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Jul 24, 2017 · Disney encouraged him to do interviews in character. But now, after voicing the role of Kermit the Frog for 27 years, voice actor and puppeteer Steve Whitmire has been fired.
Aug 31, 2017 · Whitmire, who voiced Kermit for 27 years, says he was given two reasons for being fired last October: "unwanted notes during the short-lived Muppets reboot on ABC and a union disagreement."
Jul 17, 2017 · The latest word from behind the scenes of The Muppets franchise holds an explanation as to why longtime Kermit the Frog actor Steve Whitmire was fired last October following one season of the rebooted The Muppet Show on ABC.
Jul 17, 2017 · 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...
Nov 24, 2019 · 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.
Jul 17, 2017 · July 17, 2017 @ 12:19 PM. Muppets Studio is weighing in on why Steve Whitmire was let go last week after 27 years as the puppeteer behind Kermit the Frog. A spokesperson for the studio told TheWrap...
Jul 13, 2017 · The big question a lot of us may be asking ourselves is, why would Steve Whitmire be fired by Disney suddenly after 27 years of service?
Jul 18, 2017 · Gulp — Disney has officially weighed in on why it fired Kermit The Frog voice actor Steve Whitmire after Whitmire's three decades with the company, and it's hardly child's play.
Whitmire revealed that he was dismissed from his roles in October 2016 because of undisclosed issues that he said had not been discussed before his dismissal. In their decision-making, The Walt Disney Company (owner of The Muppets Studio) consulted the Henson family, who supported the recasting of Kermit and Whitmire's dismissal.
Jul 17, 2017 · Since Jim Henson's death in 1990, Kermit the Frog had been performed by longtime Muppeteer Steve Whitmire, but that changed late last year when he was dismissed by Disney.
