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Are Bert and Ernie Gay? ‘Sesame Street’ Writer Says His Comments Were
Misinterpreted
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<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/arts/television/bert-ernie-gay-sesame-street.html>

For decades, we’ve wondered: Are Bert and Ernie gay? The iconic “Sesame
Street” duo live together, share a bedroom and don’t seem shy about
taking a bath in front of each other, so …

The recurring question shot back into our consciousness this week after
a former “Sesame Street” writer who is gay said in an interview that he
wrote Bert and Ernie as a “loving couple,” taking inspiration from his
own relationship with his longtime partner.

“I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and
Ernie, they were” gay, the writer, Mark Saltzman, said in an interview
with Queerty, a gay news and entertainment site. “I didn’t have any
other way to contextualize them.”

His comments thundered across the internet, spreading both outrage and
glee. “They’re official!!!!!” said one post, showing an image of a
smiling Bert and Ernie wearing sparkling wedding rings. But Sesame
Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” quickly knocked down the
idea, saying in a statement that Bert and Ernie are “best friends” and,
being that they are puppets, have no sexual orientation.

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Bert and Ernie were brothers, and were certainly not gay. I met Bertie at 
Ernie's funeral.