Catastrophe: fans shocked by Hello Kitty news

By: Dee DeQuattro

Email: ddequattro@abc6.com

Twitter:@deedequattro

Shocking news for Hello Kitty fans, the beloved character is not actually a cat.

An anthropologist who studied the Japanese character let the cat out of the bag in an interview with the Los Angeles times this week.

Christine Yano told the paper that the creator simply meant for hello kitty to be a little girl from London who actually has her own pet cat named Charmmy Kitty.

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