Whitmire felt that Kermit wouldn’t have lied to Robin as he’s too compassionate.
One specific problem that Whitmire had with the TV show was a note left about a scene where Kermit lied to his nephew, Robin, about his break-up with Miss Piggy.
Whitmire has clashed several times before with Disney about the Muppets since the company acquired the Muppets brand in 2004, but evidently it was this TV series that made things especially worse.
Whitmire, who had been performing for The Muppets since 1978, stated that while the show was airing, states that Disney felt that he had been “disrespectful” during the show’s run because of his character issues with Kermit the Frog in that project.