Jerry Seinfeld is in full assist of Larry David‘s notorious Elmo assault. The comic stated on Wednesday he “loved” watching his good friend shove the beloved puppet off his stability in a February altercation that took the web by storm.
Seinfeld spoke concerning the incident throughout an look on the At present present, after host Jenna Bush Hager requested him, “Did you see when Larry David was right here and he attacked Elmo?”
As co-host Hoda Kotb stated it was “unhappy,” Seinfeld responded, “No, I preferred it. I loved that!”
On Feb. 1, David walked onstage on the At present present whereas the group was taping a section about psychological well being with Elmo and bodily attacked the Sesame Road puppet. The incident took the hosts abruptly, and later induced nice dialogue on the web, with many talking out towards David.
Fraggle Rock puppeteers later advised The Hollywood Reporter the altercation scared them. “You recognize, there was an individual’s hand inside there and that wasn’t a fairly deliberate factor. And so the puppeteer in me was like, ‘Oh my god, that’s tremendous harmful. Like, you simply grabbed somebody’s hand and twisted it,’” John Tartaglia stated. “Folks overlook on a regular basis, on a regular basis that there’s anyone inside of those characters whenever you don’t see us. And so, it’s a danger that we take.”
On Wednesday, Bush Hager pushed again towards Seinfeld’s assist of the assault, saying with a chuckle, “Elmo is an American treasure!”
Seinfeld responded: “Properly, even treasures want a beating every now and then.”
When Bush Hager advised the comic he was “simply standing up on your good friend,” although, Seinfeld conceded, “That’s true.”