Feeling anxious about the U.S. election results? Elmo says, ‘Stop scrolling, take a deep breath’ [Video]

You know it’s bad when Sesame Street calls in Elmo.

“Stop scrolling, take a deep breath, and use the next few minutes to escape to a place where the air is sweet,” the beloved children’s show said in a post on X this morning, the day of the U.S. election in one most divisive races for the White House in recent memory.

In the post, the camera pans past Elmo sitting quietly among potted flowers. It’s sunny. The only sound is the chirps of birdsong. It’s calm. It’s soothing. It’s everything today isn’t as people in the U.S. and around the world watch the election results with a mix of hope and anxiety … heavy on the anxiety.

“You know it’s almost Election Day when the Sesame Street characters have to run …