Elmo LinkedIn Post About Being Laid Off Because of Budget Cuts Is Fake – Variety

Did Elmo get sacked as a result of President Trump’s attempts to defund public media? A LinkedIn post purportedly written by the lovable red Muppet — in which Elmo says he “was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts” — has gone viral on social media. A May 7 post by a user on X about Elmo’s alleged layoff notice already has more than 2 million views. But as you might suspect, the supposed Elmo post did not originate from Sesame Workshop, the not-for-profit company that produces “Sesame Street.” The post appears to have come from an unverified “Elmo from Sesame Street” account that is no longer available on LinkedIn. Popular on Variety A Sesame Workshop spokesperson confirmed to Variety that the post was not from a Sesame Workshop account and that it was taken down by LinkedIn. In the fake post, according to the version circulating online, “Elmo” wrote: “Hi LinkedIn, Unfortunately Elmo was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for 45 years. Elmo is sad. Elmo loved his time at Sesame Street.” The post continued, “Elmo is going to miss his friends Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert
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