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 ...

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 ...

Mad, Sad, Glad. But I must give kudos to the writers - this was probably the first time the word "sychophant" has been uttered in the 40 years Sesame Street has been on the air.

For nearly half a century, children have come to “Sesame Street” to laugh, play and learn. And everyone is familiar with Bert and Ernie — the odd-couple-esque roommates on the long-running ...

Former 'Sesame Street' writer Mark Saltzman confirmed that puppet characters Bert and Ernie were a couple in an interview with Queerty published Tuesday.

Though Jim Henson and Frank Oz created Bert and Ernie, Saltzman was charged with writing the characters’ storylines during his 15-year stint on Sesame Street.

He's lived with a man for 31 years, wears turtlenecks and saddle shoes and rumors of his homosexuality have swirled for years but no one's ever heard directly from Sesame street's Bert on his ...

Following an interview given by a former "Sesame Street" writer who said he wrote the beloved characters Bert and Ernie as if they were gay, the show has said otherwise. "Sesame Street" on Tuesday ...

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.

Previously: A former “Sesame Street” writer says popular characters Bert and Ernie are a “loving couple.” Sesame Workshop says that isn’t so, because puppets “do not have a sexual ...

But the makers of Sesame Street, The Sesame Workshop, issued a statement on their own Facebook page today, quashing the possibility: Bert and Ernie are best friends.

An ex writer for sesame street revealed in an interview the Bert and Ernie characters are gay.