RIP Shredder! Is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ villain dead?

On Thursday a hashtag namely “Rip Shredder” trended on X (previously known as Twitter). This for certain people of a particular generation, signified the antagonist of Sensei Splinter and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, leaving X users perplexed. But things were a little different, and the TMNT persona had nothing to do with the X […]

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On Thursday a hashtag namely “Rip Shredder” trended on X (previously known as Twitter). This for certain people of a particular generation, signified the antagonist of Sensei Splinter and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, leaving X users perplexed. But things were a little different, and the TMNT persona had nothing to do with the X movement.

Thursday’s “Rip Shredder” trend, for certain people of a particular generation signified the antagonist of Sensei Splinter and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, left X users perplexed. But things were a little different, and the TMNT persona had nothing to do with the X movement.

He wrote on Instagram: “I lost my best friend Shredder today. I am in immense pain but also grateful for the time we shared. Shredder was the physical embodiment of mine and Hila’s love. He changed me, made me softer, more loving, more empathetic. I knew true companionship and unconditional love. He died young, almost 6 years old, from kidney failure. It feels bitterly unfair, but I know people lose loved ones early all the time. He was a fierce protector, often times lunging even at my own family, if they reached for me too quickly”

He added: “He first fell ill with stage 4 kidney disease 6 months ago and he fought with all his love to pull through.  Soon the blood tests showed his kidney had not recovered and the disease would ultimately take him. It’s been a desperately difficult 6 months as I wondered when the unthinkable would happen. Hoping and dreaming, against my better judgement, that he would magically recover, or stabilize for a significantly longer time. That’s sadly not what happened. But what did happen is that we had a wonderful, love filled 6 months together, the majority of time he was his incredible self. All this rambling to say this: I love you forever shredder, our perfect beautiful boy.”


Several users expressed their sadness at Shredder’s passing on X. wrote: “The pain is so devastating; I feel for Ethan. I’m bawling. RIP Shredder.”