{"id":607129,"date":"2024-02-02T02:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T23:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hosts-force-him-to-apologize\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T02:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T23:37:07","slug":"hosts-force-him-to-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hosts-force-him-to-apologize\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hosts force him to apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"72419971007\" title=\"Elmo's question leads to online firestorm\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/images\/smg\/2024\/01\/29\/USAT\/72403122007-AP-TV-Elmos-Talk-Show.jpeg?crop=7303,4109,x0,y684\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/images\/smg\/2024\/01\/29\/USAT\/72403122007-AP-TV-Elmos-Talk-Show.jpeg?crop=7303,4109,x0,y684\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">Elmo&#8217;s question leads to online firestorm<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How is everybody doing?&#8221; That&#8217;s the question Elmo asked to fans online. It generated thousands of responses.<\/p>\n<p>Fox &#8211; 26 Houston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Larry David just couldn&#8217;t &#8220;Curb&#8221; himself.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>The &#8220;Curb Your Enthusiasm&#8221; star and creator crashed the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xBidHiE2bzQ?si=sD-N-Urn0PY4jW8R\">&#8220;Today&#8221; show&#8217;s conversation<\/a> with Elmo \u2014 who went viral this past week \u2014 and his dad, Louie, on Thursday. As Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Craig Melvin tossed it over to Al Roker, David went behind the couch, where the &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; characters were conducting the interview, and started squeezing Elmo&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts and Louie are seen panicking as David also mimed throwing a right hook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Larry, Elmo liked you before!&#8221; the Muppet yelled after the co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n&#8217;s retreating figure. &#8220;Let\u2019s get back on the couch and just talk about how you\u2019re feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/01\/31\/USAT\/72421104007-gty-1974018686.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/01\/31\/USAT\/72421104007-gty-1974018686.jpg?crop=2829,2123,x0,y636 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/01\/31\/USAT\/72421104007-gty-1974018686.jpg?crop=2829,3774,x0,y235 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/01\/31\/USAT\/72421104007-gty-1974018686.jpg?crop=2829,1592,x0,y636 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic for HBO\" caption=\"Larry David attends the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on Jan. 30, 2024, in Los Angeles\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Larry, you&#8217;ve gone too far this time,&#8221; Guthrie admonished David, who was off-camera. He responded: &#8220;Somebody had to do it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later, Guthrie and Kotb urged David to give Elmo a heartfelt apology. After some urging, the actor conceded, &#8220;Elmo, I just want to apologize&#8221; \u2014 though the sincerity was broken when he immediately laughed afterward.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, Larry,&#8221; Elmo responded. &#8220;Elmo accepts your apology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Today&#8221; hosts had Elmo and Louie on their show to discuss his recent viral moment, which started with a seemingly innocuous <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elmo\/status\/1751995117366296904\">X post on Jan. 29<\/a>: &#8220;Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This prompted some of the post&#8217;s 200 million viewers to pour their hearts out to the fuzzy red monster.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"><\/cta-atoms-container-inline><\/p>\n<p>The comments became so intense Monday, that Sesame Street&#8217;s official X account tweeted links to mental health resources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, Elmo, for checking in with a reminder for us to pause and take a mindful moment to focus on how we&#8217;re feeling,&#8221;\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sesamestreet\/status\/1752069858160758885\">the account replied<\/a>\u00a0before adding links to the resources.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p><em>Contributing: Julia Gomez, USA TODAY<\/em><\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"72119459007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"><\/media-gallery-promo><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2024-02-01 23:37:07 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2024-02-01 23:50:00 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It generated thousands of responses. Fox &#8211; 26 Houston Larry David just couldn&#8217;t &#8220;Curb&#8221; himself. 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