Steve fromBlue's CluesGoes Viral with Emotional Video Once Again, This Time Without Saying a Word

Mar. 15, 2025

Steve from Blue’s Clues on TikTok.Photo:hioutthereitsmesteve/TikTok

hioutthereitsmesteve/TikTok

Steve Burnsis taking a breather.

TheBlue’s Clueshost, 51, shared a newTikTok videoshowing himself taking a break and taking in the environment outdoors on Wednesday, Nov. 6, one day after the2024 presidential election.

In the short clip that quickly went viral, Burns is seen bringing out two mugs and placing one down below the camera. He then sips from one of the mugs as he rests his arms on a fence.

Burns doesn’t say a thing in the approximately minute-long clip, but sounds from the environment can be heard, including birds chirping and the wind. At the end of the clip, he nods to the camera and takes a breath.

One woman wrote, “Steve I’m trying real hard not to cry at my big girl job today but it’s not easy,” while another said, “Everything feels so heavy today.”

“You are exactly what we need right now, ” another person commented.

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He spoke toTodayin April about his decision to post that video, noting that it was his way of carrying on the “philosophy” of the beloved children’s seriesBlue’s Clues, which was “always about respect, and always about communicating with the home viewer from a place of understanding and without condescension," he shared.

Steve Burns on a 1996 episode of ‘Blue’s Clues’.Nickelodeon/Everett

Nickelodeon/Everett

“Back in the day, that meant talking about shapes and colors and graham crackers, but if you simply scale that up, now we’re talking about the pandemic and student loans and adulting,” he explained. “We’re talking about how difficult it is to move through this life as an adult person, but also how wonderful it is.”

“Blue’s Clueshad so much silence in it. I simply wanted to do that,” he continued. “I want to see if that was possible. None of us thought that it would have the impact that it did, and we were so surprised.”

“When we pay attention, we’re making an investment in someone else. And that’s the basis of compassion, in a lot of ways,” he said.

“I worry that these TikToks are making me seem like a therapist or someone who has some kind of greater understanding," he added. “My hope is that I just come off as a fellow passenger on the struggle bus, an ally.”

In 2019,Josh Dela Cruznabbed the leading role for the revivalBlue’s Clues & You!and remains a part of the franchise, including starring in the Paramount+ feature film released in 2022.

source: people.com