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Ramy Youssef confronts the MAGA backlash to his #SesameStreet episode, which featured Elmo learning Arabic words such as “habibi” and got accused of forcing "Arabic immersion" onto children. "It’s got to be tough, because I think they’re supporters of the President. So imagine your president on Easter is tweeting ‘Praise be to Allah,’ and now Elmo saying ‘habibi’ feels threatening," Youssef said trolling the outrage. “There’s been a lot of languages on ‘Sesame Street’ and there’s been no backlash to those. So, it actually really did surprise me... I've talked about, you know, free Palestine. I've talked about things that are so important to me. And people have said certain things. Elmo saying Habibi has set them off in a way that has never happened to me before..." variety.com/2026/tv/news/r…