“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 ...

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 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bert and Ernie are still just roommates. In ...

“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 ...

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 ...