Steve From 'Blue's Clues' Comforts Fans After The Election Without Even Saying Anything
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"I bet you didn’t think you’d still be raising us all these years later," one person wrote in response to Steve Burns' poignant TikTok video.
Fans of Steve Burns are taking comfort in his latest video after Tuesday night’s presidential election.
On Wednesday, the former “Blue’s Clues” host, 51, shared a surprisingly poignant one-minute TikTok clip where he walks up to a wooden fence in a sunny field with two coffee mugs.
In the wordless, caption-free video, Burns sets down one of the mugs, as if to offer it to the viewer, and leans against the fence, looking contemplatively into the middle distance. He lets out a breath and sips from his own mug. Then he looks at the camera and nods in apparent sympathy.
It’s one of Burns’ periodic “check-in” videos, where he plays the part of an understanding friend and invites the viewer to let him know how they’re doing. (In a way, it’s an extension of Burns’ work on “Blue’s Clues,” where he’d directly address the audience every episode for help solving the day’s puzzle.) By Thursday, his latest video had been viewed more than 6.3 million times, with many people interpreting it as a response to former President Donald Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris ― and an acknowledgement that the election results have been painful for many people.
“I bet you didn’t think you’d still be raising us all these years later, Steve, but thank you for still being here,” one person wrote in the comments.