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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

(CBS Local/CBSLA) — 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 ...

“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 ...

Officials at Sesame Workshop are denying the claim of a former writer that said the classic characters Bert and Ernie are more than close friends. Former show writer Mark Saltzman told Queerty.com ...

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 ...