Grammy-Winning Songwriter Diane Warren Adopts Wilbur the Pig After Viral Video
Four potential adopters bid in a silent auction before Warren’s representative won the pig, which will live at her seven-acre Malibu sanctuary.
- On Thursday, Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren won a silent auction at the West Los Angeles Animal Shelter to adopt Wilbur, a piglet that went viral after running loose through West Hollywood last weekend.
- Internet fame followed a video by resident Jamaal Harrison posted to TikTok Saturday showing his futile attempt to catch the pig on an e-bike, prompting the shelter to hold an auction due to high interest.
- After Warren urged her to "Please get the pig, get the pig!" upon seeing news clips, Marcia Zwilling, managing director of the Diane Warren Foundation, placed the winning bid on her behalf.
- Wilbur now resides at Warren's seven-acre animal sanctuary in Malibu, occupying a 24-foot by 24-foot enclosure alongside a pig named Wiener and enjoying daily gourmet salads.
- This marks the latest rescue for the songwriter, who previously saved a runaway cow in 2021, and Warren, with numerous Academy Awards nominations, quipped, "I lose Oscars but I won a pig.
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Grammy-winning singer adopts runaway piglet
LOS ANGELES (CBS, KYMA) - A runaway piglet in west Hollywood is moving to the lap of luxury as "Wilbur" was adopted by Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren. She's behind hits like Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" and Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me." Wilbur went viral tearing through the streets of Hollywood last weekend before ending up at an animal shelter. Marcia Zwilling of the Diane Warren Foundation placed the winning bid in a sile…
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Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren adopts Wilbur the pig after viral video
Wilbur, the runaway pig who was spotted scampering through a neighborhood, has found a forever home.
Wilbur, runaway pig in the city of West Hollywood, adopted by Grammy-winning songwriter
Four parties wanted to adopt the animal who went viral over the weekend.Diane Warren has adopted the internet-famous pig WilburCredit: abc 7Key PointsA pig who the internet named “Wilbur” went viral for running through West Hollywood over the weekend.One of the people watching was a very famous songwriter, who won the pig in a silent auction.She’s considering a name change.Famed songwriter Diane Warren just added another animal to her family: th…
The popular "West Hollywood pig", who starred in a small-scale chase through the streets of West Hollywood over the weekend, has been adopted by composer Diane Warren; this was confirmed by Marcia Zwilling, representative of Grammy's winning artist. According to the Los Angeles Animal Services Department, in view of the existence of several potential adopters interested in Wilbur, a silent auction was scheduled, "a process that offers a fair and…
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