{"id":40673,"date":"2025-05-05T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/is-that-a-cat-in-the-cheetos-new-york-comedian-spotlights-the-citys-famous-bodega-felines\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:31:11","slug":"is-that-a-cat-in-the-cheetos-new-york-comedian-spotlights-the-citys-famous-bodega-felines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/is-that-a-cat-in-the-cheetos-new-york-comedian-spotlights-the-citys-famous-bodega-felines\/","title":{"rendered":"Is that a cat in the Cheetos? New York comedian spotlights the city\u2019s famous bodega felines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corner shop felines are already beloved by New Yorkers \u2013 and thanks to Michelladonna\u2019s TikTok \u2018interviews\u2019, they\u2019re going global<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Ridgewood, Queens, the comedian Michelladonna (real name: Michelle Reiss), knew she could always count on seeing Lulu, a black-and-white striped cat, whenever she ran into the corner store for a snack. She counts Lulu as a close confidante, a silent witness to the goings-on of the neighborhood who knows everyone\u2019s gossip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have literally gone to Lulu at the end of the night and been like, \u2018Hey girl, let\u2019s talk,\u2019\u201d says Michelladonna, who is 26. \u201cThat\u2019s just part of life here: you say hi to the cat, you greet the manager, and then you continue your day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/05\/new-york-bodega-cats-tiktok-interview\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corner shop felines are already beloved by New Yorkers \u2013 and thanks to Michelladonna\u2019s TikTok \u2018interviews\u2019, they\u2019re going global Growing up in Ridgewood, Queens, the comedian Michelladonna (real name: Michelle Reiss), knew she could always count on seeing Lulu, a black-and-white striped cat, whenever she ran into the corner store for a snack. She counts &#8230; <a title=\"Is that a cat in the Cheetos? New York comedian spotlights the city\u2019s famous bodega felines\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/is-that-a-cat-in-the-cheetos-new-york-comedian-spotlights-the-citys-famous-bodega-felines\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is that a cat in the Cheetos? New York comedian spotlights the city\u2019s famous bodega felines\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}