Many
fans
were
left
purrrrrfectly
confused
after
this
revelation.
“Hello
Kitty
is
not
a
cat,” Jill
Cook—an
executive
at
Sanrio,
the
company
behind
the
character—explained
to
Today July
18.
“She’s
actually
a
little
girl
born
and
raised
in
the
suburbs
of
London.
She
has
a
mom
and
dad
and
a
twin
sister
Mimmy
who’s
also
her
best
friend.
She
enjoys
baking
cookies
and
making
new
friends.”
While
the
news
may
have
surprised
some,
Cook
wasn’t
the
first
to
share
this
insight.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
Christine
R.
Yano—a
professor
of
anthropology
who
penned
the
book
Pink
Globalization:
Hello
Kitty’s
Trek
Across
the
Pacific—had
also
previously
confirmed
that
Hello
Kitty
isn’t
a
feline.
“Hello
Kitty
is
not
a
cat,”
she
told
the
Los
Angeles
Times
in
2014.
“She’s
a
cartoon
character.
She
is
a
little
girl.
She
is
a
friend.
But
she
is
not
a
cat.
She’s
never
depicted
on
all
fours.
She
walks
and
sits
like
a
two-legged
creature.
She
does
have
a
pet
cat
of
her
own,
however,
and
it’s
called
Charmmy
Kitty.”
Other
fun
facts
about
Hello
Kitty?
According
to
Sanrio,
she
is
five
apples
tall,
weighs
three
apples,
was
born
on
November
1
(making
her
a
Scorpio)
and
dreams
of
being
a
pianist
or
poet.
