April's Puppet Addiction | My Strange Addiction (Full Episode)

April's addiction to her puppets has gotten so strong she can't go anywhere without them, practicing up to 12 hours a day. Meanwhile, Debbie is severely allergic to cats, but has over twenty of them, leaving her in isolation from the outside world.
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[@alyssakayoh1238]

Her name is April....and her favorite puppet's name is May. Let that sink in.

[@joscelynyt2781]

Omg...💀

[@currisandoval8837]

:0

[@RayRaeNonbinary1]

And now it's June lol!

[@thebanderfamilywithlisajon3820]

Ohhhhh I get it wow

[@-luka-3972]

O M G

[@RaychelD2400]

the cat lady actually takes care of her cats properly and her house isnt that messy....wow

[@deeva1473]

I have 16 cats and my cats are very well taken care of and my house doesn't smell either.

[@wrathofachilles]

Yeah the cats are getting enough to eat and appear to be in good health. I really don't see the problem here.

[@zekeyukiozhima7186]

The hose is so clean and the cats look good is bc Debbie spends hours on end with the cats

[@XxKristinaaXx]

@@deeva1473 you're considered a hoarder

[@ashleyl4391]

I have 2 cats and 1 kitty and my house doesn’t smell

[@jewel2920]

Honestly, Debbie should start a Cat Cafe to make profit from all of her cats and keep them at the same time. She takes good care of them too!!

[@annabellechenoweth9469]

Yes!!. Also take some allergy msds. Just over the counter. It's obviously not that severe an allergy. A lot of people just take meds and still have cats. That was just to make or sound worse than it was. It really isn't that bad. Not ideal, but not horrible.😂

[@goldiefatale]

there is a difference between addiction and obsession.

[@jenniferhcsmith-5586]

She's both.

[@DamiAnimated]

Was kind of disappointed cause the puppet lady just had like 8 little raggedy puppets. Thought her house would be stuffed with them.

[@Lucailey]

thats because her obsession is with being the puppets and not getting a ton of them.

[@georgestevenson2777]

I was surprised by how stale the puppet bit was when she showed her mom, practicing 10 hours a day you think she could get 30 seconds of good material

[@Black.Girl_Melanin519]

True tbh it wasnt funny 😐

[@votewithyourmoney9454]

She practices 80 hours a day!!!! She literally sucks so bad. Not just at the stand up part, EVEN just the ventriloquism! So ridiculous

[@xfitch3809]

Yeah that when it goes from being a hobby to a weird obsession..

[@dcham041]

Her X fiancé made her choose between him or the puppets- I guess he was the real dummy.

[@thedruid1151]

Right? I mean she's got those fucking puppets but she's not ugly, and her body is nice.

[@dcham041]

The Druid Exacly

[@sneakerlove5313]

D Chamberlain buh dum dum kush

[@DatGitGhaz]

@@thedruid1151 there's so many good looking girls out there who aren't annoying as fuck and obsessed with puppets though

[@ashleigh9756]

The Druid wow thats all that matters huh? face and body? pfft youre a loser....

[@goddessparis5264]

I wanted to see what she does with the black puppet.

[@PurpleMintSam]

Omg I was thinking the same thing! Like, what stereotypically racist voice does she have for that puppet?

[@im.not.typical91]

Doubt it most of her puppets have a very similar personality

[@OnlySlams]

Literally came to say this lmfaoo mammy lookin ass puppet

[@autumnsunsets5091]

@@PurpleMintSam LMAO omg

[@MelB868]

How can a puppet have a personality?

[@user-je4ko9kc3g]

I don’t know if it’s just May scaring the children

[@HighlyRegardted]

I like to think she just practices each characters “WOOOOOOOO!” for 4-6 hours a day

[@Goblin_goblet]

The cat lady is actually doing really well for herself and is an inspiration. Those cats are well taken care of.

[@kirstynhall9057]

Why is it such a big deal that these women go on dates? Why can't women be single and happy? They focus so much on love, but I know plenty of people who are single in their 50's and happy. Women do not need a man to be happy.

