This article originally appeared on IndieWire. According to Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind “Sesame Street,” Bert and Ernie are still just friends. On Tuesday, Sesame ...
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 ...
In this op-ed, writer Kelly Gonsalves explains why it's not the "Sesame Street" puppets' sexuality that matters — it's the haste to clarify what they're not. Why do we care so much about the love ...
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 ...
The nonprofit organization behind the beloved children's show "Sesame Street" is weighing in on a question that has sparked debates for decades: Are Bert and Ernie a gay couple? The answer: Nope, they ...
After much back and forth, Sesame Street fans finally have an answer: Bert and Ernie are gay… if you want them to be. In The Hollywood Reporter’s in-depth piece on Sesame Street‘s 50th anniversary, ...
The long-running children’s show, which first introduced young audiences to Big Bird, Bert and Ernie in 1969, is in the midst of its final season on Max after the HBO streamer from Warner Bros.
Are beloved children’s television characters Bert and Ernie gay? Whether they are or not, does it even matter? These are the sort of questions the public has been debating for the last few days, ever ...
"Sesame Street" writer Mark Saltzman revealed in an interview earlier this week that he wrote Bert & Ernie as gay. Twitter erupted at the news, and Sesame Workshop and creator Frank Oz quickly denied ...
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 traits but “remain ...
“Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman says his comments that he wrote Bert and Ernie as a gay couple based on his own same-sex relationship were misinterpreted. “As a writer, you just bring what you ...