After the beloved character’s X account was hacked, Jon Stewart decided to have some fun with a look-alike puppet of Elmo on the “The Daily Show” on Monday. The talk show host reminded the audience with a photo that he had worked with the famed muppet years ago and said he was “shocked” by the tweets.

Jon Stewart told "Daily Show" viewers that the original "well-designed, articulate" version of the Comedy Central series' Monday night episode had to be scrapped "because Elmo lost his f--king mind." Referencing the recent online hack that resulted in antisemitic,