WMUR

'Sesame Street' wants to clarify: Bert and Ernie aren't gay

The producers of "Sesame Street" want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay.Sesame Workshop tweeted Tuesday that the characters are best friends and have many human traits but "remain ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Sesame Street’ Writer Confirms Bert and Ernie Were a Couple

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 always ...
Uproxx

A ‘Sesame Street’ Writer Has Definitively Ended Decades Of Rumors About Bert And Ernie’s Relationship

Bert and Ernie live together, play together, and sing together, but at no point during the 48-season run of Sesame Street has the obvious been confirmed. In a recent interview with Queerty, though, ...
TV Guide

Sesame Street Writer Says Bert and Ernie Are Gay, Sesame Workshop Disagrees

"As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they ...
phillyvoice.com

'Sesame Street' writer says Bert and Ernie were based on his own relationship

The true nature of Bert and Ernie's relationship has finally been revealed after years of speculation. Mark Saltzman, the writer behind the "Sesame Street" characters told Queerty this week that yep, ...
Time

Sesame Street Says Bert And Ernie ‘Don’t Have a Sexual Orientation’ After Longtime Writer Claims They’re Gay

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 orientation.” The ...
Portland Press Herald

Are Bert and Ernie gay? They’re puppets, Sesame Street says

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The sexual orientation of two puppets has long been the subject of curiosity ...
fox13now

Sesame Street says Bert and Ernie’s relationship status is not complicated

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 relationship ...
ABC News

Former 'Sesame Street' writer says Bert and Ernie are gay. The show says otherwise.

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 Ernie ...
Penn Live

Bert and Ernie are gay, 'Sesame Street' writer says

A former "Sesame Street" writer has confirmed that Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman tells LGBTQ lifestyle website Queerty that he joined the popular children's TV show in 1984 and wrote for the ...
syracuse.com

Bert and Ernie are gay, 'Sesame Street' writer says

Update: Sesame Workshop says Bert and Ernie are "puppets and do not have a sexual orientation." A former "Sesame Street" writer has confirmed that Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman tells LGBTQ ...