Wil Wheaton says Larry David “attacking” Elmo on TV remaining week may’ve been humorous to some — nevertheless it was no laughing matter to him … ‘set off it triggered earlier, ugly recollections.
The ‘Star Trek’ actor had a strong response to the ‘Curb’ star inserting his arms on the “Sesame Avenue” puppet on the ‘Proper this second’ current — taking to Fb to place in writing a protracted essay that slammed LD … whereas within the similar breath explaining why it rocked him to his core.
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He writes, “What the f*** is flawed with that man? Elmo is, like, the perfect pal to quite a few generations of children. Throughout the Sesame Avenue universe, ELMO IS A CHILD, who’s at current inserting psychological properly being and caring for others throughout the spotlight.”
WW gives … “And Larry F***ing David … did … that? And thought it was going to be … humorous? What? What an ass****. What a foolish, self-centered, tone deaf ass****.”
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Wil goes on to say that his dad used to abuse him as a toddler — shaking him by the shoulders and screaming in his face, amongst completely different points, and he says seeing Larry do that to Elmo had his coronary coronary heart racing as a result of it dredged up inside trauma in his ideas. He’s pretty essential, too.
He finishes by saying what Elmo means to so many children — notably in that part, the place he promoted psychological properly being consciousness — makes Larry’s assault all that slightly extra sickening.
Wil ends with … “An individual who would belittle and mock that’s not plenty of an individual the least bit. Shame on you, Larry David.” This tirade of his, BTW, ended up being some 900 phrases on FB.
FWIW, Larry did “apologize” to Elmo shortly after his outburst … and clearly thought it was all in good pleasurable. Apparently not, though, from Wil’s POV — dude is straight-up outraged and injury.
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Cue ‘Frolic’ … and zoom in on Larry’s confused face.
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