[@emmapedersen1221]

We as humans crave relationships. You might think that single 50 year old is happy. But are they really? I have seen lots of people who said fuck relationships and then became desperate when they get older. Being in a relationship has its good and bad. It’s something to love and fight for. I love my man, he is so wonderful and adds to my life.

[@nicolem8122]

@Kirstyn Hall Girl preach 👏👏👏 relationships are over rated. There's nothing wrong with loving yourself and not putting up with people's BS.

[@okumuracosplay8316]

I know I’ve have not been in a relationship for 19 years. I’m still happy and my friends are all I need. No boy will ever truly understand how a women’s body or mind works. My lady friends are the way to go.

[@okumuracosplay8316]

All men are for me is to spread offspring if I chose to have some, or whatever. We can still pleasure ourselves. Men are not always the answer.

[@VintageToilet]

I was looking for this comment! Like damn what’s with all this “do you have a man?” stuff 😭💀😂 Shouldn’t the real question be about confidence with themselves or why they cling so obsessively to things? Like do you love yourself more than cats or puppets? But naw it’s about getting a man and kids lmao.

[@metal0369]

Says she was fat in jr high school. Cuts clip to her not being fat I’m jr high.

[@hannahcarpenter9842]

Big Biscuit Big Biscuit

[@boots2396]

Big Biscuit Big Biscuit

[@leah2308]

Big Biscuit Big Biscuit

[@demon_child1637]

Why everybody sayin big biscuit?😅

[@Mat59582]

Big Biscuit Big Biscuit

[@BeautyBeauty-di8xq]

I'm addicted to cats too but smart enough to realize you can't have every cat in the world!

[@jadenbegman345]

Im addicted to cats to But mostley to cat object. I only own 4 cats and I take care of them all fine

[@jenniferhcsmith-5586]

I love too adopt elderly senior dogs. I believe 2 dogs is my total limit. It's not fair for the animal or my financial means

[@cupofjohoe]

There's definitely something else going on with April. She spends $2k a month on her puppets? They're in awful shape. I feel like she might have a different addiction she's dealing with

[@farcyde2948]

Like what? Heroin? Crystal?

[@yoleeisbored]

And she lives in New York. Wow.. she must have a really good job

[@shelleykemp6259]

When the therapist says she sees her eyes through those I think she has Different personalities And that’s why she talks different through each and everyone of them

[@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen]

Well where does she get the 2 grand a month for her puppets? And what on earth costs that much for the puppets?

[@woohoobarz]

@@Mr.EmeraldTheGreenif they were like high grade puppets I’d believe it but the ones she has just seem very low quality

[@kevinkuczkowski8693]

“They won’t let you down like people do” my cat: TiMe To ScRaTcH

[@jikaarthou]

The lady who rescues, trapps the cats is not crazy cat lady, she just has kind heart. Its very hard find homes for cats. Her house is very clean, and her cats very well took care of.

[@ebony8x10]

No one. Absolutely no one. Puppet lady: I just call them my children don’t worry

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

No one what? Your comment makes no sense.

[@sophiadiana8728]

This poor woman seems so damaged

[@homelesshannah50]

Which woman?

[@tahrondavis8080]

April aint working 9 hours and living in NYC! Mom is paying!!!

[@HighlyRegardted]

Facts that’s why her mom asked “what’s plan B”

[@dracula667.]

I'd be friends with the puppy lady, I like weird. But her literally talking through the puppets in every conversation would definitely get old. If she could maybe separate herself from the puppet I think she'd be totally fine.

[@cherry9669]

I agree, I like her quirkiness. These shows always seem to cast people in bad lights but she seems like a cool, funny chick. That’s the difference between a compulsive addiction and hyper interest or obsession though.

[@Kriswixx]

look up Nina CONTI.

[@seanrubiolo4055]

April’s Sister: “Can I just talk to you and not the puppet?” April: “Sorry, she’s just having a day.” 😂

[@squashedshibber2684]

Puppet lady is literally everyone in nyc, how is she weirder than anyone else in that shitshow?

