Your the first person I have heard sayng it is fake. Any proof it is?
Photo was given to the AP by the "owner".
Kittens are born with their eyes closed, and when their eyes do open, they are always blue.
Even if this kitty was mutant enough to have been born with an open eye, the owner says it is a Ragdoll kitten. ALL Ragdolls have blue eyes, so this kitten would not have the genetic ability to have a brown eye.
It does not have a cat pupil.
If it were born deformed, what are the odds that it would have a perfectly centered open round eye?
My last point is that the AP prints what anyone tells them, without verification.
My personal opinion is that it is photoshopped.