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 ...

In a new interview with Queerty, longtime Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman was adamant that the puppets were more than just friends. In an odd twist, two of the day’s most trending topics involve ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Big Bird, Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert and Oscar the Grouch celebrate 50 years on Sesame Street. (Photos by Sesame Workshop) Fifty years ago, a television producer’s desire to teach ...

Update: Sesame Workshop says Bert and Ernie are "puppets and do not have a sexual orientation." A former "Sesame Street" writer has confirmed that Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman tells LGBTQ ...

The makers of "Sesame Street" say Bert and Ernie, the classic feuding Muppets who appeared on the popular children's television show, are not gay. The statement came Tuesday after former "Sesame ...

Bert and Ernie aren’t getting married. “Sesame Street” said that the famous roommates are just “best friends” and “they remain puppets and do not have a sexual orientation.” “Bert and Ernie are best ...