A video posted on the Nick Jr. Twitter account features Steve Burns, once again clad in that distinctive green-striped shirt. In celebration of "Blue's Clues'" quarter-century anniversary, he rehashes that painful episode where he bailed on us. Steve starts out by reminiscing: "When we were younger [and] we used to run around and hang out with Blue and find clues and talk to Mr. Salt and freak out about the mail and do all the fun stuff." He then admits, "And then one day, I was like, 'Oh hey, guess what? Big news, I'm leaving. Here's my brother Joe, he's your new best friend,' and then I got on a bus and I left and we didn't see each other for like a really long time."
Umm, yeah, Steverino, we do recall something of that sort. Steve doesn't actually offer an apology, but does say, "Can we just talk about that? Because I realize that was kind of abrupt." (Yeah, a bit.) Well, as Steve explains it, the real reason he left the show was to go to college, something he obviously feels will be relatable for his audience as he goes on to say, "I mean, we started out with clues, and now, it's what? Student loans, and jobs and families? And some of it has been kind of hard, you know? I know you know." Yeah, Steve, we do know. But we also know you're not telling the whole truth.