Jon Stewart spoofs Elmo's X account
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It was going to be so funny. But sadly at the last minute we had to scrap all that because Elmo … lost his f—ing mind.” Stewart was referring to the hacking of Elmo’s X account by an unknown entity on Sunday,
Jon Stewart hosted Elmo on tonight’s show, which was initially supposed to be about the tariffs. Remember those? Trump added a 17% tax to Mexican tomatoes today. But instead, Stewart did an extended riff about Elmo getting radicalized by the manosphere because he is a victim of the Male Loneliness Epidemic. The truth does, in fact, hurt.
A spokesperson for “Sesame Street” confirmed to Variety that Elmo’s official X account was “compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts.” The tweets,
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