Steve Whitmire continues to weigh in on getting fired by Disney as the voice of Kermit the Frog after 27 years.
Whitmire, who announced earlier this month that Muppets Studio replaced him by Matt Vogel, told CNN on Tuesday that he felt “absolute shock” when he learned that he was losing his job.
“It was exactly the same feeling as the moment I was told [Muppets creator] Jim [Henson] had died,” Whitmire said. “It was the worst thing that could happen to this character. It’s not the worst thing that could happen to me, although it’s pretty bad.”