13 Regrettable Muppet-Celebrity Collaborations
![13 Regrettable Muppet-Celebrity Collaborations](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/4/902724_320x180.jpg)
Sesame Street and The Muppet Show have had countless celebrity guest appearances over the years. So it’s bound to happen that one or two (or almost a dozen) of these once-beloved famous folks were later found to be complete monsters. We wonder if these shows had (or still have) a producer whose sole job is to follow the latest celebrity cancellations, and decide on whether their guest appearance needs to be erased from the history books. Sure, kids can learn the alphabet from Bill Cosby, but then their parents might have to field questions like, “Who’s that guy?” and “What else is he known for?”
Don’t get us wrong, it’s not always a case of celebrity wrongdoing. Sometimes the muppets themselves are to blame. After all, they were created and voiced by adults, and sometimes adults do adult things. All we can say is, when you exist in the realm of children’s entertainment, lock it the fuck up and act right! So whether the muppet or the celebrity was at fault, here are 13 very regrettable muppet-celebrity collaborations.
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How could they have known?!
![GRACKED THE MUPPETS' COMMERCIAL WITH JARED FROM SUBWAY. 1.80 1.00 ..... - - .. - - SUBWAY BAKING en PAAL Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the Swedish Chef were featured alongside Subway Guy Jared Fogle, in a February 2014 commercial. Less than a year later, the FBI uncovered child pornography on his computer.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/0/902050.jpg)
Sesame Street didn’t “See the Signs.”
![GRACKED CHRIS BROWN'S EMMY-NOMINATED SONG HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM SESAME STREET. The Elmo and Chris Brown collaboration See the Signs was nominated for a 2008 Daytime Emmy for Original Song in a Children's Series. The song was later cut from the episode after he was arrested for physically assaulting Rihanna.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/9/902049.jpg)
We don’t like verbally abusing 11 year-olds on Sesame Street, Alec.
![GRACKED ALEC BALDWIN WAS ONLY NICE TO KIDS WHEN THE CAMERAS WERE ROLLING. In 2007, Baldwin appeared on Sesame Street to educate kids about tricycles. Months later, a tape of him verbally abusing his 11-year-old daughter surfaced.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/5/902045.jpg)
Oh, this is what her SNL sketch was all about!
![GRACKED KATY PERRY'S CONTROVERSIAL COSTUME. Parents thought her costume was too revealing, so Sesame Street said, In light of the feedback we've received on the Katy Perry video, which was released on YouTube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the TV broadcast, which is aimed at preschoolers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/8/902048.jpg)
Yes, it’s late night TV, Kermit, but we don’t need our childhoods ruined.
![GRACKED KERMIT THE FROG ON LATE NIGHT TV. On The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, he said, I just wet your leather here, after being shown a provocative photo of Kylie Minogue.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/1/902051.jpg)
Locking someone in your office is kidnapping, homeboy. Or false imprisonment. Either way.
![GRACKED WITH PEOPLE AND MUPPETS, MATT LAUER WAS AN ALL-AROUND CREEP. TO Не had many segments with The Muppets, including Miss Piggy popping out of a cake, singing flirtatiously, and getting a kiss from Lauer. Не was fired in 2017 for multiple rape allegations, and a button in his desk that locked women in his office with him.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/7/902047.jpg)
Way to ruin Elmo’s voice for everyone!
![GRACKED ELMO'S PUPPETEER WAS ACCUSED OF ABUSING UNDERAGE BOYS. Kevin Clash, who voiced Elmo for 27 years, was accused of abusing 3 underage boys in 2013. The case was dismissed because the claims were made too late but this does add a new level of creepiness to Tickle Me Elmo dolls.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/1/902041.jpg)
The Wicked Witch was back to terrify a whole new generation.
![GRACKED THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST WAS TOO SCARY FOR SESAME STREET. In 1976, Margaret Hamilton reprised her role as the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz, and the show received tons of letters claiming that it terrified young viewers. The show immediately removed the segment from rotation.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/0/902040.jpg)
Helpful at the time, but actually pretty controversial overall.
![GRACKED MICHAEL JACKSON WAS BOTH HELPFUL AND HURTFUL TO SESAME STREET. Northern Songs (who owned the Beatles' catalog) sued Sesame Street because Hey Food was too close to Hey Jude. Jackson bought the catalog and dropped the charges. The pedophilia accusations against him still taints his appearance for sure though.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/6/902046.jpg)
We bet The Muppet Show wishes they had asked literally anyone else to stand in.
![GRACKED CHRIS LANGHAM WAS THE MOST REGRETTABLE SUBSTITUTE. The staff writer on The Muppet Show stepped in as a guest when Richard Pryor dropped out. In 2007, he was arrested for possessing child pornography, and his episode has been removed from every streaming app and TV broadcast.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/9/902039.jpg)
Swearing is nothing, Julia. The Elmo you were working with abused underage boys!
![GRACKED JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS SWORE IN FRONT OF ELMO. In an outtake of her 1994 scene with Elmo and Zoe, she flubs a line and utters an audible S**t. Elmo, staying in character, acknowledges that she said a bad word, and asks her for $5 for the swear jar.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/4/902044.jpg)
Kermit’s at it again!
![GRACKED KERMIT GETS TOO PERSONAL WITH JOAN RIVERS. In 1986, Rivers asked Kermit to rate his sexual abilities from one to ten, and Kermit responded, This is the complete Kermit that you're looking at, gesturing to his genital-less lower regions.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/2/902042.jpg)
It’s okay Sesame Street, pretty much everyone else regrets working with him too.
![GRACKED BILL COSBY ON SESAME STREET. Не appeared in 14 episodes from 1970 to 1990, including a 1989 appearance for their 20th anniversary. The earliest drugging and sexual assault accusation (of the 60+ total women) dates back to 1965.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/3/902043.jpg)