Anti-Woke Crowd Turns On Cocomelon After It Shows Two Dads Encouraging Their Son To Be Himself

As a year that saw a whole host of brands become the center of 'going woke' accusations draws to a close, one final "woke controversy" has hit the internet. The target this time is Cocomelon.

A scene from the Netflix children's television show CoComelon Lane was reposted by the popular conservative account @EndWokeness. In the scene, two dads are singing to their son about choosing to do things he wants to do. This leads to a scene where the boy wears a tiara and a tutu and does a brief ballet dance.

The snippet comes from a longer number where the son expresses he doesn't know what to wear. This leads the dads to sing about things they know the boy likes to do, which leads him to try on costumes for various professions. First, they sing about how he likes to help people, so he wears a fireman's outfit; next they sing about how he likes to cook, so he puts on a chef outfit; finally they sing about how he likes to dance, leading to the ballet bit. Ultimately, he wears all the hats and all three take silly pictures together.

Only the ballet bit was reposted on X, followed by a backlash led by some conservative accounts on the platform. The sentiments shared were similar to those posted when the Baymax! TV series featured a trans man and when Pizza Hut included a book involving drag in a kids' reading list.

The backlash to the backlash started in full force as well, as several commenters opined there was nothing offensive about the short snippet. Others felt it was weird to see such a visceral reaction to a show for toddlers.

Netflix has yet to comment on the growing controversy surrounding the CoComelon Lane scene. In what may be a coincidence, many of the people voicing their outrage over the scene are also promoting Bentkey, which is a children's programming subscription service started by the conservative company The Daily Wire that launched two months ago.