Cheryl Hines defends Larry David beating up Elmo

Cheryl Hines doesn’t blame Larry David for beating up Elmo…and said producers should have known better than to put them on the same set.

The actress — who co-starred with Larry in 101 episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — defended her TV ex-husband during Wednesday’s episode of “Literally with Rob Lowe,” saying that the people behind the show should have known something was going to happen.

CH honestly said, “He doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about a doll! He doesn’t care about people”…maybe a bit harsh, but Larry has developed a curmudgeon persona over the years.

CH went on to say that Larry has made a career out of telling people he doesn’t care about their feelings… turn him off.

Cheryl made it clear that Elmo had done nothing wrong – saying he “didn’t ask for this” – and instead laid the blame on the showrunners.

It’s all clearly in good fun for Cheryl… although others in the television industry aren’t taking the attack as well as she is.

As we previously reported… Will Wheaton completely set on fire David online after the video of his appearance on ‘Today’ went viral. The ‘Star Trek’ actor condemned LD, saying his attack brought back traumatic memories of his own abuse at the hands of his father.

Larry has yet to respond to Wil’s conviction… but if Cheryl or his on-camera “apology” are to be believed, it’s unlikely WW will get a sincere “sorry” anytime soon.