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John Cleese tells Taylor Swift that her cat is 'the weirdest cat I've ever seen'

John Cleese has insulted Olivia Benson, Taylor Swift's beloved pet cat.

By Kate Stanton

LONDON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- John Cleese had the gall to insult Taylor Swift's cat to the singer's face during an episode of The Graham Norton Show on Saturday night.

Swift, a self-described "cat lady," looked a little nonplussed when the Monty Python legend didn't coo adoringly at a picture of her pet cat, Olivia Benson.

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Instead, Cleese started at the cat's strange ear mutation, consistent with a breed called Scottish Fold.

"Is that a proper cat?" he said. "Or is it damaged? That's the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life."

Swift has two Scottish Folds -- Olivia Benson and another cat named Meredith Grey.

Don't expect any anti-John Cleese lyrics just yet. Swift seems to have taken his remarks in stride.

"Endless LOLs on the Graham Norton Show," she tweeted Saturday. "#Idieddead."

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