Time magazine has published what it calls the “Ultimate Chaotic Cattitude Power Ranking,” and Buddy is not on the list.
“The failing Time magazine didn’t even put me on their top 10 cats list. If they did, maybe they would sell more copies! Sad!” Buddy tweeted after the story was published.
Others expressed their outrage at Time’s snub.
”Time magazine has proven itself irrelevant by failing to include the handsomest tabby in America, and quite possibly the world,” gossip meower Pawrez Hilton wrote. “Do they realize thousands of kittens have posters of Buddy on their walls? He’s absolutely dreamy.”
“No Buddy? Absurd!” Meower user @SexyCalico24 commented. “I mean, have you seen his muscles? RAWR!”
Time’s editors were forced to backtrack after a deluge of angry phone calls and emails, along with a hundreds-strong protest outside the magazine’s Manhattan headquarters.
“It was a grave oversight on our part to exclude Buddy from our list, and we apologize,” the magazine’s editors wrote in a statement. “We know it will take time to win back the trust of our readers, but we hope to make it up to them with a 24-page photo spread of Buddy in our April issue.”
Claws Woodward, a purrfessor of feline journalism at the Harvard School for Cat Studies, said the embarrassing oversight is a sign that Time magazine is out of touch with kittens and young cats.
“Buddy is an action hero, like Snacky Chan or Ahnold Schwarzenmeower,” Woodward said. “With his movie star good looks and his rippling muscles, he clearly should have been on that list. I mean, ‘Jealous Cat’? Real Housewives meme cat? Come on! You don’t put Z-listers ahead of one of the most treasured cats of our generation.”
Still, not everyone was convinced Buddy should have made the list. Pop singer Taylor Swift was among those who clapped back at Buddy for his vanity.
“Buddy who?” Swift tweeted, throwing shade at the Budster. “If any cats should be on that list, my kitties should occupy all ten spots. I’m going to write a song about how they were cheated. Let me finish!”

The injustice.
Of course those othercat’s have professional managers who slip plenty of treats, and new cat towers, to the judges. It is totally fixed.
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Outrageous! I knew there had to be bribery or some other shenanigans going on, thank you for confirming my suspicions!
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Unconscionable! No question Buddy was slimed by the NY DA’s office after that whole ‘catnip ring’ fiasco.
I think the Budster has some serious monetary damages coming!
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Buddy is so glad he has you on retainer, Rachel. He would like to discuss how to proceed in a civil case against Time. How many other cats have their own attorneys? #JusticeForBuddy
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Holly agrees, Buddy should have made the list. He’s one catsome fella!
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Buddy would like to thank Holly for supporting his campaign against Time. #JusticeForBuddy
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It’s the Russians! Meddling in our elections is one thing, but THIS is an act of war!
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Damn Vladimir Putin and Yvgeny Gromov always tampering with our stuff! You’re right, Brooks, this IS an act of war. Buddy is coming for the KGB.
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It could be that they read on his blog about the catnip issue and jumped to conclusions. It’s just wrong.
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Discrimination! #JusticeForBuddy!
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