Bieber’s $20K cat in trouble again
It’s been a tough few days to be in Justin Bieber’s orbit.
Headlines on Thursday focused on Carl Lentz, pastor of the Hillsong mega- church, being fired due to leadership issues, “breaches of trust” and “recent revelations of moral failures,” according to Religion News Service.
The evangelical Lentz has been famous for cultivating high-profile celebrity friendships and, at one point, being Bieber’s close spiritual adviser.
Bieber’s wife, Hailey Baldwin, also dropped another bit of troubling news this week, revealing that Sushi, one of the couple’s part-wild Savannah cats, broke its leg Tuesday. Eight months earlier, the feline disappeared from the couple’s Hollywood home for three weeks before being returned home.
Baldwin shared a photo on Instagram Story that showed her or someone else holding the cat in what appears to be a vet’s office. Sushi, with his distinctive leopard-like spots, had his right foreleg in a cast. His name was written on the cast. Baldwin wrote, “Trying to balance the stress of election and my cat breaking his arm in the same day.”
Her message was followed with distressed face emojis.
Sushi looked slightly stressed, too, but tranquil, perhaps due to the effects of painkillers. Baldwin didn’t explain how Sushi broke his leg.
Joan Morris, pet expert and wildlife columnist for the Bay Area News Group, said broken legs aren’t common in cats, whose bodies are built to absorb jumps and landings. Such injuries might happen if the cat is stepped on or hit by a car. Morris also noted that Savannah cats, with their part-wild genes, are known for jumping at greater heights than regular domestic cats, which might lead to an increased potential for injury.
Known as “living room leopards,” Savannah cats are a fairly new breed of hybrids: part domestic shorthair and part African serval, a mediumsized, large- eared cat that preys on gazelles in the wild. Bieber and Baldwin purchased Sushi and his sister, Tuna, in August 2019 from a breeder, paying $20,000 for Sushi and another $15,000 for Tuna, the Daily Mail reported.