Taylor Swift Explains Why She Carries Cat Olivia Benson Around New York City! 

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Taylor Swift Explains Why She Carries Cat Olivia Benson Around New York City!

Most people don\'t take their cats out for a walk.

Then again, most people aren\'t Taylor Swift , nor do they have cats like Olivia Benson! The 24-year-old "Shake It Off" singer has been spotted toting her adorable Scottish Fold kitten like a stylish sidekick through New York City—but there\'s a perfectly logical explanation for why!

"The kitten freaks out about being put in the cat carrier," Swift, 24, recently told

. "So I was just like, \'OK, all right, we\'re gonna just do this!\'"

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"It was like a 10 foot walk from my door to the car!" she said. "What I thought was funny about those pictures is that, like, the cat is looking straight at the cameras!"

Indeed, Taylor\'s feline friend is as camera-ready as her famous mama. Olivia found a home with Taylor in June, joining the singer\'s 3-year-old cat, Meredith Grey.

Recognize those names? They\'re Taylor\'s favorite

characters, respectively. "Strong, complex, independent women," she explained to

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As much as Taylor loves her kitties, though, she admittedly had some fears about becoming the stereotypical crazy cat lady.

"I asked around: I was like, \'Does two cats count as cats?\'" she said. "But then I thought, what imaginary guy\'s perspective am I thinking about this from? Someone is going to think I\'m undateable for a lot of reasons before they think I\'m undateable because I have two cats."

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