We asked Chris Ariens from our sister blog TVNewser if he knew how this happened. He sent us this:

My theory: during the taping of the live show, a technical director punched the wrong button which included a still image of the cat (why they had a still image of a cat eating spaghetti is another question).

Or they were just trying to get on The Soup.

Perhaps.

We put in a call to the publicist for the show. She didn't know what we were talking about. Apparently, we were the first people to say to her,"You know the kitten with spaghetti clip on The Soup" this morning.

She's yet to get back to us.