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We're not the only ones who have opened up our hearts and homes to these often misunderstood creatures. Check out the list of celebrities that have caught the rattie love bug!

Clint Eastwood (Actor)
Source: ABCNews.com Article. Clint even cleans their cages!

John Cleese (Monty Python)
Source: Rat Report, February 2001. Sam and Tony put him at ease before he tackles a project. Here's an article on Monty Python's Daily Llama that mentions them.

Frankie Muniz (Malcolm on Malcolm in the Middle)
Source: Yahooligans Chat Transcript. At the date of this chat, Frankie's rat had no name yet...

Justin Berfield (Reese on Malcolm in the Middle)
Source: Teenmag.com Article and Efanguide.com Biography.

Edward Furlong (Terminator II)
Source: Rat Report, November 1998. Saved rats from the filming of the movie Pecker, which were going to be killed after filming.

Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted, Tomb Raider)
Source: MSN Entertainment article. Harry was a gift from her husband, Billy Bob Thornton.

Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane, Starship)
Source: Rat Report, July 2000. She likes being licked!

Howie Mandell's wife
Source: The Howie Mandell Show where Debbie Ducommun of the Rat Fan Club was a guest.

Lynn Herring (Port Charles and General Hospital)
Source: Celebrity Interview Q&A archive

Rikki Rockett (Poison)
Source: Animal News.com Interview

Marylin Manson's mom (Parent of Recording Artist)
Source: Oh the things you find on the internet.... He had a pet snake, and she was supposed to feed it rats when he left home. Instead, she adopted them as pets.

Michael Jackson (Musical Artist)
Source: Africana.com Article. Wrote a song about his pet rat Ben ("Ben", 1972)

Beatrix Potter (Author)
Source: RMCA Article. Dedicated a book ('The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding') to her PEW

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Source: Article from Bartleby.com. Had a male 'piebald' and two kangaroo rats; also kept dogs, a macaw, a pony, and a flying squirrel

Taran Noah Smith (Mark on Home Improvement)
Source: An issue of People Magazine (dated 09/03/01) featured a photo of Taran with his pet rat and dog.

Pink (Recording Artist)
Source: Radio Station 107.5 KZL in NC in the Music News section. "In concert this summer, Pink will be able to bring her two most prized possessions with her on The Party Tour. 'I'm taking my rats,' Pink said. 'Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute.'" Pink recently wrote a letter to Petco, urging them to stop selling live animals. Thanks for joining the crusade! Read her letter here.

The Mikkelsons (Snopes.com Geniuses)
In a recent interview, Barbara Mikkelson confirms she and her husband own "cats and rats," which of course the interviewer finds funny because so many urban legends involve rats. How appropriate--rats, after all, are the poster children for putting reason and compassion before fear and superstition.

Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton (MTV News)
Nicole Richie admitted to owning six rats, all named after characters in the popular "Beverly Hills: 90210" television series. She also gave a rat, also named after an actor, as a gift to her close friend Paris Hilton.