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 for several ...

For a brief time, Sesame Street’s iconic duo, Bert and Ernie, were out of the closet and at the top of Twitter’s trending list, following the remarks of a former writer for the PBS children’s show in ...

Are Bert and Ernie gay? For years, people have wondered if Sesame Street’s best buds, created in 1969, are more than friends. As The New York Times points out, they “live together, share a bedroom and ...

The producers of "Sesame Street" want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay.Sesame Workshop tweeted Tuesday the characters have many human traits but "remain puppets, and do not have a ...

In a September 16 interview “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman put years of speculation to rest, letting the world know that Ernie and Bert are a gay couple — at least, he wrote them that way.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...