Katy Perry (Not) On “Sesame Street”

Katy Perry’s kid friendly and peppy version of “Hot N Cold,” in which she sings about wanting to play dress up with Elmo, has been yanked from the brand new season of Sesame Street.

A video of the taped segment was leaked to YouTube this Monday and has over 1 Million views already.  But the problem is that some parents started complaining about the way Katy is dressed.  Too much cleavage.  Not appropriate for a children’s program.

Hey, I’m pretty conservative, especially when it comes to things presented or marketed to my children, but even I don’t get the problem here.  Sure, the dress shows a little booby, but nothing that a child would even pay attention to – unless you pointed it out.  And even then, I doubt they would care. 

I played the video for my two kiddies and I even directly asked them about “Miss Katy’s” dress.  Nothing.  They just wanted to watch it again.  And play tag.  And after watching it two times, they left to play dress up in our play room.  Daniel was Elmo and Annabel was Miss Katy. 

It’s a bummer we won’t actually see this clip on Sesame Street this season.  (We’ll see how long it manages to stay up on YouTube.)  Katy even tweeted “Wow, looks like my play date with Elmo has been cut short!…” 

It was scheduled to air on Sesame Street on New Year’s Eve.

Here’s a clip of my kiddies watching the video and then the entire segment that was SUPPOSED to air on Sesame Street.

What do you think?