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In Kate Upton’s Vogue UK interview, the model/actress takes a walk down memory lane, stopping to shed some light on the now-infamous "Cat Daddy" video, which many attribute as her first real claim to fame. Upton admits she was not happy with Terry Richardson, a fashion photographer who's generally considered yucky in scientific terms, for leaking the video. She remembers saying, "That was disrespectful, you could have told me!" It seems the bad blood didn’t last long though, with Terry telling Vogue UK to not thank him for his stardom because she "was born a star." Upton forgave and forgot the invasive move, saying, "Now, obviously, it's fine,"