Is Josh Groban Miss Piggy’s New Boyfriend?
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ABC/Fred Lee(NEW YORK) — Since announcing their split last month, Kermit and Miss Piggy have wasted no time seeing other people. Kermit was spotted with a new pig named Denise last week, and now Miss Piggy has apparently moved on with none other than Josh Groban.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Josh will guest star on episode two of the ABC series The Muppets this fall. Sparks will fly between the singer and the sassy pig after they perform an “incredibly romantic” production number together. But here’s the kicker: Kermit is the one who sets them up.
“Piggy is in a foul mood,” The Muppets executive producer Bill Prady says. “So her ex-boyfriend, Kermit, decides that the best way to calm everything down is to essentially fix Piggy up with somebody, and he does it by going to that list they had when they were a couple — the free pass list.”
In case you’re not aware, the “free pass list” is a list of celebrity crushes with whom your significant other would be allowed to cheat if the opportunity ever arose. Since Josh is on Miss Piggy’s list, Kermit books him on their show, Up Late with Miss Piggy. But Kermit quickly ends up regretting that decision.
“[Josh] has ideas about the show,” the showrunner says. “And then it becomes, ‘Well, my new boyfriend thinks this and my new boyfriend thinks that.'”
This isn’t the first time Josh has worked with the Muppets. In May, he and violinist Lindsey Stirling teamed up with the gang for the “Pure Imagination” music video. Josh also appeared in 2014’sMuppets Most Wanted.
The Muppets premieres Tuesday, September 22 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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