A Filipino American doll in “Sesame Street” makes her debut

There’s a new Muppet on Sesame Street and for the first time, the cute and lovable character is of Filipino descent.

4-year-old TJ made his first appearance on “Sesame Street” this week alongside actor Kal Penn and fellow Muppets Grover and Ji Young as they learned about self-confidence.

At the scene, Grover excitedly announces that he’s going to hop the Sesame Street sign on his unicycle.

Ben says Grover has a lot of it trust, prompting TJ to ask “Trust? Mr. Cal, what is that?”

Ben explains that confidence is believing in yourself and others. TJ later tells Ben that he is showing his confidence by learning Tagalog.

“It’s a language my Filipino family speaks,” he says.

TJ also says he has confidence because he can always ask lola — Tagalog for granny — for help when he doesn’t know a word.