[@yoleeisbored]

Lol how does she afford to live in New York

[@thatone9612]

Im serious my uncle knew her in highschool. She would bring the puppet May everywhere! She dressed up May for Prom, she used the puppets to hit on my uncle but it creeped him out.

[@paytonk01]

dangggg

[@DOEROCKSAH]

The puppet lady is prolly a freak in the sheets..

[@planbskaterchu]

I guarantee you she brings the puppets into bed.

[@Fusiongearz]

I mean if you want to have a threesome with her and one of the puppets I guess. Plus, she will talk about herself in the third person....

[@crystaleunoia3974]

Imagine her giving a guy a hand job with a puppet on her hand. 😱

[@DOEROCKSAH]

crystal eunoia 😍😘

[@GummyDinosaursify]

Next on my Strange Addiction: Guy on internet is sexually attracted to puppets

[@TheIcecoldorange]

This is how Nicole Ritchie would look if she wasn’t famous

[@cemetarymama]

TheIcecoldorange well she’s adopted, they may be related.

[@emilinebelle7811]

YES

[@briloveskurthummelbriones9135]

The way she said "I'm addicted to Ventriloquism" she's so weird she's one weird person

[@crazymetalheadgirl3685]

She definitely has multiple personalities.

[@macbreezy07]

She said the puppets gotta do something cause they gotta pay rent 😂😂

[@gabybetancourt4773]

What’s horrible is what leads these people to become addicted to these things, I feel like every time this happens it’s bc of either childhood “trauma” or the loss of a loved one, and this is their coping mechanism 😕

[@emryekipe]

The cat lady should open like a cat café type environment to make extra money and other people can pay to play with the cats.

[@breeeaster6430]

The puppet lady looks like the lady who went on a date with gru in despicable me😂

[@monsemaniaa]

Lucy?

[@chosenbychrist3201]

Lady: you think a relationship w/ a cat is better than a relationship w/ people Cat lady: they won’t let u down like people will. FEELLLLLLTTTTT

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

I guess if you enjoy having poop and hairballs all over your house...

[@kayetic]

@@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean cats don’t poop on house floorings

[@maddyg8572]

Mom : I wan her to have 2.5 kids and a husband Me: huh how do you have 2.5 kids

[@fandomfancy2450]

the .5 is a dog/cat 😅😂

[@martinitime3537]

I can think of worse addictions than having puppets. The cat lady, however is endangering her health.

[@hobbitfan8686]

April should get a job at Sesame Street!

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

No, you have to be GOOD with puppets to work there. She couldn't even get a job playing Punch and Judy on a street corner.

[@bileigh8675]

Would love to see April find a life partner who is also a puppet person. ;D

[@lukemarshall118]

Maybe she wants to stay single

[@ebony8x10]

No one. Cat lady to cats: spspspspspspspsps

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

No one what? Your comment makes no sense.

[@vanillajack5925]

Wow, she's not even a good ventriloquist...

[@melissacooper4282]

Ikr? I saw her lips move!

[@adriangarcia543]

Someone should make a new strange addiction episodes

[@jsin22366322]

Do what makes you happy. People are the ones with the problem.

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

Charles Mason, Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, and John Wayne Gacey all did what made them happy. They weren't the ones with the problem?

[@pamsworld9442]

Up next folks, My strange addiction, New York woman marries her puppet.

[@zach_science3009]

Her cats are soo cute but that amount of cats seems SUPER stressful

[@joshuaerenberg2971]

I live an hour north of NYC, and go there pretty often, and I feel like I’ve seen the ventriloquist lady before.

[@HighlyRegardted]

Yeah I live like 2 hrs outside the city and I’ve def heard stories of her at the comedy clubs... nothing good

[@paytonk01]

@@HighlyRegardted like what lol

[@mudkipforever6754]

April: I can’t imagine anything that would stop me from being a ventriloquist Me: death

[@lays9945]

Chara Cipher ghost ventriloquist

[@mudkipforever6754]

layne nicole fair point

[@HighlyRegardted]

Having the equivalent of the Spanish Inquisition... but for puppets...?

