Kermit the Frog puppeteer Steve Whitmire responded to accusations he was difficult to work with as a Muppet. While Whitmire framed his firing as having come after speaking out about changes to ...

Steve Whitmire, the puppeteer who was fired after 27 years as Kermit the Frog said Thursday he is "devastated to have failed" Muppets founder and his mentor Jim Henson.

Steve Whitmire, the puppeteer who voiced Muppet Kermit the Frog for 27 years, is giving more details about why he was fired from the position he had held since 1990.

The crisis Steve Whitmire claims he is now facing is a trauma many of us have felt and a nightmare millions more of us fear on a moment-to-moment basis. More than Trump, ...

Actor Steve Whitmire, the ousted voice of Kermit the Frog, visited NBC's Today Show to address criticism leveled at him by Muppet Studios and the Henson family. "Steve is very difficult to work ...

Ousted Kermit the Frog Actor Steve Whitmire Fears Disney Could 'Destroy' Iconic Character "I just don't want to launch a counterattack because then it validates what I feel is trying be done here, ...

Steve Whitmire, who was fired as the puppeteer of Kermit the Frog after 27 years, denied that he was difficult to work with and disagreed with a Henson family comment that he'd made the character ...

Steve Whitmire, who had voiced Kermit the Frog for 27 years before being fired by Disney, says he was let go because he spoke up about changes being made to the character he felt were against what ...

Steve Whitmire and Kermit the Frog at New York City Barnes & Noble Union Square in 2003. Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images. Whitmire succeeded Jim Henson, the founder of the Muppets and the original ...

The son of the late legendary Muppets creator reveals why longtime Kermit the Frog puppeteer Steve Whitmire was fired. By Alexia Fernández. Published on July 18, 2017 11:38PM EDT.