“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 message read.

Appearing on "Sesame Street"No one is more excited than Elmo himself. “There's a lot to learn from music — yeah, timing and harmonies and melody and different styles and different cultures ...

We've got a lot of wonderful people come and do some music with us on ‘Sesame Street,' like Miss Reneé Rapp and SZA! Chris Stapleton, Noah Kahan, Samara Joy — lots of great people!” ...

Elmo tells all: ‘Sesame Street’ 55th season features SZA, Chris Stapleton, Reneé Rapp and more The Associated Press January 9, 2025, 8:01 AM ...