Big Bird ‘adult’ costume has Sesame Street crying foul

Paul Irish 
Entertainment Reporter 

At this rate, Big Bird will be newsmaker of the year.

The Sesame Street character made recent headlines (and is still high profile on the Internet) after U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said he was willing to give the yellow plumed Muppet the boot if it meant saving money through public television cuts.

Big Bird is grabbing attention again after allegedly being transformed into what some perceive as a trashy sex object.

An American costume company, Yandy.com, has produced a Big Bird-like costume, just in time for Halloween, with short skirt and thigh-high stockings.

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization in charge of the Sesame Street characters, is crying foul and examining options with its legal team.

According to E!, a Sesame rep has said “the costumes are not licensed or authorized by Sesame Workshop. We are working with our legal team to have the costumes removed from the market.”