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.

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, 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, 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 call that ended his 27-year career as Kermit the Frog came like a sucker punch to the gut, puppeteer Steve Whitmire said. “It’s an understatement to say I was surprised,” Whitmire told ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steve Whitmire and Kermit the Frog Lawrence Lucier / Stringer After Jim Henson’s death in 1990, Steve Whitmire became the sole voice and puppeteer of Kermit the Frog, everyone's favorite banjo ...

The puppeteer has been with the Muppets Studio since 1978.

Steve Whitmire was replaced by Matt Vogel last week after 27 years as iconic character. Ryan Gajewski. July 17, 2017 @ 12:19 PM. Share on Social Media. Share on Facebook; Share on X (formerly Twitter) ...

Muppets actor and puppeteer Steve Whitmire, who portrayed Kermit the Frog for 27 years, discussed his sudden firing by Disney in an interview with The New York Times.Whitmire called Disney‘s ...