In the Katy Perry ‘Sesame Street’ scandal, is Elmo the real villain?

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Does the video Katy Perry did for ‘Sesame Street’ perhaps offer clues to her fiance Russell Brand‘s recent arrest on suspicion of battery on a photographer at LAX? Possibly. Brand is alleged to have snapped on his way to security after a paparazzo tried to point a camera up the bride-to-be’s skirt -- something Elmo comes dangerously close to doing in the video. You know, if he had a camera.

Witness the evidence of inappropriate activity around Katy’s hemline, in several shots taken from the video that producers on Thursday yanked from the ‘Sesame Street’ premiere:

Also, as a commenter pointed out, ‘That Elmo character was totally naked.’

Thoughts?

-- Christie D’Zurilla

Photo credits: Katy Perry’s YouTube channel

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