Elmo has had a rough week. First everyone on Twitter dumped their trauma all over him, and now beloved curmudgeon Larry David has beaten him up on live television. To what end, Larry? To what end?
Larry David attacks Elmo on live TV.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 1, 2024
“Somebody had to do it!” pic.twitter.com/KT0nlHejNY
Elmo and his dad Louie appeared on The Today Show in order to discuss Elmo’s viral tweet and the subsequent trauma dump, and everyone was having a nice time and a pleasant conversation until David walked behind the couch and started wailing on Elmo, who in addition to being a Muppet is only three years old.
https://t.co/rFctxpm1uD pic.twitter.com/JHOes4gLIv
— Ethan Dragon (@ethandragonVA) February 1, 2024
Smiling, David then walks off set as Elmo shouts after him, “Mr. Larry, Elmo loved you before!” suggesting that Elmo no longer loves him and does indeed have limits. David, meanwhile, yelled that “Somebody had to do it!,” which suggests there’s an existing beef between David and Elmo that we’re not privy to. The hosts on the couch were laughing throughout the altercation, while Al Roker stood in front of the weather map looking how we all felt: shell-shocked.
the best part of the elmo and larry clip is when elmo is shaking with rage after larry apologizes to him pic.twitter.com/Cc7tV2RjHJ
— rachel (@rachelmillman) February 2, 2024
David was then made to apologize to Elmo “from [his] heart,” and Elmo graciously accepted his apology, although he seemed to be still slightly shaken by the encounter, shouting at David while accepting his apology. David, in typical David fashion, seemed chastened, particularly when Hoda and Jenna call Elmo a sweetheart only to follow it up with, “Larry, you are not.” Ouch.
Look, I had no idea that Larry David was going to assault Elmo on the Today Show. https://t.co/gFnWbja4fP
— Christine Kelley (@ballardiangorse) February 1, 2024
We have no idea what drove David to commit such an act of violence — is it an elaborate promo for the upcoming final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm? Did he see this person’s tweet and think Elmo needed a dose of reality? Are David and Elmo in a secret fight club together?
if it was really that serious Elmo’s fuckass dad would’ve fought back
— coffee (@eventualforever) February 1, 2024
The worst part of all this is that it’s Elmo’s birthday on February 3rd, and he’s been dealing with nonstop human nonsense all week. Happy birthday Elmo, sorry humans are so weird.
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