Kermit and Miss Piggy have definitely broken up, and the porcine star is 100 percent fine with that. She’s got a new show this fall, and at a press appearance, she was focused on the positive.
“This will be great for moi’s stardom,” she said during an ABC panel at the Television Critics Association press tour.
Kermit and Miss Piggy were at the TCAs to promote ABC’s fall comedy “The Muppets,” which is set behind-the-scenes at a late-night talk show, “Up Late with Miss Piggy,” where Kermit serves as the executive producer.
At the panel, Kermit and Miss Piggy didn’t go into details about their breakup, but she did say, “Dating moi is like flying close to the sun.”
Kermit is now dating someone who works in marketing at ABC, and his new girlfriend is also a pig. The producers hinted that Miss Piggy will be threatened by Kermit’s relationship with Kermit’s new pignifcant other.
However, Miss Piggy insists that it’s better that their relationship ended. Her single status will drive even more coverage of her life, and she said she looks forward to the tabloids speculating on “who she’s going to get caught snogging.”
Never a pig with self-esteem problems, she also took credit for inspiring a lot of actresses who came up after her.
“They’ve all modeled themselves after moi.”
But what’s her secret to never aging? Well, she just decided one day not to ever get any older. “Moi is timeless … You should try it one day. Just look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m done with this aging thing.’”
Executive producers Bill Prady (of “The Big Bang Theory”) and Bob Kushell confirmed that the show, which premieres Sept. 22, will be a workplace comedy, but guests like Imagine Dragons and Reese Witherspoon have already been booked, and other famous stars will be visiting Miss Piggy’s show, as well.
Prady said that it’s complicated to shoot the many puppets that make up “The Muppets” cast — the show’s shot in the style of “The Office” or “Modern Family,” but given that the stars are made of felt, it takes a fair bit of planning to get everything right.
It’s more challenging than it looks to go “into this amazing world and getting it to look haphazard and casual and getting the documentary shots that are dirty and messy and catching things you’re not supposed to catch,” Prady said.
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