Margaret Atwood has brilliant response to cat lawyer video: ‘I can’t get this human filter off’

Zoom footage of Texas lawyer went viral as he struggled to remove feline filter

Margaret Atwood has had a wonderful response to a video of a Texas lawyer who had his Zoom filter stuck on cat-mode during an online court appearance.

News of the technical mishap went viral this week, with footage showing lawyer Rod Ponton telling a judge, "I don't know how to remove it, I got my assistant here, she's trying to," as the mouth and eyes of a cat moved along with his words and movements.

He added: "I'm here live, I'm not a cat."

"I can see that," the judge said after a few seconds of awkward silence.

Reacting to the video, The Handmaid’s Tale author Atwood tweeted: “I on the other hand am a cat. I just can’t get this human filter off.”

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The Royal Academy in London also shared a painting of two women having tea, while a cat sits on the table, with the caption: “I’m not a cat.”

Ponton is far from the first person to have a on-screen mishap during the pandemic.

Last month, BBC Wales viewers were left in hysterics after a guest left a rather unfortunate item – a large pink plastic penis – in the background of her interview.