The account has since been secured and the posts have been deleted The official X account of Sesame Street's Elmo was hacked on Sunday, with a series of bizarre posts including an antisemitic rant The account also urged President Donald Trump to "release the Epstein files" On Monday,

The X account belonging to beloved Muppet Elmo was hacked on Sunday, after which it posted, then shortly deleted, an unhinged, antisemitic tirade and accused Donald Trump of sex crimes.

The tweets, which Sesame Workshop said were posted by a hacker, focused on the files allegedly maintained by Jeffrey Epstein.

Beloved Sesame Street character Elmo has broken his silence after his X account was hacked and used to share antisemitic posts. Over the weekend, a hacker took hold of the account to peddle a string of antisemitic and racist content,

The popular X account for the “Sesame Street" character Elmo began posting controversial messages that were quickly deleted after going viral on Sunday.

The profane slew of posts shared Sunday evening featured the Sesame Street star’s account going on a bizarre series of rants.

Elmo's account on X was hacked over the weekend and called for the release of the releae of the Epstein Files and violence against Jews.

Since Elon Musk acquired X, formerly known as Twitter, he has received criticism over content moderation policies that allow hate speech. After a recent coding change for X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok reportedly used antisemitic language in its replies. It has since received an update.