A former writer for Sesame Street said in a recent interview that he considered Bert and Ernie to be gay — but the show rebutted this claim, saying the puppets “do not have a sexual ...

The makers of "Sesame Street" say Bert and Ernie, the classic feuding Muppets who appeared on the popular children's television show, are not gay. The statement came Tuesday after former "Sesame ...

Bert and Ernie are still just roommates. In a statement, Sesame Workshop was prompted to address the famous puppets’ relationship after a former writer for “Sesame Street” said his own ...

The show released a statement that says puppets don't have sexual orientations. Following an interview given by a former "Sesame Street" writer who said he wrote the beloved characters Bert and ...

The other story of the day involves Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street fame, and whether or not they’re gay. In a new interview with Queerty, longtime Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman was adamant ...

Former 'Sesame Street' writer Mark Saltzman confirmed that puppet characters Bert and Ernie were a couple in an interview with Queerty published Tuesday. By Lexy Perez Sesame Street fans have ...

“I said, ‘hello’ when I got near,” Bert sings in the video, released on Sesame Street‘s YouTube channel. “He said …” “Oh what’s that? I got a banana in my ear,” Ernie adds.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- A former "Sesame Street" writer has revealed that Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman, who wrote scripts and songs on "Sesame Street" for 15 years beginning in 1984 ...

Update: A day after his bombshell comments, “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman is walking back his claim that Bert and Ernie are gay. Bert and Ernie are more than just friends, according to ...

And I was the jokester. So it was the Bert & Ernie relationship, and I was already with Arnie when I came to Sesame Street. So I don’t think I’d know how else to write them, but as a loving ...

This week, an online petition concerning Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie started making the rounds. The Facebook petition asked that Sesame Street allow the two male Muppets, who share a house and ...