“I’m one of those people who wants to fight negative energy in the world,” Bundesen said yesterday, adding that widespread affection for her pet “totally warms my heart.” Tabatha has given dozens of interviews this week about Tardar Sauce: The family took care of a pregnant cat and, charmed by the flat face and stubby tail of a newborn kitten, kept one from the litter. Her job at the seafood restaurant inspired the name, chosen by her 10-year-old daughter, Chyrstal.

Tardar Sauce is back at home with Tabatha Bundesen, a Red Lobster server, 27, in Arizona. Meanwhile, plans for a Grumpy Cat book series for children as well as a line of stuffed animals are being discussed. The animal, naturally, has an agent: Ben Lashes of Los Angeles, who represents several other unlikely animal franchises - including “Keyboard Cat” (a re-purposed 1984 home video seen these days in Nokia and Wonderful Pistachios ads) and “Nyan Cat,” a trippy rainbow animation of a Pop-Tart-shaped feline that, at 89 million clicks to date, became the fifth-most-popular YouTube video of 2011. Last weekend, the siblings and Tardar Sauce were whisked away to New York - where the group appeared live on Today, posed for hundreds of pictures with passing tourists and were welcomed like rock stars during office visits to tech hot spots such as BuzzFeed, Mashable and YouTube. 26 in The Marion Star, Bundesen said, attracted national media attention. The mixed-breed cat, 8 months old, has 116,000 Facebook fans and an active Twitter account.Īn article on Nov. He contributed more photos and registered a domain name: He uploaded videos.

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