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Beloved "Sesame Street" roommates Bert and Ernie are more than friends — they're a couple, a former writer for the show has confirmed. Morning Rundown: Voting Rights Act faces Supreme Court test, the political battle over data centers, and a gay rodeo homecoming. Iconic "Sesame Street" puppets Bert and Ernie are a couple, according to a former writer for the show. Bert & Ernie were gay, Sesame Street Jewish writer says
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. 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. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. 
Bert and Ernie are gay, Sesame Street writer says
Bert and Ernie writer Mark Saltzman tells an LGBTQ site that the puppets are gay. Sesame Workshop says they're just friends. 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 with another man inspired his writing of the characters.
Former 'Sesame Street' writer says Bert and Ernie are gay
After many years of speculation, we've finally received an answer. Beloved Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie are, in fact, a gay couple — at least according to one former writer. On Sunday, the LGBTQ website Queerty ran an interview with Mark Saltzman, a former Sesame Street writer who has had a truly fascinating life and has a lot of great stories to tell—about the show, about being a gay man in the 80s, and about his open secret of a relationship with film editor Arnold Glassman. Did that question ever come up? 
No, a ‘Sesame Street’ Writer Did Not Say Bert and Ernie Were Gay
(CBS Local)--A former "Sesame Street" writer has revealed that Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman, who wrote scripts and songs on "Sesame Street" for 15 years beginning in , told Queerty. Mark Saltzman, who wrote scripts and songs on "Sesame Street" for 15 years beginning in , told Queerty that the iconic characters' relationship is based off his real-life relationship with Arnold Glassman, an acclaimed editor. The two were together for 20 years before Glassman's death in
Former 'Sesame Street' Writer Reveals Bert And Ernie Are Gay
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 tweeted, "As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends. . Sesame Street Responds to Claims That Bert and Ernie Are Gay
A couple days after the interview was posted, it was speeding around the internet, with dozens of entertainment sites declaring that Saltzman had said Bert and Ernie were gay. . 
'Sesame Street' Writer Says He Wrote Bert And Ernie As Gay
Popular Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie are apparently gay. The writer of Sesame Street, Mark Saltzman, told Queerty, “ I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert. .