Elmo is not having the best week. First the internet trauma dumped on the 'Sesame Street' icon with his innocent post on X going viral, and now Larry David attacked the cheerful red puppet on live TV seemingly out of nowhere. The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' star was waiting for his upcoming segment to promote his HBO comedy's final season on NBC's 'Today' when he abruptly surprised everyone by walking onto an unrelated live segment featuring Elmo, grabbing the puppet's face and essentially pummeling it.
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00:00 "Oh my gosh!"
00:04 Let's just say, Elmo is not having the best week.
00:07 First, the internet trauma-dumped on the Sesame Street icon with his innocent post on X going
00:12 viral.
00:13 And now, Larry David attacked the cheerful red puppet on live TV, seemingly out of nowhere.
00:18 The Curb Your Enthusiasm star was waiting for his upcoming segment to promote his HBO
00:22 comedy's final season on NBC's Today, when he abruptly surprised everyone by walking
00:28 onto an unrelated live segment featuring Elmo, grabbing the puppet's face and essentially
00:33 pummeling it.
00:38 The moment did not seem to be planned given the looks on everyone's faces.
00:42 After the rather shocking exchange, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb joined David for his
00:46 segment where they asked the star to apologize.
00:49 "Go ahead, say you're sorry."
00:50 "Elmo."
00:51 "Larry."
00:52 "I just want to apologize."
00:53 "Thank you, Larry."
00:54 "Elmo, Elmo, I'm sorry."
00:55 "I'm very big of you."
00:56 "I'm sorry."
00:57 "I'm sorry."
00:58 "I'm sorry."
00:59 "Elmo accepts your apology, Larry."
01:00 Elmo's rough week started after simply asking how everyone was doing on social media.
01:04 Celebrities, brands, and other users across the platform, including cynics, chimed in
01:09 with their problems and despair.
01:11 There were thousands of replies, and they got so dark that the account eventually directed
01:15 users to mental health resources.
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