Elmo takes a turn as a therapist after asking 'How is everybody doing?'
When the beloved red Muppet asked people how they were doing, they responded with honesty — and in some cases, despair. Elmo replied to many messages with encouragement and empathy.
At first glance it might have looked like a run-of-the-mill social media check-in: "How is everybody doing?"
But the message came from Elmo — the furry red friend to kids, Muppets, and anyone else. And Elmo is known, on Sesame Street and beyond, for his capacity to care.
So the responses flooded in on X and Instagram, Threads and Facebook, and conversations sparked on Reddit and elsewhere. People unburdened themselves, and Elmo took it all in. On X alone, Elmo's question received 180 million views by midday Wednesday.
