Sunny day! As fans have suspected for years, it turns out the world's most beloved muppet roommates are more than just friends Sunny day! As fans have suspected for years, it turns out the world’s ...

(CBS Local)--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, told Queerty that ...

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 ...

“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 ...

He's lived with a man for 31 years and wears turtlenecks and saddle shoes, and rumors of his homosexuality have swirled for years. But no one's ever heard directly from Sesame Street's Bert on his ...

Cast members of Sesame Street posing on the set with some of the puppet characters, 1969. Left to right: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long with (left to right) Big Bird, Cookie ...

After much back and forth, Sesame Street fans finally have an answer: Bert and Ernie are gay… if you want them to be. In The Hollywood Reporter’s in-depth piece on Sesame Street‘s 50th anniversary, ...

Los ÁngelesLos Ángeles — “Sesame Street” y Frank Oz, cocreador de Bert y Ernie, negaron hoy que estos dos famosos personajes infantiles sean homosexuales, tal y como había defendido recientemente un ...

Despite a petition to see the puppets tie the knot, Sesame Workshop maintains that the duo are “best friends” and “do not have a sexual orientation.” By Sophie Schillaci Bert and Ernie Sesame Street - ...

Online petition urged muppets to wed, creators respond on Facebook August 11, 2011— -- Are they gay? It's the age-old (well, several-years-old) question intriguing fans of muppets Bert and Ernie.

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 ...