Cheryl Hines is coming to the defense of her TV husband Larry David after he attacked Elmo on live television.
The 58-year-old actress was asked about 76-year-old David, who recently beat up the beloved Sesame Street puppet character on Wednesday. episode of SiriusXM’s Literally with Rob Lowe.
“Larry doesn’t care,” said Hines, who played David’s wife Cheryl David on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.
‘He doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about a doll! He doesn’t care about people,” podcast host and actor Lowe, 59, joked.
“By the way, that’s not Larry’s. That’s from whoever decided to put those two next to each other on the couch. Let’s be honest,” Hines said in defense of David, who has cultivated a miserly personality.
Cheryl Hines, seen last week in Los Angeles, comes to the defense of her TV husband Larry David after he attacked Elmo on live television
“One hundred percent,” Lowe agreed.
Lowe joked that it was a “match made in Heaven” with “the sweetest, kindest characters in the history of the world and one of the darkest misanthropes in the history of the world.”
Hines said David “has made a career out of telling people that he doesn’t care how you feel and he doesn’t care if he ever hurts your feelings. That’s what Larry has built a career on.”
“Poor Elmo. Elmo didn’t ask for that. Whatever happened, Elmo didn’t ask for it. I’m sure,” Hines said.
Hines was on the podcast promoting the twelfth and final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which premiered Sunday on HBO.
David was also promoting the season premiere on NBC’s Today show last week when he crashed the set and spontaneously attacked Elmo on live TV.
Elmo and David would have separate interviews with Elmo on stage alongside hosts Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Craig Melvin.
Everything was going well until David sauntered onto the stage and proceeded to grab Elmo’s face and jokingly lunge at him, much to the hosts’ shock.
David, 76, bashed the beloved Sesame Street character on the Today show last week
Hines teamed up with David for a photo at the LA premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm at the DGA Theater Complex last week
David and Hines are seen in a still from season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm that aired in 2020
Elmo was attacked by David, shocking the Today show hosts, who later sought an apology from David
‘Oh my God!’ Guthrie exclaimed, as Kotb and Melvin covered their mouths in shock.
“Larry, you went too far this time!” Guthrie joked.
Elmo then handed David an olive branch and told him, “Come back to the couch and let’s talk about how you feel,” to which David fired back, “Someone had to do it!”
Meanwhile, Elmo’s father, Louie, standing next to him, joked, “Ask permission before you touch people, Larry.”
A surprised Al Roker, who was scheduled to make a weather report, also chimed in, saying, “I didn’t see that coming.”
Guthrie, 52, and Kotb, 59, asked David to apologize to Elmo, “from the heart,” to which he replied, “from where!?”
“Which organ are you talking about?” David continued to joke.
However, David looked at the camera and said, “Elmo, I just want to apologize.”
Elmo went viral when he posted on social media that he was checking in on everyone
Louie joined his son Elmo on the Today show to talk about mental health after the tweet sparked a backlash
“Someone had to do it!” David said after spontaneously attacking Elmo
Elmo encouraged people to reach out to their friends after his tweet went viral
Elmo said he accepted David’s apology, while Louie added that it was “very big” of him.
Star Trek: The Next Generation star Wil Wheaton, 51, called out David for choking Elmo and branded him an “a**hole” in a Facebook post.
Wheaton said his attack on Elmo had brought back disturbing memories of his father physically abusing him when he was younger.
Social media users were quick to respond to Wheaton’s post, with several fans defending his passionate post, while others mocked him for being overly sensitive to a doll’s fake attack.