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A movie version of the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats was the butt of several jokes after its release in December 2019. Critics noted that these anthropomorphic creatures appeared to live in the uncanny valley, a term to describe the unsettling nature of a non-human object appearing too human, while audiences mocked the seemingly unfinished animation. While the movie was poorly received, it did gain somewhat of a cult appreciation. Then in March 2020, fans of the movie learned an even more bizarre version potentially existed: an original cut of the film that featured several CGI cat buttholes: Rumors about the alleged butthole cut went viral, and soon the hashtag #ReleaseTheButtholeCut started to trend on Twitter. However, the rumors may have been exaggerated. Ben Mekler, a writer and producer, reached out to a visual-effects crew member on the movie and learned that there were never any shots of cats with butt holes. The anonymous crew member explained some scenes may have inadvertently appeared to show some cat nether regions, but that buttholes were not intentionally inserted into the movie at any point. Mekler tweeted: The crew member told Mekler: We reached out to a few VFX crew members and will update this article if any more information becomes available.
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