[@eggspectations]

Those puppets are decrepit and horrifying. One of my best friends builds them and it takes an extreme amount of work AND UPKEEP to make them visually appealing

[@Black.Girl_Melanin519]

"Three words leave me alone" Thats a mood 🙃

[@EEE-ie6rm]

That’s just creepy

[@emilyquimby8453]

Three words for the puppet lady, “You. Need. Jesus.”

[@ghostnebula8805]

Adding an imaginary friend will just make things worse.

[@emilyquimby8453]

I'll be praying for you

[@homelesshannah50]

@@ghostnebula8805 Ok that was funny[sorry Jesus]

[@crevomon6041]

@@ghostnebula8805 Jesus isn't imaginary. You're just saying that because you don't know him

[@ruthcostigan4268]

I have a feeling April might have Aspergers I have it too and it really fuels life long obsessions.

[@JustinEShier]

How can the puppet lady live in NEWYORK without a full time job?

[@angelzepeda3081]

"they won't let you down like people will" *fucking mood*

[@legoman-ue8zs]

did they test that cat lady for toxoplasma? Aka cat disease...?

[@GummyDinosaursify]

Toxoplasma is mostly contracted through uncooked meat, not cat poop. I mean, you CAN get it from cat poop but it's not common enough for it to be called "cat disease".

[@JesseScott2016]

I hope April gets the help she needs.

[@HighlyRegardted]

Puppet Lady really out here just waiting for her big break...

[@cloey2089]

I would GLADLY move in with the lady and her tiny little kitties!

[@firstnamelastname4680]

“ Hi my name’s April!❤️✨🥰👸🦄🦋” “and I’m addicted to vantriliquism 😈👹☠️😵🤬😤

[@ithalynnbrooks3521]

That puppet lady is two steps from Bellevue instead of collecting cats due to loneliness why wouldn't you do something productive like be a foster parent or volunteer with the elderly something logical

[@ethanbruner1383]

12:17 killed me lmao

[@pumpkinpeejays]

I think April is a good fit for Sesame Street.

[@basementdwellercosplay]

How many litter boxes she got cause you're suppose to have 1-2 per cat

[@ZAIREE]

Lala Lala; Come work for Elmo

[@davidmoore535]

April reminds me of me when I would go to FAO Schwartz and play with the Muppet whatnot!!

[@nicolem8122]

The cat lady hasn't heard of Amazon prime 🤔

[@HighlyRegardted]

She gotta be on that PetCo delivery subscription by now...

[@EmilyElizabethxox]

This was made back in like 2011. Amazon prime wasn’t as huge as it is now.

[@somecallmelizx]

So the puppet lady is essentially Robbie from Victorious grown, in female form! LOL

[@dawnofthewalkers4915]

21 cats were fine but the 22 cats was what pushed it over the edge.

[@shreckitralph4611]

cat lady: at least we have credit cards me: at least you have money!!!!

[@pink_sunflowers1836]

The cat lady is Sooooooooo amazing and cute

[@daisygreen5842]

Why does the cat lady look like my boyfriend’s mom

[@rubyy_922]

Yooo 😂😂 I'm dead ☠️☠️ maybe it'll b her soon 😂😂

[@sinatramarie9642]

Wow you have a boyfriend can't relate. Must be nice

[@codyanntaylor9623]

sinatramarie ikr

[@paytonk01]

@@sinatramarie9642 dude same

[@yazalen13451]

Meanwhile cat lady's friend looks like she could be one of aprils puppets... o.o

[@Kolleenyayyy77]

The cat lady is actually taking wonderful care of those cats. Who knows where they would be if she wasn’t taking care of them. I think it’s wonderful that she cares for them. I know it makes her sick and she probably shouldn’t have so many but all that aside she’s doing a great thing and providing for them very well.

[@applefarm6126]

Kollie Mcleod smh

[@c.f.7408]

Damn she's picking up cats in batches!!

