Is Elmo Gay?

It’s really difficult to warp my head around this one, but the truth is that the voice behind Sesame Street character, Elmo, is a rump roaster! The voice, Kevin Clash, took a leave of absence from Sesame Street to attend to allegations that he had sexual relations with a 16 year old boy!
The boy, now 23, claimed – in a meeting with Sesame Street Workshop Lawyers – that he and Clash began a sexual relationship 7 years ago when he was 16 and Clash was 45, Even though Clash admitted to the relationship with the young man, he insists it took place AFTER the accuser became an adult. In June of this year, Sesame Workshop received a communication from the young man who alleged the relationship with Kevin Clash began when he was 16 years old. The lawyers are taking this very seriously, and frankly I can’t blame them. Workshop officials say they conducted a thorough investigation, but allegations of underage sex could not be substantiated. Clash adamantly denies the allegations, and why shouldn’t he? He’s freaking Elmo, and he’s-a-freaking-gayyy!

I’m trembling right now and trying to clear a rather disturbing image in my head. Like most people my age, I grew up on Sesame Street, with the likes of Grouch, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Mr. Snuffle-up-a-gus etc. And to think that the guy who’s the voice of that well-loved character Elmo is a fairy, is just too much info to process (I’ve always said that Elmo’s voice is a little too whinny for my taste, but I guess that’s just the adult in me talking). Can’t say if he’s always been the same voice behind Elmo, but regardless, the idea that this guy voices a character much loved by children?! I wonder what parents will do now. What goes through your head when your male child sits in front of the TV watching Elmo? It just gives me the geezies. 

Elmo (sorry – Kevin Clash) has taken time off to treat the allegations, but should he be allowed back on the show, owing to the sensitive nature that this prickly piece of pickles holds for parents, children and the show itself?

Can’t speak for the rest of you, but next time I see Elmo, a certain part of my anatomy is going to shrink, and it’ll probably take a good dose of live XXX to get it back on track again.

Source: TMZ.com