
Lou Sanders: ‘We spent £20,000 on the cats, including a pet psychic'
Lou Sanders is a stand-up comic who has appeared on 8 out of 10 Cats, QI and Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth. She won the eighth series of the comedy game show Taskmaster and most recently has tried to keep a straight face on LOL: Last One Laughing UK. She is a vegan and shares her Margate home with two cats, which she nurtures with the help of a pet psychic and a spiritual healer and describes as 'the loves of my life'.
Baby and Bobert are ragdoll cats. They are brothers, three years old in July. They're bloody gorgeous and I love them, but if I had my time again I would get bin cats [rescues]. I say that because you're
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