‘Gossip Girl’ Star Samantha Rose Baldwin Literally Runs Through Fire (and Drama) to Save Her Cat

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In what can only be described as the most dramatic rescue since a soap opera finale, Samantha Rose Baldwin, the 26-year-old actress best known as Shelby Wright on the Gossip Girl reboot, took “cat mom” duties to a whole new level by sprinting through the blazing Palisades fire to rescue her feline overlord, Kitty.

โ€œIt was like my brain short-circuited,โ€ Samantha told The Daily Mail. โ€œOne moment, I was eating cereal, and the next, I was thinking, โ€˜Can I save my cat? Also, is my dad wearing socks as he evacuates?โ€™ Multitasking under pressure is my superpower.โ€

Dadโ€™s Off Saving Kids; Samanthaโ€™s Saving Kitty
While her dad, a security guard, heroically evacuated kids from a nearby school (which later burned down like the climax of a disaster movie), Samantha knew her mission: rescue the cat. Traffic, however, had other plans. Staring at a freeway jam that could rival LAโ€™s worst, she ditched her car and decided to jog home like it was a casual, fiery 5K.

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โ€œI was running down Sunset Boulevard,โ€ she recalled. โ€œIโ€™m sure some people thought, โ€˜Oh, cool, another fitness influencer,โ€™ but nopeโ€”just a girl running for her life.โ€

Hide-and-Seek: Cat Edition
When Samantha finally reached her apartment, Kitty was, of course, in the least convenient hiding spot: inside the couch. Yes, inside. โ€œItโ€™s like she watched one disaster movie and thought, โ€˜I know how to survive this!โ€™โ€ Samantha quipped. After 20 frantic minutes of tugging at furniture and yelling, โ€œKitty, Iโ€™m not leaving without you!โ€ she found her fur baby. She wrapped Kitty in a blanket, stuffed her into a cat carrier backpack (which, letโ€™s face it, sounds like a hipster survival kit), and bolted.

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Fire, Smoke, andโ€ฆ a Rolling Suitcase?
Outside, things went full action-movie mode. The fire had closed off her path back to the car, and she found herself caught between flames and the ocean. Whatโ€™s a girl to do? Run toward the water, obviously, dragging a suitcase behind her like she was late for a flight.

โ€œI was dodging flaming branches and cars, with Kitty strapped to my back like an extremely unhelpful sidekick,โ€ Samantha said. โ€œAt one point, I thought, โ€˜Is this my audition for the next Fast & Furious movie?โ€™โ€

The Emotional Plot Twist
As she sprinted toward the beach, smoke and ash swirling around her like she was in the apocalypse, Samantha called her mom. โ€œI told her I loved her because, letโ€™s be real, I wasnโ€™t sure if this was my big finale,โ€ she admitted. Thankfully, it wasnโ€™t. Samantha and Kitty made it to safety, where they reunited with her dad.

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The Aftermath: Mad Max Meets Cat Mom
Currently recovering at a friendโ€™s house in North Hollywood, Samantha summed up her ordeal: โ€œMy body feels like I got into a fight with a busโ€”and lost. I looked like Iโ€™d just stepped off the set of Mad Max with all the ash on me. But hey, my cat is safe, my dad is safe, and Iโ€™m alive. I think I deserve a napโ€ฆ and maybe a medal.โ€

Samantha, we salute you, Kittyโ€™s lucky youโ€™re not just a regular cat momโ€”youโ€™re a Gossip Girl cat mom. XOXO.

‘Gossip Girl’ Star Samantha Rose Baldwin Literally Runs Through Fire (and Drama) to Save Her Cat

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