Forget letting the cat out of the bag -- the cat IS the bag!
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Stacy Haiduk from "The Young and the Restless" gave red carpet photogs more than they bargained for when she showed up at the Daytime Emmy Awards Sunday night carrying "Kitty," her soap opera character's extremely realistic prop cat as a purse.
While her Y&R character has an unhealthy relationship with her dead stuffed cat, in real life, Haiduk is an animal lover (she even has a cat tattoo on her ankle). Earlier this year, she told TV Guide she often rehearses with her three cats on her bed, though that may because her character, mentally unstable Mary Jane Benson, enjoys having long conversations with her taxidermy pet.
As far as having Kitty as a costar, she told TV Guide, "I don't want to say she's my favorite co-star, but Kitty is amazing to work with... The whole Y&R cast jokes about Kitty. We love her."
It seems clear to us from her TV Guide interview that bringing Kitty to the Emmy's was a nod to her and Kitty's fans, but it brings up a good question. Carrying one's pet around is in vogue, right? And, if people are already wearing their pets' ashes as jewelry and using their ashes in pillows, is carrying around a stuffed pet-turned-purse the next step? Would you do it?
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