This year has certainly been full of twists and turns, but here's something we doubt anybody had on their 2024 bingo card: Cookie Monster — the Muppet from Sesame Street known for, well ...

She left PEOPLE in 2022. Sesame Street has been on the air for 52 years, which for so many of us means that we have had the privilege of growing up with the Muppets who have become household names.