Why Billy Corgan And Anderson Cooper Got Into A Feud Over Cats

Here's how it all started. Back in 2014, Corgan adopted a pair of black cats that he named Miss Sammi and Mister Thom Cat from his local no-kill shelter in Chicago. Obviously, the shelter's publication, PAWS Chicago Magazine, put him on the cover holding the pair of cute and cuddlies and quoted his post that introduced them to the world: "... they are the best of friends, which is wonderful, but being young, they are into everything, including some things I didn't know you could get into." For some reason, he was surprised when someone had something to say about this comment that sounds much more like a librarian than a rock star.

Corgan has since deleted the tweets, but luckily Pitchfork reported on his feud with Cooper when it ignited. During a segment on Cooper's show where he takes a look at ridiculous news bits, Cooper said that Corgan was perhaps "off his alternative rocker," but speculated that there was something more to the breakdown of the musician's gloomy image. "Maybe he's being ironic, or maybe when the cool rock stars start doing less rock starry things, it kind of makes us face our own mortality," he said.

Ever the sassy teenage girl trapped in an old bald man's body, Corgan fired back: "Sorry to disappoint, but when I'm not raising cain for a great organization like @PAWSchicago, I'm still making REAL music." Burn! Maybe?

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