Oscar favourite insists she is a ‘lover of cats’ after telling podcast about ultimatum she once gave to now-husband
If Jessie Buckley fails to win the Oscar for best actress next week it will be a sign that cat lovers have got their claws out.
The Irish actor is the runaway favourite for her performance in Hamnet, but in recent days has stumbled into a controversy over a stated antipathy to cats.
She has said she once gave her husband an ultimatum to banish his two cats because they would defecate on pillows, telling a podcast: “I was like, ‘it’s me or the cats.’”
Cat-lovers have responded with indignation and condemnation, sparking a wave of headlines and warnings that “kitty karma” could deny Buckley, 36, her first Academy award.
