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Denise, Kermit’s new girlfriend
The nerve — moving in on Miss Piggy! The party line on this ménage à pork is that Kermit and Miss P. parted ways after 40 years together, but it sounds like standard Hollywood hoo-ha.
How do you make any aging male performer look virile and attractive? You cast him opposite an absurdly younger female co-star. Enter Denise.
Does Kermit feel even a fraction of the devotion he felt toward Miss Piggy? In a pig’s eye, we say. We can’t wait to see Denise when “The Muppets” debuts. She has to live up to some serious expectations.
Premiere: Sept. 22, 8 p.m., ABC