{"id":136264,"date":"2026-06-19T19:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/elmo-makes-it-clear-hes-rooting-for-team-usa-after-new-york-knicks-fans-put-his-head-on-a-pike-136264"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:35:12","slug":"elmo-makes-it-clear-hes-rooting-for-team-usa-after-new-york-knicks-fans-put-his-head-on-a-pike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/elmo-makes-it-clear-hes-rooting-for-team-usa-after-new-york-knicks-fans-put-his-head-on-a-pike-136264","title":{"rendered":"Elmo makes it clear he&#8217;s rooting for Team USA after New York Knicks fans put his head on a pike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It&#8217;s very hard to get mad at Elmo from &#8220;Sesame Street.&#8221; Really, it&#8217;s kind of hard to get mad at any Muppet (except Pepe the King Prawn; he&#8217;s always trying to steal your girl if given even half a chance), but this week <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/why-knicks-disrespected-clawing-back-touched-raw-nerve-new-york-city-ultimately-country\">Knicks fans were still irate<\/a> at Elmo for not picking a side in the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Elmo wasn&#8217;t going to stand idly by and watch his head on a pike get paraded through the streets of New York, and for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/usa-world-cup-team-clinches-spot-knockout-stage-another-historic-performance-vs-australia\">USMNT&#8217;s game against Australia<\/a>, the little red third-person-talking Muppet picked a side.<\/p>\n<p>And he&#8217;s all in on USA, baby.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\/watch-world-cup-final-jul-19-2026?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned_other::mc=referral::src=fn::cmp=10010131001::add=6127b\"><strong>WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just to be clear, Elmo wants Team USA to win, okay?&#8221; he said. &#8220;Elmo loves everybody. Just to be clear. Don&#8217;t make this a thing. Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not every day you see the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/hacked-elmo-x-account-shocks-users-kill-all-jews-release-files-posts\">citizens of &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221;<\/a> go into PR crisis mode. Not since people started to ask questions about Bert and Ernie&#8217;s living arrangement.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned_other::mc=referral::src=fn::cmp=10010131001::add=6127b\"><strong>FOX ONE\u2019S NEW WORLD CUP VIEWING EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But hey, the last time Elmo got people whipped up into a frenzy like this was way back in the days of Tickle Me Elmo, and at least then they were excited to see him.<\/p>\n<p>They weren&#8217;t doing this to the poor guy.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, come to think of it, I may have seen some footage like that taken inside a Kmart in like 1997&#8230; but still, it would be really rough to see that happen to Elmo multiple times in one week.<\/p>\n<p>This is a nice change of pace. Perhaps we&#8217;ll now see the opposite thing happen this time around. 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