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Daveed Diggs is hanging out with the Sesame Street gang!

The 39-year-old Hamilton, Snowpiercer, and Blindspotting actor starred alongside Sesame Street characters in DoorDash’s new commercial airing during the 2021 Super Bowl on Sunday (February 7).

Sesame Street characters in the commercial include Big Bird, Grover, and Cookie Monster among others.

In the commercial, Daveed and the Sesame Street gang show just how easy and convenient it is for people to use and order food from the food delivery service while also encouraging people to order/shop local.

In a recent interview, Daveed gushed about working with all the people on set of Sesame Street, along with the people that control the characters.

“The performers are incredible. I remember sitting on the couch with Cookie Monster, and we’re between takes just having conversations, you know, just like actors talk to each other between takes, catching up on what each other was doing,” Daveed shared with People. You totally forget that [those characters] are animated.”

Check out all of the commercials airing during the Super Bowl here!

Ryan Reynolds is looking back at his Sesame Street appearance!

On Sunday (January 24), a fan re-watched the 44-year-old Deadpool actor’s episode of the hit kids program and posted about it on Twitter.

“Watching a little @sesamestreet with the kiddo, and its an episode with @VancityReynolds and the gang doing an A-Team gag. Its a delight, for both me and the kiddo,” the fan wrote.

Ryan then saw the tweet and re-posted it, while also poking some fun at himself.

I remember how challenging it was to sing because the A-hole was so tight,” Ryan tweeted. “But I pushed through because kids all over the country were counting on me.”

Ryan‘s appearance on Sesame Street aired back on November 5, 2010.

If you missed it, Ryan was recently spotted filming his new Netflix movie with this Emmy-winning actor!

Sesame Street and CNN are teaming up to help kids and parents learn about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Coming Together: Standing Up To Racism aired on Saturday morning (June 6) where Sesame Street characters Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Rosita discussed fighting racism and who to call when police officers are being unsafe.

As a three-year-old, Elmo doesn’t know to much about the way systemic racism works, which can be hard to understand why there are protests following George Floyd‘s death. Elmo‘s father, Louie, was able to help explain racism to his son.

“Racism is when people treat other people unfairly because of the way they look or the color of their skin,” Louie told Elmo. “Not all streets are like Sesame Street. On Sesame Street, we all love and respect on another. Across the country, people of color, especially in the black community, are being treated unfairly because of how they look, their culture, race and who they are.”

For more from the Sesame Street special, head over to CNN.com.

Elmo‘s dad has an important message for all the parents who are at home with young children during stay at home orders because of the coronavirus outbreak.

In a new PSA, Louie takes a moment to himself to record a special message for all parents out there.

“You know it’s wonderful to get to spend so much time with our children, but it can also be a bit overwhelming,” Louie says, exhaling a huge sigh. “But I just wanted to say, parents, you are doing an amazing job. Remember though, it’s important to take some time for yourself, you know, take care of you.”

He offers up some suggestions including just taking “a moment to breathe.”

“We are all doing the best we can and that is okay. No no — it’s better than okay,” Louie adds. “You hang in there and keep up the great work.”

See Sesame Street‘s PSA below:

Billy Porter is not paying the haters any mind.

The 50-year-old Pose star spoke out after receiving some backlash for his decision to wear a dress on the set of Sesame Street.

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Criticism even came from a Republican state senator from Arkansas, Jason Rapert, who wrote: “Do you approve of your taxpayer dollars being used to promote the radical LGBTQ agenda?”

“If you don’t like it, don’t watch it,” he told Page Six, saying he finds it odd that people would compare the dress to “perverted demon sex.”

“Like, what about me singing with a penguin [on Sesame Street] has anything to do with what I’m doing in my bedroom? The really interesting thing for me is that that’s what it’s all about when it comes to LGBTQ people — the first thing everyone wants to talk about is how we having sex,” Billy clapped back.

“Stay out of my bedroom and you will be fine. That is none of your business,” he added.

Billy also recently opened up in the 2020 LGBTQ State of the Union – here’s what he said.

The 2019 Kennedy Center Honors special is airing tonight (December 15) on CBS and we have the full list of performances that you can expect to watch during the show!

LL Cool J, who was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient back in 2017, is hosting the special for the very first time.

The five honorees this year are the musical group Earth, Wind & Fire, actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt, children’s television program Sesame Street, and conductor and musical visionary Michael Tilson Thomas.

Tons of major stars will be appearing on stage throughout the special to pay tribute to these great artists. Make sure to tune in at 8/7c on CBS.

Click inside for the full lineup of performers and songs… More Here! »

Sally Field walks the red carpet while attending the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors event on Sunday (December 8) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

The two-time Oscar-winning actress was one of the five honorees at this year’s event and she received support from her Forrest Gump co-star Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson!

The other honorees this year were Earth, Wind & Fire, singer Linda Ronstadt, the creators of Sesame Street, and music director and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

Some of the other celebs who stepped out to help celebrate the honorees included Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lucy Liu, Kevin Kline, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Vereen, LL Cool J, Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw, Maura Tierney, David Foster, Audra McDonald, and Cedric the Entertainer.

Sadly, earlier in the day it was confirmed that the longtime puppeteer of Sesame Street‘s Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch had passed away.

FYI: Lucy is wearing a Georges Chakra Couture gown. Audra is wearing a Romona Keveža Collection gown.