Taylor Swift takes the cat for a walk

Tabloids and online magazines are rife with photos of celebrities walking their dogs, but spotting a well-known name clutching her cat in NYC’s streets is a little less common. Taylor Swift was photographed in 2014, holding her Scottish fold kitten, Olivia Benson, in the crook of her arm.

The singer made headlines for her unusual sidekick but explained the situation simply: “The kitten freaks out about being put in the cat carrier. So I was just like, ‘Okay, all right, we’re gonna just do this!'”