You guys know I am only covering this story because kitties, but it’s a nice story – and kitties. Beth Ostrosky Stern, Howard Stern’s wife of seven years, is an animal lover and is involved in animal charities. (I still remember the sweet message she posted when their bulldog passed, it broke my heart.) Beth has been fostering cats and kittens in her home for some time now, and I’m just discovering her kind of amazing Instagram account in which she posts photos of the kittens just looking adorable and doing kitten stuff. Apparently this is making her Internet famous, she has 210,000 followers on Instagram, and she’s giving her talkshow host husband a run for his money. The couple told a cute story about how they were out at dinner and Beth got recognized from Instagram.
“Poor Howard” is what Beth Stern thought on a recent night out when some hard-core fans approached the table where she was eating with her hubby Howard Stern.
But they weren’t there to snap selfies with the shock jock — they were obsessed with the statuesque blonde’s Instagram account, which chronicles her days spent fostering litters of adorable kittens. Beth now has over 200,000 followers.
“They were saying, ‘I love your Instagram,’” Beth tells Confidenti@l. She notes that it’s now common for people to approach her to talk about her life’s work. “Little kids everywhere are like, ‘It’s Yoda’s mom!’ I’ve found my purpose in life, definitely.”
[From The NY Daily News]
Beth has her second book out, it’s an illustrated children’s book called Yoda Gets a Buddy and is a follow up to her 2014 children’s book, Yoda: The Story of a Cat and His Kittens. The books are based on the true story of Yoda, a sickly rescue cat with a heart problem who found new purpose and health fostering kittens at the Sterns’ home. In this follow up, Yoda meets Buddy, a blind cat who also needed a lot of TLC and became friends and helpmates with Yoda. Beth’s new book is out today and it’s sure to do well as her first book was a NY Times Bestseller. The best part? All proceeds go to the North Shore Animal League! Just looking through Beth’s photos you can tell she loves animals more than anything.
Here are some of the incredible cats that the Sterns are fostering.
This cat looks like Puss ‘N Boots!
photo credit: Beth Stern/Instagram, Getty Images and WENN.com
