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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cast members of Sesame Street posing on the set with some of the puppet characters, 1969. Left to right: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, ...

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 ...

Last Sunday, the gay online publication Queerty released an interview with longtime “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman that touched on the relationship between popular characters Bert and Ernie.

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 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After the internet blew up over Sesame Workshop rejecting former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman's claims that ...

Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman recently said in an interview with Queery that Bert and Ernie were written as a loving couple. Many saw this as confirmation that Bert and Ernie are a gay couple, a ...

So when Mark Saltzman, a writer who worked on Bert and Ernie for years, told Queerty this week they're gay, no one was really surprised. If anything, people were elated the truth was finally confirmed ...

Sesame Street was the talk of SDCC this year, as NECA revealed that they have the license to make action figures in their Ultimates line from the iconic show. The first two of those figures, Bert and ...

If you had the misfortune to be on the Internet this week — and who among us was not, alas? – then you’ll know there was a bit of excitement around the Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie. In an ...