Weird: Look what the cat dragged in

Internet sensation Grumpy Cat gets wax statue, Broadway debut

As the internet’s most famous scowling feline, Grumpy Cat not only unveiled a waxwork of herself last weekend but also joined the cast of Broadway musical Cats to close out the show with some added “meows.”

Grumpy Cat, 4, posed next to a wax replica of herself at Madame Tussauds in Washington DC last week, before snapping photos with the museum’s other famous inhabitants, including former US presidents Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. When asked how Grumpy Cat was feeling, her owner Tabatha Bundesen said, “She was thrilled! As you can see, she’s still thrilled,” reported Reuters.

After her visit to the American capital, Grumpy Cat’s next stop was New York’s Broadway, where she was the guest of honour at Friday’s curtain call for the Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical. She was cheered by the cast on stage and the audience as she received a placard commemorating her Broadway debut.

Grumpy Cat – whose real name is Tardar Sauce – went viral in 2012 after her permanent scowl, which her owner said was caused by feline dwarfism, became meme-worthy fodder over social media. She has appeared in Lifetime movie Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever in 2014 and also has picture books and plush toys modelled after her.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2016.

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