June 13, 2026

The World's Richest Cat Is Broke

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac shares five stories, including that Karl Lagerfeld’s famed cat Choupette has not received the reported $1.5 million inheritance seven years after his death due to a dispute involving the estate and French tax authorities; under French law pets can’t inherit directly, so money would go to her caretaker, who says she has received nothing and works part-time to support the cat. In Miami, 500+ soccer players and 5,000+ people broke a Guinness World Record by juggling a soccer ball in unison for 10 seconds to fund grassroots soccer upgrades in the US and Mexico. Apple says iOS 27 will bring an advanced CPU scheduler to older iPhones. A metal detectorist found a rare late 16th/early 17th century gold and diamond ring expected to sell for £15,000–£20,000 and recovered a missing diamond by sieving the soil. Arsenal donates worn player socks to Redwings Horse Sanctuary for equine medical and protective uses.

00:11 Choupette Inheritance Drama
01:31 Soccer Juggling Record
01:55 Apple Boosts Old iPhones
02:21 Rare Ring Treasure Find
03:25 Arsenal Socks Help Horses
04:20 Wrap Up and Sign Off

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Now bad news for the world's richest cat.

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The world's richest cat is broke. Yeah, it's Shupette's, a

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blue cream Berman cat adored by the late fashion designer

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Carl Lagerfield. Chappette was supposed to benefit from Carl's fortune

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after his death in twenty nineteen. During Lagerfield's lifetime, Chupette

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became a celebrity in her own right, appearing in an

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advertising campaign and living a lifestyle that included private jet travel,

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bone China dining service, and two dedicated caretakers. Reports indicated

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that the cat had been left one point five million dollars. However,

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seven years after Lagerfield's death, the money is yet to

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be distributed. Chappette now lives in Paris with Lagerfield's former housekeeper.

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The housekeeper said she and Chappette received nothing from the

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estate and revealed that she has to work part time

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just to support the cat. Here's the issue. There's some

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sort of dispute between the estate and French tax authorities.

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Until that's resolved, beneficiaries named in the designers will have

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been unable to receive their inheritances now. Meanwhile, seven years

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of this cat's life have ticked away. Under French law,

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pets cannot directly inherit money because they're legally considered property. Instead,

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any funds included for Chappette would be distributed to her caretaker.

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I'll let you know what happens. Is that good news, John?

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I guess it wasn't. Sorry. Four good news stories and

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a cat story. How about this? This is good news?

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You like soccer? A you're watching the World Cup well.

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On June sixth, the more than five hundred soccer players

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gathered in Miami alongside more than five thousand people to

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juggle a soccer ball in unison for ten seconds and

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break a Guinness World record. This was organized by the

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Global Environment Campaign where Football Lives. Proceeds from the events

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will support upgrades to grassroots soccer sites across the US

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and Mexico. Good news if your phone is getting older,

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Apple wants old phones to run better. Yeah yeah. When

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iOS twenty seven arrives this fall, older iPhones will have

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access to an Advanced CPU Scheduler, a system available on

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newer models that helps manage a phone's workload as suited.

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Apple said, even when you're doing a ton of things

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at once, requiring a whole load of compute, the CPU's

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scheduler ensures the right work is executed at precisely the

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right time. A metal detectorist has found a rare golden

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diamond ring dating from the late sixteenth or early seventeenth

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century that's expected to sell before between fifteen and twenty

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thousand British pounds at an auction. The diamond cluster ring

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was discovered while Stewart was searching alone in a field.

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He said, I've been metal detecting for several years and

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I'm a member of multiple detecting groups. I've always been

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fascinated by history, archaeology and the possibility of finding treasure.

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On the day of the discovery, he said, the location

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where I found the ring was somewhere never been before,

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and there's been a dig there several months earlier. On

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the day, I found the ring with my garret Ace

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four hundred, I fitted with a tornado coil, as one

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does from nine until four. He found the ring during

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the last hour and a half of the day. The

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weather was slightly warm but overcast. Now one diamond became detached.

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When the ring was recovered, a second stone was missing entirely. However,

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we're told that mister Jones had the forethought to collect

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all the soil around the fine site and take it

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home with him. Having previously attempted gold panning, he had

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suitable equipment. He washed and seeved the retrieved soil and

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found the missing diamond. Good job, sir, and more soccer.

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It is World Cup time. One English soccer club has

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found a way to recycle old equipment by turning worn

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out player socks into medical supplies for horses and donkeys. Okay,

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I didn't know where we're going there. I was like,

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what are you gonna do with old socks? But okay.

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Fresh off their championship, Arsenal has been donating used team

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socks to the animal welfare charity Red Wings Horse Sanctuary.

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Niccolo works for the donation if. Nicola says, the socks

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are being used for anything from protecting our rescued residents

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sensitive legs from flies to holding their vet bandages in place.

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They're also protecting them from head collar rubs and even

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holding back the hair on their legs when they get

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their feet trimmed. Their fantastic bit of kit and we're

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so pleased that Arsenal reached out to us. Michael is

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Arsenal's operational sustainability manager. Michael says, we're always looking for

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ways to reduce waste and make a positive impact through

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the actions we take as a club, and it's great

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that we could work together to repurpose our old kit

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towards the care and well being of animals. And those

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are your five good news stories for today. You have

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an awesome day.