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"Hi out there, it's me, Steve," Burns said at the start of his first TikTok on Monday, repeating the line that Burns would famously say at the start of every episode. "I don't know how to use TikTok at all. I kind of don't even know what it is. If you could tell me in the comments or something, thank you."
The 48-year-old hosted "Blue's Clues," a part-live-action, part-animated TV show about a blue dog named Blue who leaves clues around a house for Burns and viewers to solve throughout the episode, from its inception in 1996 to 2002.
Burns has uploaded two videos so far to his TikTok handle, @hioutthereitsmesteve. The two posts have garnered over 9.4 million views and 5.2 million likes in total since he joined the platform earlier this week, People reported.
@hioutthereitsmesteve ♬ original sound - hioutthereitsmesteve
In his second TikTok, which is 59 seconds long, Burns stared at the camera and said nothing while Erik Satie's reflective piano song "Gymnopedie No. 1" played in the background.
@hioutthereitsmesteve ♬ Gymnopédie No. 1 (Erik Satie) - Myuu
"Im just giving you the attention we both know you deserve," reads an on-screen caption.
The comments of his two TikToks are flooded with people celebrating his presence on TikTok and saying they appreciate him.
When Burns left "Blue's Clues" in 2002, the show announced his departure by saying his fictional character was leaving for college. Burns was replaced by Donovan Patton, known on the show as Joe, who hosted the series until it ended in 2006. The show was rebooted in 2019 under the name "Blue's Clues & You!" and featured Josh Dela Cruz as its new host.
To celebrate the cartoon's 25th anniversary in September, Nick Jr., the Nickelodeon programming block that aired the show, posted a video to Twitter featuring Burns talking about his "abrupt" departure from the show.
"I realize that was kind of abrupt, I just kinda got up and went to college," Burns said in the viral two-minute video, which now has nearly 40 million views and over 2 million likes. "Can we just talk about that?"
—Nick Jr. (@nickjr) September 7, 2021
He went on to say that while a lot has changed in the interim, he never forgot his "Blue's Clues" fans and thanked viewers for listening.
Since starring in "Blue's Clues," Burns has acted in a number of movies and TV shows, including the 2007 comedy horror film "Netherbeast Incorporated" and the 2008 science-fiction movie "Christmas on Mars."
Burns also has 300,000 followers on Instagram, where he goes by the handle @steveburnsalive.
Burns did not respond to a request for comment.