{"id":273202,"date":"2026-02-08T02:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/273202\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T02:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:55:07","slug":"elmo-hilariously-calls-out-taylor-swift-for-featuring-rock-in-opalite-music-video-elmo-taylor-swift-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/273202\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmo Hilariously Calls Out Taylor Swift for Featuring Rock in \u2018Opalite\u2019 Music Video | Elmo, Taylor Swift | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/elmo\/\" title=\"Elmo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elmo<\/a> has a big issue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/taylor-swift\/\" title=\"Taylor Swift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s new music video!<\/p>\n<p>On Friday (February 6), the 36-year-old Grammy-winning singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/06\/taylor-swifts-opalite-music-video-features-tons-of-celebrity-cameos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted the music video for her latest single \u201cOpalite.\u201d<\/a> In the video, Taylor unboxes a pet rock, which she makes a friendship bracelet for and sings karaoke with.<\/p>\n<p>After the release of the video, Elmo admitted that he was triggered by the rock.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more\u2026\u201cMs. Taylor Swift,\u201d the eternal 3.5-year-old wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elmo\/status\/2019798293912404240\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/x.com\/elmo\/status\/2019798293912404240&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>. \u201cYou have got to be kidding Elmo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Ms. Taylor Swift\u2026you have got to be kidding Elmo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elmo (@elmo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elmo\/status\/2019798293912404240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elmo\u2018s tweet is a callback to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1315358\/elmo-reveals-where-he-really-stands-with-zoe-after-feud-with-rocco-on-sesame-street\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1315358\/elmo-reveals-where-he-really-stands-with-zoe-after-feud-with-rocco-on-sesame-street&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">longstanding beef<\/a> with his best friend Zoe\u2018s best friend, who is a rock aptly named Rocco. In a video shared back in 2022, Elmo lost his cool when Zoe seemingly put her friendship with Rocco ahead of their own.<\/p>\n<p>After clarifying that he and Zoe have made up, Elmo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wumbooty\/status\/1478193742075023365\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/x.com\/wumbooty\/status\/1478193742075023365&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>, \u201cElmo doesn\u2019t want to talk about Rocco.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Along with the rock, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/06\/taylor-swifts-opalite-music-video-features-tons-of-celebrity-cameos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tons of celebs make cameos in the \u201cOpalite\u201d music video<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elmo has a big issue with Taylor Swift\u2018s new music video! 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