Strangers help Sesame Street puppeteer after heirloom necklace was stolen

Kathleen Kim is a performer, and she can usually keep her emotions in check.

But the puppeteer for Ji-Young, the first Asian American Muppet on Sesame Street, quickly broke down when she recently made a short, very personal video.

“I’ve honestly been putting off this video for a while because it just hurts to talk about it,” Kim told her TikTok followers. “This is my last-ditch effort at trying to locate my mom’s stolen jade necklace.”