Innocent Kid's Show Turns Into A Huge Celebrity Controversy

            The Daily Beast posted "Katy Perry Sesame Street Episode Pulled for Being Too Hot"
In this post, it showed Katy Perry with a ''scandalous'' dress on while she aired on the children's show Sesame Street. In the video, Katy Perry sung to Elmo a different version of "Hot and Cold", but changed the lyrics around to fit the setting; Elmo did not want to play with her. What was so scandalous about this dress of hers was that it was a tight, skimpy, green dress that was too low for the parents' likings.

In this article, it claims that many parents complained about how the “…cleavage was too much for some parents…” The Sesame Workshop explained that they put Katy Perry in the show in the first place to get more views from children and adults as well. Therefore, the workers did not think about how the children would look at her, they just cared about how the adults saw her.

This article made me think about topics such as why do people even make clothes like this? Why would somewhere wear something such as this in public? An even crazier thought was why wear this when a person makes a guest appearance on a children television show?  I think this was became too out-of-hand and should have been taken care of in the beginning before it even became an issue.  Katy Perry is a famous singer and has a choice in what she wears; and even if it is not her choice, she still has a say in what she is wearing. I am a fan of Katy Perry; I think she is a good-choice-making celebrity (unlike most celebrities these days) and she cares about what the public thinks of her. If she had any idea that parents would get angry at all at this, she probably would have stopped it. On the other hand, The Sesame Workshop should have been watching out for actions like this taking place with the parents; therefore, they should have also put a stop to it before.

Young children are very impressionable and they want to look and dress like the people they see on television.  This was an opportunity for Katy Perry to show how fun a t-shirt and jeans can be and everyone would have been happy.  The song she sang had a great message about friendship and playing nicely.  It would have been received well and seen by millions if she would have dressed appropriately.  Then again, the children don’t look at what she is wearing, they only care about what she is doing, and that is simply just wanting to play friendly with Elmo.   

This can connect to average people anywhere, any age because it is just like doing something before thinking. We need to think of the consequences before even attempting or starting to do something.