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 ...

“I created Bert,” says Frank Oz. “I know what and who he is.” And no, he isn’t gay. “I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were,” Saltzman said when asked ...

“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 ...

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, told ...

“It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay,” Oz, a longtime Muppets veteran and Bert’s creator, wrote. “It’s fine that he feels they are. They’re not, of course. But why that ...

Sesame Street creators are refuting a former writer's claim that Bert and Ernie are a gay couple. The long-running TV show was forced to respond to the oft-discussed idea that the two puppets who ...

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 ...

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 ...

An astute fan noticed that Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street don’t agree on the nature of their relationship, and Twitter exploded in speculation. A podcaster who goes by Valondar on Twitter posted ...

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 ...

After decades of speculation, accusations and campaigning for and against a formal declaration of a relationship status, a former "Sesame Street" writer confirmed the characters Bert and Ernie are ...