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PITTSBURGH — Veteran television actress, Henrietta
"Meow Meow" Pussycat alleges she was molested numerous
times during her more than 20 seasons on "Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood," according to new book to be released by
Doubleday.
During a press conference promoting the book, "Meow
Meow" claimed gross misconduct on the set was rampant,
and although Mister Rogers himself was not personally involved,
he he was always in very close proximity when the abuse took
place.
The feline puppet alleges that beginning in the 4th season,
middle-aged postal carrier, Mr. "Speedy Delivery"
McFeely, showed her his "package" on numerous occasions
and threatened to get her fired if she told anyone.
"It was meow meow humiliating and degrading. First he
meow meow said dirty stuff to me. When I asked him to leave
me alone, he got even more meow meow mad. So I was forced
to give him a meow meow hummer. I'm just meow meow thankful
it was a speedy delivery, if you know what I meow meow mean."
Meow Meow also says the show was a boy's club and she was
pressured into doing drugs and giving sexual favors to some
of the other castmates or she wouldn't get lines in the next
episode. She also says she spent years fending off the advances
of Lady Elaine Fairchild, the hard-nosed dyke-y woman than
lived nearby, and admits today that although she cohabited
in the same tree with X the Owl, the two had not been intimate
in years. She says "Corky was the only one sharing his
wood."
Fred Rogers, executive producer and host of the long-running
PBS show, which aired its final episode in October, denies
knowledge or complicity with regard to the alleged crimes,
but admits he was aware the two of them were spending a lot
of time together off the set. He just assumed they were friends
like everyone else.
"I'm not sure why Meow Meow Pussycat would say these
things," Rogers said in his familiar soft voice. "Sometimes
little people remember things in a different way than big
people, but we have to listen to both big people and little
people and not get mad and talk things out because anger isn't
much fun and...okay she was everyone's fuck toy! What the
hell do you want me to do about it? Leave me alone!"
Mr. McFeely has been sorting mail pending an investigation
by the postal service.
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Above:
"McFeely gave me several 'special deliveries' over the
course of the show and most were shaped like this one,"
alleges Henrietta "Meow Meow" Pussycat
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