Man Shares What It's Like Living With a Clingy Cat and Internet Is Obsessed

A video of a cat following his owner everywhere around the house has gone viral on TikTok.

The clip was posted by @winstonandspooky, the TikTok account of cat duo Winston & Spooky, and has received over 7.2 million views in three days. A caption shared with the post reads: "Winston is not like most cats."

A message overlaid on the clip adds: "Most cats: Independent and don't require much attention." A later note on the video reads "My cat:" as the footage shows a man walking around different parts of a home, with a cat following him in every room he enters.

Research has shown that our feline friends do tend to be independent creatures. The results of a September 2015 study published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One were found to be "consistent with the view that adult cats are typically quite autonomous, even in their social relationships, and not necessarily dependent on others to provide a sense of security and safety."

However, a more-recent study published in September 2019 in the biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal Current Biology found evidence that "cats display distinct attachment styles toward human caregivers." The scientists added: "Research suggests we may be underestimating cats' socio-cognitive abilities.

"Cats, like dogs, can be found living in social groups or solitarily, depending on early developmental factors, resource distribution, and lifetime experiences such as human interaction," the study found.

Several TikTok users were delighted by the cat's behavior in the latest viral clip as he followed @winstonandspooky. The video has more than 1.7 million likes so far.

User youdontknowmesadly wrote: "u are very much loved by that cat sir," to which the original poster replied, "Maybe just a little."

And yvonneverse posted that the cat must be thinking "When you move, I move, just like that..."

Nikki Kat wrote: "remember you have many [people] in your life. they have only you. you are their everything."

Bill Sniffy commented, "That cat is so happy," and user picopocket agreed, writing "the fact Winston's tail is up the entire time, he loves u!!"

User @bennie_lm added: "I think your cat IS independent but is worried you might not be."

Newsweek has contacted the original poster @winstonandspooky for comment via TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.

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