Texas Zoom Kitty Lawyer Rod Ponton Tells CBS News 'Go Ahead and Laugh at Me'

Poor Rod Ponton was just trying to do his job, but he became an attorney at claws. A routine legal session turned into the Zoom filter seen ‘round the world, when Ponton appeared in the proceedings as a big-eyed kitten. The moment went viral. And Ponton doesn’t seem to mind. “Our nation needs a collective laugh,” he told CBS News’ Vlad Duthiers. “If they have that laugh at my expense, go ahead. I'm happy."