The iconic kids' entertainment character's social media also declared in a since-deleted post that Donald Trump is in the Epstein Files.

Just days after Elmo's official account on X (formerly known as Twitter) was hacked, resulting in posts calling for the death of Jews and the

Jon Stewart hosted Elmo on tonight’s show, which was initially supposed to be about the tariffs. Remember those? Trump added a 17% tax to Mexican tomatoes today. But instead, Stewart did an extended riff about Elmo getting radicalized by the manosphere because he is a victim of the Male Loneliness Epidemic. The truth does, in fact, hurt.

Since Elon Musk acquired X, formerly known as Twitter, he has received criticism over content moderation policies that allow hate speech. After a recent coding change for X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok reportedly used antisemitic language in its replies. It has since received an update.

The talk show host said he had a "tremendous" show planned but "had to scrap all that because Elmo lost his f‑‑‑ing mind."

Jon Stewart confronted Elmo during Monday night's "The Daily Show" over the "Sesame Street" puppet's X hack and antisemitic tweets.

Color all of us shocked when suddenly Elmo’s official account on X was posting antisemitic remarks, yelling about the Jeffrey Epstein files, and other non-Sesame Street appropriate tweets. “Elmo’s X account was briefly compromised yesterday by an ...