Sesame Street shared a statement on Elmo's X condemning the anti-semitic and racist posts made by the hacked account over the weekend.

Elmo, the beloved fuzzy red resident of Sesame Street, is back on social media after the character’s X account was hacked by an “outside party” that posted antisemitic rantings and amplified conspirac...

Many X users insisted that the account should address the incident, and seemed to treat Elmo as if he were a real person instead of a fictional TV character.