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Gareth Cattermole, Getty Images "X-Factor" winner Leona Lewis has become nearly as famous for her vegan, animal-friendly ways as for her music, but it turns out the singer isn't an equal-opportunity animal lover. Lewis is afraid of cats, reports Monsters and Critics. Why share this catty confession now? "A cat jumped on me the other week," Lewis said while promoting her Labyrinth tour on Ustream. "They scare me. It hissed and scratched my legs -- I didn't know what to do! So I got up and shook my leg, but she was stuck to it. It was an evil cat. I don't like evil cats." Well, we're not big fans of "evil" cats either (other than, of course, Mr. Tinkles). But considering Lewis' involvement ...

Photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images Get this: Pop singer Leona Lewis was walking down Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles last week shopping for some fancy duds, when she spotted a homeless man sitting tight with a leashed white bunny. When she asked the man what he was planning on doing with the animal, he replied, "Don't know -- probably eat it." On the spot, the vegetarian X Factor winner asked how much she could pay him to rescue the bunny, the Sun reports, and after he asked for $20, she generously dropped a Benjamin (that's, er, a $100 dollar bill) into the man's hands before scurrying home with her new friend (whom she's since named Melrose). Leona's new pet will roam her Hollywood ...