It’s a great time to adopt a pet. The COVID-19 pandemicOpens in a new tab has kept many of us indoors looking for some kind of company. And what better way to fill that gap than with a furry animal? And you know what they say: celebs, they’re just like us. It turns out actor Dennis QuaidOpens in a new tab was also looking for a new pet, and found one in the form of a shelter cat named… Dennis Quaid.
Or maybe it’s the other way around. A news station in Virginia, 10 News, aired a segmentOpens in a new tab about their Clear the SheltersOpens in a new tab initiative last week. The segment introduced viewers to a cat at the Lynchburg Humane Society in need of a forever home. His name? Dennis Quaid, after the A-list actor known for films like The Big Easy, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Parent Trap. The real Dennis Quaid saw the segment and, in a lovely twist of fate, decided to adopt the cat.
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“It was really off the wall, but I just couldn’t resist. I had to,” Quaid told the 10 News team in a ZoomOpens in a new tab call. “I’m out to save all the Dennis Quaids of the world.”
The adoption coincides with Quaid’s new pet podcast, The Pet ShowOpens in a new tab, which he is executive producing. His podcast partner, Jimmy Jellinek, will fly to Virginia next week from Los Angeles to pick up the new office pet.
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In a video segment on 10 News, Jellinek explained how they convinced the Lynchburg Humane Society staff that they were the real deal and not just prankers. It still left the staff a little shocked. Quaid recommended that they continue naming pets after celebrities to see who else swoops in to save a furry critter named in their likeness.
We couldn’t be happier to hear that little Dennis Quaid, the adorable shelter cat, will get such a perfect forever home. It’s what both Dennis Quaids deserve.
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