Eiza González Got Fired fromSesame StreetActing Gig at 5 Because She 'Was a Complete Menace' On Set

Mar. 15, 2025

Eiza González, ‘Sesame Street’.Photo:Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty; Sesame Workshop

Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty; Sesame Workshop

Eiza Gonzálezmay not be able to tell you how to get toSesame Street, but she can certainly tell you how to get fired from it.

TheAshstar, 35, shared during a Tuesday, March 11 appearance onThe Kelly Clarkson Showthat she was onSesame Streetfor just “a blink of an eye” at 5 years old — all thanks to her being a “complete menace” on set and leading her fellow child actors on an apparent mission to break into an office.

Speaking with guest hostBrooke Shields, González revealed that she “got kicked out” ofSesame Streetin Mexico in what she referred to as her “first getting-fired moment” as an actress.

Eiza González speaks with Brooke Shields on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ in March 2025.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty

Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty

“Maybe this should’ve said everything about me when I was little to my mother and sort of [helped her decide] to not keep me in this career, but I basically was a hyperactive child,” González said. “And I also liked to rile up people. I was a complete menace.”

“I made sure to rile up the entire kid team, of children, and I convinced them to break into the office,” she added. “They had a mock-up of an entire set. And we were jumping in it and we broke it. And it was me. And I got completely fired from my first job because I was just a complete menace.”

“And my mom said, ‘You can’t do this for a living. You’re just so naughty, you can’t do this.’ And then surely, I found my way back into it somehow. I wiggled my way in.”

Despite her first, not-so-great experience on set, González, indeed, found her way back into Mexico’sPlaza Sésamoyears later, when she performed “Me Gustas Tú” in a season 11 episode, perIMDB.

While González’s initial stint on the Mexico edition ofSesame Streetdidn’t come to fruition, multiple other child actors who actually appeared on iterations of the series also went on to have successful careers, includingTyler James Williams,Ashley TisdaleandLindsay Lohan.

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In the years since, of course, González has continued to act beyond thosePlaza Sésamoroots,most recently starring in Flying Lotus' independent thrillerAsh, which she told Shields at theKelly Clarkson Showwas created with “a lot of love and a lot of passion.”

In the film, González stars alongsideAaron Pauland plays an astronaut named Riya who discovers that “everyone on her spaceship has been killed” and has no memory of what happened. The film, she added, would be a fit for fans of “anxiety-inducing movies.”

“I love watching horror films in movie theaters,” she said. “It’s the one place — it’s a communal experience and everyone’s kind of screaming together… It’s an independent film, guys, it means a lot if people can go support it.”

source: people.com