When ABC cancelled its reboot of The Muppets earlier this month following its first and only season, the news quickly made the rounds among devoted Muppet enthusiasts around the world. However, the news apparently didn’t reach everyone, one of whom is particularly affected by the cancellation: Fozzie Bear, the porkpie hat–wearing companion of Kermit the Frog. Watch below as New York Magazine editor Chris Bonanos and Kermit accidentally break the bad news to Fozzie at this year’s Vulture Festival. (It’s only a little bit awkward.)