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 ...

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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 ...

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.

It's one of the universe's many unanswered questions: Are Bert and Ernie, the unmarried Muppets who have shared an address on Sesame Street since 1969 (and still look amazing!), more than merely ...

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 ...

Bert and Ernie are not gay. That is, according to "Sesame Street," which released an official statement on the matter on Thursday responding to an online campaign calling for the pair to be married.

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 ...

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The sexual orientation of two puppets has long been the subject of curiosity. And now a longtime “Sesame Street” writer has added more reason for speculation. Mark Saltzman, who wrote on several ...

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 ...