Go Home, Internet: Robert De Niro Snuggled Lil Bub

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Alright, Internet, you had your fun today with hipper-than-hip hipsters and meme faces, but now the time has come to go home.

Robert De Niro met Lil Bub. Yes, the legendary actor rubbed whiskers with the Internet's cutest cat.

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De Niro and Bub swapped stories about working with diva felines and playing second fiddle to Jennifer Lawrence. (None of that is true.) The two big screen stars met at the Directors Brunch during the Tribeca Film Festival.

On meeting De Niro, Lil Bub reportedly said, "Are you meowing at me?"

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