Singer Iman Fandi’s ‘lion’ security guard is a giant cat named Rome

Her Maine Coon is about 6kg and the massive cat is not fully grown yet. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – The security guard at Iman Fandi’s home does not wear a uniform. He wears a thick cream-coloured coat and looks like a small lion.

Rome, her massive four-year-old Maine Coon, stations himself in the living room whenever people come over, eyeing them like he is on patrol.

“He’s the biggest pet I have, and the naughtiest,” the singer-model, 25, says with a laugh.

Rome weighs between 4 and 6kg and is still growing. While most cat breeds stop growing at 12 to 18 months, Maine Coons typically reach their full size and physical maturity between three and five years old. Maine Coons are the largest domestic cats and can grow to about 11kg.

Iman, the only daughter of local football legend Fandi Ahmad, grew up in a home where cats were everywhere. Her mother, former model Wendy Jacobs, frequently took in strays and the household soon swelled.

“At one point, when I was younger – I think until about six years old – we had 10 cats in the house. My mum was the one that started this for all of us,” says Iman. She adds that her footballer brothers – Irfan, 28, Ikhsan, 26, Ilhan, 23, and Iryan, 19 – are cat lovers too.