Big Bird gave an exclusive interview to Saturday Night Live‘s Seth Myers on “Weekend Update” last night, responding to the controversy Mitt Romney caused when he said he wanted to defund PBS. Big Bird said he found out about the issue when he got thousands of tweets — tweets from birds, not Twitter, but added he was kidding, because Sesame Street does have wi-fi.

Hat-tip: Mediaite

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