Teletubbies get ‘X-rated’ makeover for Gen Z and millennials, but not all are thrilled: ‘This is sacrilegious’

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with San Francisco streetwear label, Dolls Kill. But visuals of the once-snuggly sweeties shaking their stuffing to club music have outraged some Gen Zs and millennials who grew up watching their purple, green, yellow and red friends frolic under the beaming warmth of “Sun Baby.”“This is sacrilegious to me,” commented a disapproving detractor. “So gross, drug-oriented, pedophilic and wrong,” spat an equally perturbed spectator. “The Teletubbies X-rated version,” another sneered.

In separate snippets, the cartoonish cuties can be seen gyrating to trendy tracks such as “I Luv It” by Camila Cabello and Playboi Carti, and jamming out to hits on Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” anthology.

The series of wild antics — presumed attempts at remaining pop-culturally relevant — have left confused commenters asking, “Isn’t this a kids’ show?” But this isn’t the goo-goo-gaa-gaa group’s first social media scolding for inappropriateness.

Parents virtually spanked Tinky Winky after a resurfaced episode showed the purple plaything tickling Dipsy‘s green derrière with a party balloon in April 2023. “What did I just watch?” questioned a mom who shared the shocking viral footage with her more than 70,000 TikTok followers. “That was the most strangest children’s program I’ve ever seen,” wrote a creeped-out critic beneath the clip.