Peter Dinklage and Grumpy Cat did not take a selfie together. Sorry to break your heart, Internet.
A photo purportedly showing the Game of Thrones star posing with the world's most famous cat appeared on Twitter on Friday. Media outlets began running headlines like "Tyrion Lannister Cheats On Ser Pounce With Grumpy Cat" and "Peter Dinklage Taking A 'Selfie' With Grumpy Cat Is The Best Thing You'll See Today."
Well, it is the best Photoshopped thing you'll see today.
Peter Dinklage & Grumpy cat pic.twitter.com/fTwf29XuVC— Henry Path (@henrypath) June 27, 2014
Here is the original photo, posted to Imgur two months ago:
Grumpy Cat's agent, Ben Lashes, confirmed to Mashable that Grumpy had never met Dinklage.
"She's never met anyone from the [Game of Thrones] cast. She did the Iron Throne exhibit at the SXSW and missed an actress by an hour. That's the closest it's gotten," Lashes said.
Update, June 27, 7:00 p.m. EST: Will Oliver, the man in the original image with Dinklage, told Mashable that the selfie was taken at the X-Men Live event in May.
"I ended up meeting Peter Dinklage while there and asked to take a photo with him," Oliver said. "Since I'm on the tall end (I'm about 6'6), he then went to take the photo for me selfie style. The ORIGINAL photo that we took is posted on my Instagram account."
Oliver says he doesn't know who Photoshopped Grumpy Cat into his image, but he described the response as "nuts."