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Superman has Luthor
Batman has Joker
Spidey has Green Goblin
Elmo has… Rocco pic.twitter.com/BJenZGg6zE

— mktoon (@mktoon) January 5, 2022

Rocco’s just a rock

Cc @elmo

— Good Morning America (@GMA) January 7, 2022

On Wednesday, in an attempt to diffuse the heated exchange, Elmo responded on Twitter, saying \"Don't worry everybody! Elmo and Zoe practiced sharing and are still best buds forever!\" he wrote \"Elmo loves you Zoe! Ha ha ha! Elmo doesn't want to talk about Rocco.\"

No comment from Rocco, as usual. Elmo took the discussion one step further with a subtweet, asking, “Has anybody ever seen a rock eat a cookie? Elmo is just curious.”

That’s when Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson entered the chat, responding on Thursday, “Yes, my friend. This Rock devours cookies.”

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