Are Bert and Ernie gay? For years, people have wondered if Sesame Street’s best buds, created in 1969, are more than friends. As The New York Times points out, they “live together, share a bedroom and ...

“I remember one time that a column from the San Francisco Chronicle, a preschooler in the city turned to mom and asked ‘are Bert & Ernie Iovers?’” Saltzman recalled. “And that, coming from a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I remember one time that a column from The San Francisco Chronicle, a preschooler in the city ...

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 ...

Everybody’s still wondering whether Bert and Ernie are gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Mark Saltzman — the former “Sesame Street” writer who said he viewed the characters as a couple ...

The sexual orientation of two puppets has long been the subject of curiosity. And now a longtime "Sesame Street" writer has added more reason for speculation. Mark Saltzman, who wrote on several ...