[@babyinatrenchcoat762]

i thought this was my strange addiction not hoarders buried alived, cat addiction

[@clementinemonroe717]

Dead eyes empty shes the puppet

[@clementinemonroe717]

Crazy cat lady completely sound compared to puppet nut

[@jada7402]

I Love Cats so much 🖤

[@rmannayr2129]

THE PUPPET LADY IS CRAZY!

[@moonstarsshow8501]

We’ve found the real cat lady

[@DhaniNMarie]

Even the Sesame Street puppeteers are more normal than April.

[@taylort3674]

From the sound of it Debby isnt a bad person. She just wants to help these animals and i think thats not something she should be shamed for as much as she clearly needs help and understanding. Otherwise its just going to drive her away from any help she needs. While its not quite hoarding, it is teetering on it, but even in those situations the issue is these are people who just want to help the animals they take in and you have to understand that. You gotta keep in mind these are human beings and they don't revoke that the moment theyre "weird" even if its funny I think it would help Debby at least if she could be connected with an animal rescue or even be allowed to work with one because she means well but also needs resources to help her keep it under control such as means to find homes for the cats she cant care for without negatively impacting her own health

[@Hannah-io9jb]

The cat lady is very concerning to me. For one, it's affecting her physical and mental well being. Second, you're not supposed to have more than three cats under one household. It is known to cause stress on cats when they're all forced to live together when there's that many.

[@homelesshannah50]

So you asked them and they TOLD you this right? Please I have seen many people put cats together and they just like having a roof over their head, food to eat, a clean place to poop and a comfy place to sleep. Always gotta be one of you wannabe "cat whisperers" in the bunch

[@paytonk01]

If she came up to me with her puppets I would run away lollll

Just make some prank calls and you are golden

[@kaitlynnhannibal7890]

She knows she still paying money right credit cards don't give you free money XD

[@DopamjneRush]

I. Her head it’s free cuz she can’t see it lol

[@zynvxyz]

I can imagine the lady's sparring partner would be a puppet if she would box

[@Snookie222]

MY HEART DROPPED WHEN SHE SAID “MAMA KITTY” MY CAT IS NAMED THE SAME THING!!!

[@adriangarcia543]

it'd be fascinated to see someone like to be a puppet and giantess and maybe the greatest showman or silent movie characters

[@pacificnorthwestnative5050]

I swear I just saw the puppet chick doing a commercial!

[@jcxelyn.calieo5547]

Alright but all those cats are so adorable

[@elisemcintee6580]

I feel like the cat lady would be great at rehabilitation and maybe just keep a few as her own :)

[@SCGDJ]

BRUH IM IN LUV WITH THE PUPPET LADY HER VOICE AHHHHH

[@postmodernfairy1747]

Cats won't let you down like people do.... *stares at my personal fluffy jerk* no...no he won't

[@showgun1683]

How do you NOT have a "9 to 5" and still live in N.Y? That's close to impossible.

[@noih3065]

the puppet lady has a Mr. Goodman puppet

[@fiftyshadesofgay5738]

I was looking for this comment...

[@HisRarity]

Ehh SKIRT Being a "good sister" would require you to be a supportive sister, which is apparently a quality that you lack. As for the cat lady, she's just has too good of a heart for her own good. These are not strange addictions, these are two misunderstood people.

[@applefarm6126]

UwU she doesn’t lack that quality and no their not misunderstood they need help

[@vricesee4027]

Wonder how many three ways shes had with that puppet and some drunk desperate guy

[@KO.42]

She's like that puppet guy from Victorious 💀

[@cuteyalexcat8799]

I love cats and I wish I was her friends

[@hxney_txffy]

The cat lady takes the phrase “crazy cat lady” too far But hey at least she takes care of them properly and her house isn’t that much of a mess

[@miriamfuentes6928]

Okay but cats are so cute when she say they won’t let u down she not wrong LKAOO

[@boblarry7879]

If I ever win the lottery I would be a replica of Debbie without a doubt. I'd rescue them all!! haha