--- title: Girl's Interview with Her Cat Holds Universal Truths description: Ten-year-old Gabi's interview with her cat Coco went viral on Twitter, thanks to her impeccable portrayal of cat personality. canonical: https://time.com/5049982/girl-interviews-cat/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-05T17:28:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:05.867Z og:title: This Girl's 'Interview' with Her Cat Holds Universal Truths og:description: Don't mess with Coco og:url: https://time.com/5049982/girl-interviews-cat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e70a8e8ed6082a5/6988f3c6fb4eac2b2d894d1c/black-cat-face.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BLACK CAT--10/30/06--Toronto, Ont. The humane society protects black cats for a specified period of og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Girl's 'Interview' with Her Cat Holds Universal Truths twitter:description: Don't mess with Coco twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e70a8e8ed6082a5/6988f3c6fb4eac2b2d894d1c/black-cat-face.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Girl's 'Interview' Made Her Cat Internet Famous for a Hilarious Reason  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 5, 2017 5:28 PM UTC  BLACK CAT--10/30/06--Toronto, Ont. The humane society protects black cats for a specified period of time around Halloween. Black cats can be adopted before Halloween, but can only be picked up on or after November 1st. October 29, 2006\. (Tara Walton/ TORONTO STAR)tlwBLACK CAT--10/30/06--Toronto, Ont. The humane society protects black cats for a specified period of time around Halloween. Black cats can be adopted before Halloween, but can only be picked up on or after November 1st. October 29, 2006\. (Tara Walton/ TORONTO STAR)tlw (Photo by Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images) BLACK CAT--10/30/06--Toronto, Ont. The humane society protects black cats for a specified period of time around Halloween. Black cats can be adopted before Halloween, but can only be picked up on or after November 1st. October 29, 2006\. (Tara Walton/ TORONTO STAR)tlwBLACK CAT--10/30/06--Toronto, Ont. The humane society protects black cats for a specified period of time around Halloween. Black cats can be adopted before Halloween, but can only be picked up on or after November 1st. October 29, 2006\. (Tara Walton/ TORONTO STAR)tlw (Photo by Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images)Tara Walton—Toronto Star via Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 5, 2017 5:28 PM UTC Coco the cat is now internet famous. So is Gabi, ten years old, who wrote an imagined interview between her and her [feline friend](http://time.com/5043239/dogs-smarter-cats-study/) that has since gone viral on Twitter after her dad shared it with the world. In the handwritten “interview,” Coco and Gabi engage in a polite back-and-forth conversation about where it is — and isn’t — acceptable for Gabi to pet her furry pal. Filled with intriguing stylistic choices (hyphenated sentences; plenty of all-caps; lots of cat-attitude), the interview also doubles as a handy primer on how respectful pet parenting works… particularly when it comes to cats. For instance, the tummy is a “forbidden” area, as are the legs and tail. (“Absolutely not!” Coco exclaims after Gabi asks if she can touch these areas.) As many commenters have noted, the young writer seems to have comic timing [down pat already](https://twitter.com/katelevann/status/937740782278184961). Luckily, she’s even interested in pursuing a career in the field, [according to further tweets](https://twitter.com/MrPaulDuane/status/937763994210832384) from her dad, a writer and director [himself](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239042/). The future looks bright. And as for Coco? She’s lucky she has a considerate human on her side. > [](https://twitter.com/MrPaulDuane/status/937737135595184129) > [](https://twitter.com/MrPaulDuane/status/937769888143331331) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5049982/girl-interviews-cat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5049982/girl-interviews-cat/"},"headline":"This Girl's 'Interview' Made Her Cat Internet Famous for a Hilarious Reason","datePublished":"2017-12-05T17:28:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:05.867Z","description":"Don't mess with Coco","url":"https://time.com/5049982/girl-interviews-cat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Children","animals","cats"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e70a8e8ed6082a5/6988f3c6fb4eac2b2d894d1c/black-cat-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e70a8e8ed6082a5/6988f3c6fb4eac2b2d894d1c/black-cat-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BLACK CAT--10/30/06--Toronto, Ont. 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