Elmo's neutral Super Bowl tweet sparked internet backlash

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Not even Elmo, the beloved Sesame Streetpuppet, is safe from the internet's ire. The little red monster got roasted for a tweet about the Super Bowl.

Ahead of Sunday's big game, Elmo's X/Twitter account posted: "Elmo just hopes both teams have fun!"

Seems innocuous enough, no? Not to the internet, apparently.

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There were countless posts demanding Elmo stop riding the fence in the matchup between the Chiefs and Eagles.

There were also a number of jokes about sports gambling to Elmo, who, canonically, is 3.5 years old.

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Pretty much everyone got in on the joke, even the Philadelphia Eagles' account, as the team cruised to a championship.

This just goes to show that the internet will come after anyone at any time, including beloved children's puppets.

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