India, May 11 -- A LinkedIn post has gone viral after claiming that Sesame Street's Elmo was recently laid off after 45 years on the beloved children's show, reportedly due to federal budget cuts in US. The parody post struck a chord online following the Trump administration's controversial move to cut key education grants that help fund PBS Kids.

"Unfortunately Elmo was recently laid off because of the federal budget cuts. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for 45 years. Elmo is sad. Elmo loved his time at Sesame Street," the post read.

Written in Elmo's signature third-person, childlike voice, the parody post was created by a LinkedIn user and quickly spread across X (formerly Twitter), triggering widespread sympathy and concern for the red...