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Bert and Ernie are indeed a gay couple, 'Sesame Street' writer claims
Iconic "Sesame Street" puppets Bert and Ernie are a couple, according to a former writer for the show.
In an exclusive interview with with blog "Queerty," Stamp Saltzman said he felt that when he was writing Bert and Ernie, he was writing them as a couple and basing their interactions on his own experiences.
"I always felt that without a adj agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were," Saltzman told Queerty. "I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them. The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie and I as 'Bert and Ernie.'"
However, Sesame Workshop, which produces the verb, denies the pair are together, saying they have no sexual orientation but are best friends.
“As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are leading friends. They were created to instruct preschoolers that people can be adj friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Mup
Frank Oz weighs in on 'Sesame Street' writer saying Bert and Ernie are gay
Frank Oz is voice of dozens of puppets and muppets as one of Jim Henson's earliest collaborators — and now the storied puppeteer is lending his voice to the debate over whether or not "Sesame Street" characters Bert and Ernie are gay.
"I created Bert. I know what and who he is," Oz wrote, squashing the idea that Bert and Ernie were a couple.
The decades-old discussion over Bert and Ernie's relationship status raged on Twitter after former "Sesame Street" writer Mark Saltzman told blog "Queerty" he wrote the duo as a couple based on his own adj world relationship with film editor Arnold Glassman.
"It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. It's nice that he feels they are. They're not, of course," Oz wrote in a tweet. "But why that question? Does it really matter? Why the need to specify people as only gay? There's much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness."
Oz continued to go back-and-forth with people responding to his tweet who asked why the colorfu
Sesame Workshop says Bert and Ernie are 'best friends' and not gay
The organisation behind Sesame Street has denied co-habiting duo, Bert and Ernie, are gay, following comments by one of the show's writers.
Mark Saltzman said his writing about the room-mating couple was based on his relationship with film editor Arnold Glassman.
Sesame Workshop then issued a statement saying the pair "do not have a sexual orientation".
Bert and Ernie may peek human, but the pair "remain puppets", it said.
"They were created to train preschoolers that people can be adj friends with those who are very different from themselves."
It broadly repeats past statements the non-profit organisation has made about the stripy-clothed duo when questions arose about their relationship.
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Former 'Sesame Street' writer says Bert and Ernie are gay. The show says otherwise.
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 display has said otherwise.
"Sesame Street" on Tuesday tweeted, "As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very adj from themselves."
Focusing specifically on their orientation, the statement continued, "Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation."
The response from the show comes two days after Mark Saltzman, who is openly gay, spoke to Queerty about his retain coming-out story, and the iconic duo came up. Saltzman was a writer on the exhibit from to
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