Miss Piggy's love interests



Since her first appearance on The Muppet Show in 1976, Miss Piggy has engaged herself in a massive love affair with Kermit the Frog. This has not, however, kept her from pursuing other avenues of romance and displays of aggressive affection, indeterminate on what Kermit's feelings for her happen to be at the moment.

Mutual love interests

 * When he appears on The Muppet Show in episode 109, Charles Aznavour has no problem romancing Mildred in “The Old Fashioned Way”, but he also works his wiles on Miss Piggy during the talk spot. To demonstrate for Kermit how lucky the French are in love, Charles speaks the language to Piggy who becomes putty in his hands. After being smothered with oinking kisses, Charles says he's found the girl of his dreams.


 * Piggy makes an aggressive move on Rudolf Nureyev in The Muppet Show episode 213, but he makes it quite clear that her advances are not welcome. This tone turns their song, a rendition of “Baby, It's Cold Outside” (which is traditionally sung by a man attempting to woo a woman), into a reversed-role situation that ends with Nureyev escaping Piggy's clutches not without some physical harm to himself.


 * When they sang "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" in The Muppet Show episode 214, Piggy calls Elton John her lover, and exclaims “Eat your heart out, Kiki!” referencing Kiki Dee with whom Elton had previously recorded the song with. She fawns over him once again at the close of the show, but it's unclear how receptive he is to her.


 * Speaking to Kermit on his show in 1978, Michael Parkinson confesses that he's madly in love with Miss Piggy. When Piggy is introduced, the rest of the interview is completely dominated by a heavy courtship between guest and host just shy of heavy petting.


 * Although their relationship is platonic when he appears in The Muppet Show episode 401, Miss Piggy and John Denver have engaged in some intimacy over their following appearances together. Piggy is visited by “Jonathan” in her dressing room in John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together and she makes the claim that he looks at her in a special way. Denver shies away citing his marriage, but Piggy asserts that no one woman can own him. Later in the show, they play a toy soldier and doll in love, but things got potentially more serious when they spent some time in the woods together without the rest of the Muppets. This excursion is explained in a letter Piggy writes to Denver in Rocky Mountain Holiday that she does not intend Kermit to see. He claims that the meeting was innocent, but Kermit suspects more went on.


 * When Piggy learns who the guest star is in episode 418, she refers to him as Christopher “Perfect Body” Reeve. Her dressing room is shown to be decked out with Superman memorabilia in his honor, and she later gets Reeve to show her how he held Lois Lane in the movie. Discarding the romantic significance of her and Kermit's song, Piggy maneuvers herself into a song accompanied by Reeve on piano, where she continues to throw herself at the “man of steel.” Her memory is not lost on Reeve who, in The Muppets Go Hollywood, attempts to cut in on her dance with Charles Durning, and uneasily accepts defeat. He apparently made another attempt though, as the pair are seen tearing up the dance floor later in the special.


 * Piggy maneuvers herself into a date with Roger Moore when he appeared in episode 524. She sings to him “On a Slow Boat to China” about how she'd like to whisk him away on an extravagant vacation. Just as she makes her move, Annie Sue appears in the apartment, ready for her date with Roger to the theatre.


 * As guest-hosts of The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show]], the tables are turned as John Ritter and George Hamilton compete with one another for Miss Piggy's attention. Piggy plays off of this attention throughout the special in a number of sketches and musical numbers, most often favoring Hamilton over Ritter, but not completely discounting either.


 * When she drops in on Ed Grimley to borrow hammer in Muppets Tonight episode 110, Piggy has no interest in her neighbor until she finds that he's set to inherit a fortune. They're quickly married by his goldfish Moby, but Piggy demands an annulment when she learns that Grimley is set to only receive $85.


 * Piggy has had an ongoing affair with Matt Lauer over the course of several appearances on The Today Show, many of which have featured them lip-locked. On New Year's Day 1998, Piggy dumps Lauer, suggesting that they've conducted a relationship for some time.

In character

 * As explained in backstory from Muppet Treasure Island, it is established that Benjamina Gunn had been in relationships with Long John Silver, and Captain Flint, the latter of whom stranded her on Treasure Island until she was saved by another former lover, Abraham Smollett.


 * Piggy plays Allison in The Lunarmooners as shown in Muppets Tonight episode 104, who is married to John Goodman's Alf (no relation). Their relationship consists less of romance and more of contention until Alf presents surprise tickets to the Space Cadets Ball.

Crushes on Piggy

 * In the earliest days of The Muppet Show, Gonzo was shown to have made some unwanted advances on Piggy, although this mostly fizzled after Gonzo's obsession with chickens was established. This trait become more evident on Muppet Babies, where Baby Gonzo was much more consistent in his affections for Baby Piggy, and often the driving force for whatever antics he was getting up to in a particular episode.


 * Although it wasn't a defining characteristic of their relationship, Link Hogthrob made more than one pass at Miss Piggy (when he wasn't fat-shaming her). On one occasion, he becomes invisible and kisses an unsuspecting Piggy, instantly transferring his ailment to her.