Rumours had been circulating that Kermit had found love once again, with another pig named Denise - a marketing executive on The Muppets’ new talk show ‘Up Late With The Muppets’ - just weeks after ending his 40-year relationship with Piggy.
However, Kermit has now set the record straight, insisting that while he is on the dating scene, he and Denise are nothing more than “close friends”.
Posting an official statement on his Twitter page, Kermit wrote: “While I prefer to keep my private life private, this is Hollywood, so who am I kidding?
“It is true that I am dating again. However, at this time no one woman -- pig or otherwise -- is my official ‘new girlfriend’. We are simply close friends.”
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Kermit and Miss Piggy
We’ll find out what the truth is when the Muppets’ new mockumentary, titled simply ‘The Muppets’, airs later this month.
Miss Piggy announced that she and Kermit had split back in August, telling fans: “Dating moi is like flying close to the sun. It was inevitable Kermit would drop to the ground while I stayed in the heavens.”
It doesn’t sound like she’s too bothered about the rumours either, as she’s recently been spotted cosying up with Hollywood hunk Liam Hemsworth.
Here are a few other eligible men we think she should set her sights on now she’s a single lady…
9 Men Miss Piggy Should Date Now She's Single
Leonardo DiCaprio(01 of09)
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Getting together with one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors would be the perfect rebound decision for Miss Piggy. Imagine Kermit’s face when he saw her on Leonardo DiCaprio’s arm at next year’s Academy Awards, particularly if she were there for the moment that Leo finally got his Oscar? (credit:Jemal Countess via Getty Images)
Justin Bieber(02 of09)
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Alternatively, after 40 years with Kermit The Frog strumming his banjo and singing about rainbows, maybe what Miss Piggy really needs is a bad boy - and a younger one at that. Taking a leaf out of Madonna or Jennifer Lopez’s book, we reckon the next step for a single diva is taking on a toyboy - and The Biebs is surely just the man? (credit:ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Ed Sheeran(03 of09)
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She’s used to dating singers, and we feel like Ed would be loving enough to shower Miss Piggy with the praise and attention suitable for a diva - plus he’d probably write her a nice ditty too. (credit:Phillip Massey via Getty Images)
Zac Efron(04 of09)
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Because why wouldn’t she want to, really..? (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
Olly Murs(05 of09)
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They’ve collaborated in the past, and with Olly’s public profile at an all-time high thanks to his job on ‘X Factor’, Piggy might want to consider getting in there while she can. (credit:Jon Furniss via Getty Images)
Liam Hemsworth(06 of09)
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Once you’ve been engaged to Miley Cyrus, there are only a few places you can go from there, and one of them is an even bigger - right, Piggy? (credit:Albert L. Ortega via Getty Images)
Fozzie Bear(07 of09)
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Going out with the best friend isn’t exactly the classiest move, granted. But it would certainly raise some eyebrows (or the frog equivalent, at least). (credit:Donna Svennevik via Getty Images)
Zayn Malik(08 of09)
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Their breakups were announced on the same day. Could that really be a coincidence? (credit:Pierre Suu via Getty Images)
Prince Harry(09 of09)
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Scrap everything we’ve said so far, actually. If Kermit and Miss Piggy truly are calling it a day, the only suitable replacement for our amphibian hero is a royal. Princess Piggy has certainly got a ring to it... (credit:Anwar Hussein/Anwar Hussein)