An lovely cat wanted 15 minutes of fame, but instead of auditioning for Love Island, they walked into shot during a live BBC Breakfast programme.
The cat appeared alongside journalist Dave Guest in a feature about how residential alleyways are being transformed into communal “ginnel gardens.”
When Dave, 64, sat down in one of Manchester’s gardens earlier this week, the white cat chose to join him.
Dave, clearly a fan of four-legged creatures, was unfazed by his special guest.
Addressing his bench-mate he said: ‘Oh hello, I’ve got an unexpected guest.’
He then stroked the cat before returning to his presenting responsibilities in the Royal Horticultural Society-commissioned garden.
‘[The ginnel garden] went on show at the Tatton Flower Show a couple of weeks ago,’ he said.
‘It was then uprooted and transplanted into this ginnel in Moss Side.’
He kept chatting, ever the professional, while the cat brushed against his back and sat on the other side of him.
‘I’ll be talking to the RHS in a moment about why they’re so keen on ginnel gardens.’
He could no longer ignore the cat and gave it an additional stroke and a ‘Hello!’
As the segment of the show came to a conclusion, Dave was eager to spend more time worrying over the cat.
Viewers reacted positively to the sweet meetup.
One person said, ‘The cat is a star,’ therefore it should get an agent fast.
Dave also might want to arrange a trip to Pets At Home as another said: ‘He has to keep him now!’
‘Cute. Very professional as he didn’t shoo it away,’ shared another.
This cat isn’t the only one that wants to watch BBC Breakfast.
When Carol Kirkwood was overwhelmed by a dog, chaos erupted.
She was reporting from Wimbledon when her section was cut short by Ray, an adorable search dog.
He then walked away, dragging Carol, who had been clutching his lead, to the floor with him.
While the studio was concerned about Carol, it couldn’t help but laugh, and Carol was heard chuckling as she was pulled.
BBC Breakfast airs weekdays at 6am on BBC One.
