THEY say sorry is the hardest word.
But I believe apologising when you make a mistake is important.
So I admit it; I was wrong about Hello Kitty.
A couple of weeks ago my daughter asked me if Hello Kitty was a cat and I laughed.
Of course Hello Kitty is a cat, I told her.
Did the whiskers not give it away?
How about the ‘kitty’ part?
Fast-forward to last week and, in news which shook the world to its very core, all was revealed.
Hello Kitty is not a cat.
Now, because it’s not enough I accidentally misled my child, I shared the conversation we had about the cat which is not a cat with my friends, family and social media network.
Oh, how we laughed.
So now I’m sorry.
I’m sorry to my daughter.
And I’m sorry to that sweet little character who, despite having whiskers, cat ears and paws, is in fact ‘a sweet little English girl’.
Mostly, I’m sorry that the Hello Kitty revelation leaves the door wide open for future lawsuits.
I’m imagining a Disney class action where Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and Pluto file for damages after years of being misrepresented by the media.
Goofy doesn’t stand a chance.
No one knows what he is.
But Pluck-A-Duck may have a case and who really believes Patrick the starfish from Spongebob Squarepants fame is actually an echinoderm?
The fact he wears pants is a dead giveaway we are being conned.
And unless his ossified skeleton is revealed in the Spongbob Christmas special, I remain sceptical as to his genetic make-up.
But for now I accept Hello Kitty, at least, is not all she was purported to be.
Hey, we all make mistakes.
Because nobody is purrfect.
Not even me. Ow.
