Only possible explanation for these responses: Elmo is the true alpha here, both Peterson and Taite were traumatized as children/teens when they came home from school one day and walked in on Elmo, fur-deep in their mum with their father huddled in the corner crying.

This is the ONLY possible explanation for raging at a children’s puppet like this.

He’s not been knighted - yet…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Johnson_(racing_driver)