--- title: Betrayed Cat Observes Its Owner Bonding With New Kitten description: No animal has ever looked so hurt as this cat watching its owner bond with a new kitten. canonical: https://time.com/5718678/betrayed-cat-new-kitten-viral-video/ author: Rachel E. 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No [animal](https://time.com/5714993/google-doodle-halloween-2019/) has ever looked so hurt as this [cat](https://time.com/5712985/cat-tantrum-video/) watching its owner bond with a new kitten. The gray cat in question was seen absolutely steaming in a [viral video](https://time.com/5718346/giants-black-cat-football/), as his owner played with a new, younger, tinier (and, dare we say cuter?) blonde. “The look of utter betrayal,” [Twitter user @MerielMyers](https://twitter.com/MerielMyers/status/1191479807466524674) wrote on Monday, using some amazing pun work. > [](https://twitter.com/MerielMyers/status/1191479807466524674) The video has been viewed more than 560,000 times, because who doesn’t love [viral cat videos](https://time.com/5553223/cat-dog-thread/)? Some users interpreted the gray cat’s emotional moment as a calculation of what it was thinking, with one user saying he would “make it look like the orange cat ‘ran away.'” > [](https://twitter.com/BayAlden/status/1191577286799052802) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FMegMuckleBones/status/1191579366897176576) > [](https://twitter.com/aleksandra2002/status/1191481654164017153) For the sake of the gray cat, we hope the jealousy subsides, and for the sake of the orange kitten, we pray for its safety. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5718678/betrayed-cat-new-kitten-viral-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5718678/betrayed-cat-new-kitten-viral-video/"},"headline":"Internet Smitten With a Betrayed Cat Observing Its Owner Bonding With New Kitten","datePublished":"2019-11-05T17:05:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:01.591Z","description":"Cat fight of the century","url":"https://time.com/5718678/betrayed-cat-new-kitten-viral-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta75af3a2071943ba/698a055b8fd2ee29253605dc/cat-video-jealousy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. 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