“I woke up this morning to the world thinking that I really don’t love cats,” said Jessie, who stated during a recent podcast appearance: “I don’t like cats.”

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One Reddit user said, “Getting rid of your pets for someone is crazy. Asking someone to do that is even crazier,” while another added, “You're allowed to dislike cats, although having that strong of a reaction to them is weird... but asking your husband to get rid of his cats is just abhorrent behaviour.”

At the same time, some people argued that the backlash was unwarranted.

“I hate these 'clarifying' interviews where they just misrepresent what the actual backlash was about and make their critics sound like they're overreacting. It's so intentionally dishonest,” one user said, while someone else wrote, “Then why did she give her bf an ultimatum between staying with her or getting rid of his cat… she’s saving face.”