"A lot of people think we are exploiting the cat, we limit her exposure greatly," Bryan said. Here in Austin they made a contribution to Austin Pets Alive, a no-kill shelter in the area. But Bryan says there's no reason for that and that they are doing things to help other cats. Yes, the Bundesen siblings even have a manager for all her press.īut you can't help but feel bad for the cat that is constantly being photographed, which is why some are saying it's time to free Grumpy Cat. At SXSW, Friskies held a press event with the cat and Mashable has signed up to have her on display for the next few days for a couple of hours at a time. Grumpy Cat has now struck a deal with Friskies: the cat will appear in a Friskies commercial soon. Other than that, they say, she is a completely "healthy and happy cat."īut Internet fame turned to real-life fame. In real life, the cat never does shake her grumpy face and that's because she has feline dwarfism, a condition, the Bundesens say, causes her to have small sighs and stiff back legs. The other, non-official, Twitter account - has more than 300,000 followers. People started circulating the photo and slapping funny text on top of it and then Bryan started. The rest, as they say, is Internet history. "She was lying in my lap and she looked extremely grumpy so I decided to put it on Reddit," Bryan told ABC News at the festival. RELATED: SXSW in Photos: Lines, Cats and More Craziness from Austin A couple of months later, Bryan decided to put the always-mad cat on Reddit just for fun. Tabatha adopted Tard's mother and on April 4, 2012, Grumpy Cat was born.
That's done by her owners - Bryan and Tabatha Bundesen.
Of course, the cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce (or Tard, for short) herself doesn't do the talking or tweeting. She has become the face of a popular Internet meme and has amassed thousands of Twitter followers with snarky and complaint-filled 140-character updates. Grumpy Cat, for those who don't know about the latest Internet fun, is a cat with a bit of a sour face, she always looks, well, grumpy. Why, though? Why would people wait hours just to see one cat? Because she is one of the biggest cats on the Internet. While that furry and very cute feline sat in a small bed in Mashable's dry and warm tent here at SXSW, hundreds of people waited in line in the pouring rain just to get a photo and quick look at her. AUSTIN, Texas - The cat is out of the bag here at SXSW, or out of the Internet.
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