This could have been avoided if someone had just told him that Rocco was a Spurs fan.

On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart called an icon in children’s entertainment “a bitch” after said icon revealed that he was not wholeheartedly supporting the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals.

“You fucking kidding me, Elmo?!” Stewart said, aiming his wrath at the “Sesame Street” puppet.

“Today’s ‘Sesame Street’ is brought to you by the letter ‘B’ for ‘You’re a bitch,’” Stewart added.

Last week, Elmo published a post on X before Game 1 of the NBA Finals that received a fair amount of backlash.

“Elmo hopes both teams have fun! 🏀🏀🏀🏀” the monster wrote with his fuzzy little hands.

Elmo hopes both teams have fun! 🏀🏀🏀🏀

Considering that “Sesame Street” very much resembles — and is shot in — New York, many Knicks fans were, uh, disappointed with his nonpartisan post.

You live in NYC you fucking traitor https://t.co/yJhLg6DRmt

sure elmo https://t.co/QEMwPRdKNH pic.twitter.com/CK63A35hfd

Grover >>>>> pic.twitter.com/nPr0AeHIqF

This isn’t the time for sportsmanship Elmo. These streets ain’t sesame

don’t make us take this down, bro https://t.co/tbuVfpdKva pic.twitter.com/Wgsx4UslqV

PICK A SIDE COWARD

Elmo did try to do a little damage control after the pushback by publishing a response on X the next day.

“KNICKS that last message! Elmo didn’t mean to SPUR you on!” he wrote.

KNICKS that last message! Elmo didn’t mean to SPUR you on! https://t.co/rSsbhlPzyj

Yet, Elmo’s attempt at being cute wasn’t totally cutting it.

Elmo.. you don’t understand., Knicks fans will literally sacrifice you to some bodega catChill out  😭

So, Stewart invited Elmo on his show Monday to clear his good name — and ended up pushing the little muppet so hard that Elmo ended up revealing a pretty dark secret about himself.

To see what that was, check out the video below.

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