But on this weekend's "SNL," Fineman's Elmo assured "Weekend Update" anchor Michael Che that he and the inanimate object have buried the hatchet.

"Rocco doesn't need a chair!

Che only set Fineman's Elmo off even more, when he explained Rocco was in the building getting a COVID-19 test.

How?" Fineman's Elmo shouted?

Paper covers rock, Prepare to die, Rocco!" he shouted, before smothering the rock.

Earlier this month, a 2004 "Sesame Street" clip went viral on Twitter (with more than 100,000 retweets in a week) in which Elmo loses his cool after being denied a cookie because, according to his Muppet friend Zoe, her pet rock Rocco is going to eat it

Elmo's response: "Rocco doesn't even have a mouth, Rocco's just a rock