The X account of Sesame Street’s Elmo, a beloved children’s TV character, has shared antisemitic and anti-Donald Trump posts after being hacked, AFP reports.

A slew of messages calling for the extermination of Jewish people and labelling the US president a “puppet” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were shared on the account, according to the US media reports.

Around 650,000 users follow Elmo, the fuzzy red monster who teaches his young audience about kindness and patience.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, said that an unidentified hacker was behind the posts, which were published on Sunday afternoon before being removed.

“Elmo’s X account was compromised today by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” it said in a statement carried by the New York Times.