I fell in love last week! His name is Riley and he is a real animal. I just could not stop touching and cuddling him. He was so very handsome and smooth and ... he was a 35 pound, 5 month old Asian leopard cub. ( RILEY )
Riley and his handler were guests on our show ("The FOX Morning Show with Mike and Juliet") and as luck would have it, I was on the set that day to work a food segment. ( RILEY )

I simply could not get enough of Riley ... never mind that I was supposed to style 'sexy foods', all I wanted to do was to get my hands on this fantastic creature and play with him. His handler, I think his name was Lee Huntsman, ( RILEY ) I really did not pay any attention to anything after he answered my question: "Can I please touch him?" (the leopard that is) with, "Yes, go ahead, we love people to play with him." The rest is a blur; I just pounced on the big cat and proceeded to practically maul him. ( RILEY ) I was that thrilled, this was a dream come true; actually handling, touching, feeling, loving a beautiful creature like Riley. I guess you can tell from the pictures that I was one happy girl. ( RILEY ) I am sorry that I can't tell you anymore about Riley or why he was on the show. I did not pay any attention to anything else but to play with him. And then he was gone. Off he went with his pink, slightly tattered teddy bear toy and I will never see him again.- How sad, but I will always remember how deeply happy I was that day - thank you Riley - I won't ever forget you. ( RILEY )