Elmo, Sesame Street and hack
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Nothing is sacred anymore, not even 'Sesame Street.' Our beloved Elmo had his account hacked in order to spew some hateful (and confusing) nonsense.
Sesame Workshop worked to regain full control over its Elmo account on the X platform Monday after a hacker gained access and posted a string of racist and antisemitic messages.
People posing as Elmo have a history of saying really bad stuff about Jews. Larry David may have been right to attack the puppet.
Horrific posts on the "Sesame Street" character's X account only remained online for a short period, but still went viral.
Elmo, the beloved Sesame Street character turned social media influencer, has done a complete 360 by posting the most outrageously offensive tweets since Kanye West’s Twitter meltdown earlier this year.
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The official X account of popular Sesame Street character Elmo appeared to be hacked on Sunday, with new posts urging Trump to release the Epstein files