After the beloved character’s X account was hacked, Jon Stewart decided to have some fun with a look-alike puppet of Elmo on “The Daily Show ” on Monday. The talk show host reminded the audience with a photo that he had worked with the famed muppet years ago and said he was “shocked” by the tweets.

The now-removed posts, which were shared on the character's official X account on Sunday, called for violence against Jews.

Elmo's X account posted antisemitic and racist posts after it was hacked on Sunday, a spokesperson for the makers of "Sesame Street" said in a statement. On Tuesday, Elmo's X account posted a statement saying the account "was briefly hacked by an outside party,