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A Polish political scientist and historian was appearing on Dutch TV to discuss the forced removal of Polish judge Malgorza Gersdorf by the ruling PiS party when his ginger cat decided to make a rather dramatic appearance.
The cat, reportedly named Lisio, stole the limelight when he climbed Jerzy Targalski, sat on his shoulders and proceeded to sniff his ear.
Completely unfazed, Targalski calmly continued the interview and only acknowledged the feline's bizarre presence to pull its tail away from his face.
A tweet showing the footage, shared by the NTR interviewer Rudy Bouma, has racked up more than 340,000 views from cat lovers and bemused netizens alike.
Targalski said Lisio is just one of his five cats and he hopes the sweet encounter will happen next time too. "The cat does not change, wherever I am, it always climbs on my shoulders, five times a day," Targalski told Dutch news outlet NOS. "It's his way of saying 'good morning' or 'I love you', I think."
My boys tend to favour standing on my lap and headbutting my chin while I scratch their bellies, a couple of the girls like to sit behind me and groom my head, one nags me to pick her up for a cuddle at least once a day... It's nice to be loved.
As for comparing it to "parents who seem completely oblivious to the screaming child they're carting around in a crowded supermarket"? What a moronic and bizarre comparison. Seems he's pissed because his interviewee "allowed" the cat to "hijack" his interview.
Hey sott- why didn't you include this tweet from the original article? I would've said the same except, being as I have seven moggies who are all just as loving and affectionate at this one, it would be rather self-congratulatory. Still true though.