Steve Whitmire has left the Muppets, Matt Vogel to continue as Kermit

[Mo Frackle]

My "Muppet Thought of the Week."

 

[ConsummateVs]

Aaaand Tyler just deleted the post.

At least we still have a screenshot of it.

 

[Mo Frackle]

Mike Quinn's comment:
"Although it's irrelevant who gave Kermit to Steve, there's a chance that Jim told Steve he wanted him to take him over when the time comes - and Brian had to physically do that after Jim's passing. So I suspect they are both right.

As to Kermit's character, that's 100% scripted and Steve fought hard to have him not be mean. I was there, I saw it happen.

Just going with what I know and personally witnessed

"

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Wow! You mean Cheryl sided with Disney on recasting ? That's a big disappointment.

Also, I thought I'd ask, has the "Thought of the Week" with Matt's been posted yet? I've been looking and I couldn't find it. I thought it would be up by now.

 

[JimAndFrank]

Steve was interviewed for this and we now know the 'two stated issues'.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...g-actor-unacceptable-business-conduct-1021701

 

[rexcrk]

Reading what Cheryl wrote is definitely harsh, assuming it's true.

But if they were so unhappy with Steve as Kermit, why are we only hearing about this / why is something being done about it almost thirty years later?

And I still say my least favorite thing about this is his characters other than Kermit... especially Rizzo. I wonder if they ever offered Steve the chance to stay on as other characters and letting someone else take on Kermit and he just didn't go for that.

 

[Muppetboy09]

And on that note, it seems it's to give up hope that Steve will return to the Muppets. Let's try to stay positive, and encourage Matt as he takes over Kermit.

 

[gravy]

Steve was interviewed for this and we now know the 'two stated issues'.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...g-actor-unacceptable-business-conduct-1021701

So what I'm getting is that his executives didn't like what he was doing, which explains the first line of his most recent blog post, ''Muppet Performers are not created equal...''

 

[Muppet Master]

Cheryl Henson, that is so uncalled for. I can't even believe someone would write that. Steve put his heart and soul into working with the muppets for so long and he did an amazing job as Kermit. I'm honestly so mad right now.

 

[gravy]

We can only imagine what Jim would be thinking of all this...