An innocent tweet from the official Elmo account asking 'How is everybody doing?' has led to an unexpected wave of responses, prompting 'Sesame Street' to issue a mental health public service announcement. The tweet, which quickly went viral, became a platform for users to express their distress about the state of the world, with replies indicating that 'the world was on fire'. This has drawn parallels to 'Sesame Street's' history of addressing difficult topics, reminiscent of the show's handling of Mr. Hooper's death.
The Internet Is Trauma-Dumping on Elmo https://t.co/cOqjbC31Pp
Sesame Street is taking on trauma just like it did with Mr. Hooper's death when I was a toddler: https://t.co/4topCoZzBa
Elmo is trending on X after it wrote, “Elmo is just checking in. How is everybody doing?” Celebrities and everyday people replied that the world was on fire. https://t.co/8Hu6wogPQG
The official Elmo account decided to check in with everyone and the replies were so bad that Sesame Street posted a mental health PSA 😭 https://t.co/QujoYZUtS5 https://t.co/QujoYZUtS5
Elmo incited a viral trauma dump. Now ‘Sesame Street’ is getting involved https://t.co/nfbJDqiMFb
I really don’t want to think about sweet little Elmo reading all these quote tweets https://t.co/0j87WLZNLo
Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?