New York Post - USA (2020-11-15)

New York Post, Sunday, November 15, 2020

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By SARA DORN

He’s pussy galore no more.

The abandoned megacat

pictured on The Post’s front

page at a scale-tipping 41

pounds is now half the feline

he used to be, a year after he

found his furever home in

Kew Gardens, Queens — and

was put on a strict diet.

Barsik is down to a svelte

22 pounds, thanks to the TLC

provided by his new mom,

Texas transplant Meredith Adams.

Adams, 35, adopted Barsik (to-

gether left) in November 2019

from the Anjellicle Cats shelter in

Hell’s Kitchen, after spotting the

flabby tabby in The Post.

At the time, Barsik — so big he

needed a stroller to get around

town — was accustomed to open

feeding on dry food, his krypto-

nite, plus servings of canned food

dished out by his former owners.

“He loves dry food, but he is very,

very addicted to it,” Adams said.

She’s spent the past year gradu-

ally reducing his daily serving to

one-and-a-quarter can of Friskies

cat food, and the results have been

life-changing for Barsik, 6, whose

ideal weight is around 16 pounds.

“He does pretty much everything

regular cats do — jumping around,

at night he gets the zoomies,” said

Adams. “He is a regular cat now.”

Though he’s no longer eating

like a king, he sure acts like one.

“He has a big personality. He is

very demanding. He is very vocal,

but he is also really friendly,” Ad-

ams said. “When I come home

from work and get into the build-

ing, I hear his meowing all the way

down the hall. He wants his food,

but he also wants to say hi to me.”

As Barsik has dropped the

weight, he’s gained more than

22,000 fans on his Instagram ac-

count, bigbarsik.

Adams plans to throw a virtual

adoptiversary party on Nov. 29. In

lieu of gifts, she’s asking fans to

donate to Anjellicle Cats.

New York Post,

Sunday, November 15, 2020

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Robert Miller

Netflix, the Scrooge of
Christmas 2020?
A blogger is sure of it after
the streaming service
ditched traditional, instru-
mental holiday tunes as the
soundtrack for its popular

“Fireplace for your Home”

holiday video, which repli-

cates a crackling yule log.

The Mary Sue’s Jessica

Mason compared the new

music to Muzak Friday, say-

ing, “I want some gentle car-

ols, not elevator jazz!”

Mason guesses Netflix

made the switch because of

“a music rights issue,” which

she understands but still

isn’t happy about.

Paula Froelich

Hey, Netflix, yule regret this Christmas-music swap!

Joan Jett has been arrested

only once, and lays the blame

squarely at the feet of Led

Zeppelin frontman Robert

Plant.

Jett, whose song “Fresh Start”

appears on the compilation al-

bum “Good Night Songs For

Rebel Girls,” out next week,

told the Guardian that while in

Britain with the Runaways and

about to take a ferry to France,

she asked Plant “what souve-

nirs we should get on the road.

“He said he took hotel room

keys. In England, the keys were

big, ornate, metal things. I had

four. At customs, the guy said,

‘Hmm, sticky fingers, you’re

under arrest,’ and put me in a

jail cell.” Paula Froelich

Joan Jett: My only bust the fault of Led Zep frontman