It’s not easy being green. Kermit the Frog puppeteer Steve Whitmire, who was fired from his longtime role last October, spoke out about the situation on the Today show Thursday, July 20.
Just months before, he was allegedly told that he was being considered for a producer role. “In fact, we had been talking prior to that — two years before that — about me becoming a creative producer with them, working alongside the two executives who I spoke to, where I would really a part of the day-to-day decision making on The Muppets,” he continued. “I was thrilled about it because I felt like at last after 12 years with Disney, we would be able to integrate this great package that’s The Muppets into a huge corporation, which is what I wanted to do.”
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