out to Osaka.

Young Hollywood

So, this is a convention just for you. How does that make you feel? You're the star of the show. Is it hard to live a normal life now that you're such a celebrity, Nala? Oh, sweet Nala, come here, Nala. Nala. Oh, oh, oh, oh. You have a brother, don't you, Nala? His name's Coffee? Oh, no. Coffee's gonna be here today, too. Yeah?

Famous Felines Get Frisky

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Cats of Instagram. They're a huge sponsor of this event, right? Because pretty much Cats on Instagram made cats all that much more famous.

Guest

Yeah, definitely.

Young Hollywood

Little Bub, I met last night. She has like 1.3 million followers. When you guys travel, where have you been?

Guest

A lot of places. We come to the West Coast often. We're from Bloomington, Indiana. Uh, we recently were in Toronto, San Francisco, St. Louis, Cincinnati. We travel almost every other week.

Young Hollywood

Little Bub's met a lot of celebrities, huh?

Guest

Oh, yeah. She's pretty tight with Robert De Niro, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters.

Young Hollywood

You're tight with Robert De Niro? That guy even scares me.

Guest

He loves cats. She loves cats. Well, who couldn't love Little Bub?

Young Hollywood

All right, well thank you so much for your interview, Little Bub. Uh, can you say Young Hollywood? Bye, Little Bub.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Andy Milonakis

    Comedian joining Young Hollywood at CatCon

  • Nala

    Famous rescue cat at CatCon

  • Lil BUB

    Famous cat with 1.3 million followers and unique health condition

  • Pudge

    Famous cat known for her mustache and merchandise

  • Neil Degrasse Tyson

    Mentioned in a playful comparison with Pudge

  • Coffee

    Nala's brother

  • Robert De Niro

    Celebrity Lil BUB has met

  • Whoopi Goldberg

    Celebrity Lil BUB has met

  • Barbara Walters

    Celebrity Lil BUB has met

FAQ

What is CatCon?+
CatCon is a convention devoted entirely to cats, featuring famous felines, merchandise, and various cat-related activities.
Who is Nala?+
Nala is a famous rescue cat with a significant online following, known for her merchandise and being a celebrity at CatCon.
What is osteopetrosis?+
Osteopetrosis, also known as stone bone disease, is a rare condition diagnosed in Lil BUB, where bones become harder and denser with age instead of brittle.
Where is Lil BUB from?+
Lil BUB and her owner are from Bloomington, Indiana, and travel frequently for appearances.
Who is Pudge?+
Pudge is a famous female cat known for her distinctive mustache and popular merchandise, which her owner, a design school graduate, creates.
Which celebrities has Lil BUB met?+
Lil BUB has met celebrities including Robert De Niro, Whoopi Goldberg, and Barbara Walters.

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