Are Bert and Ernie gay? A Sesame Street writer confirms the puppets are a couple
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Are Bert and Ernie gay? A Sesame Street writer confirms the puppets are a couple

ByJessica Bradford

After years of curiosity and speculation about the status of Bert and Ernie’s relationship, former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman is setting the record straight (no pun intended). In an interview with Queerty, Mark explained that he wrote the characters of Bert and Ernie as “lovers”. In fact, their romantic dynamic was modeled after Mark’s…

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PHOTO Sesame Street’s Bert & Ernie New Yorker cover after Supreme Court gay marriage rulings

ByAsa Hawks

It seems the landmark rulings by the Supreme Court on two separate gay marriage cases Wednesday is having implications everywhere — even on Sesame Street! The New Yorker revealed the cover for it’s next issue earlier today and it features muppets Bert and Ernie seemingly cuddling on the couch and watching coverage of the rulings on TV.

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Are Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie getting married?

ByAsa Hawks

Larry King’s letterman jacket is probably the only thing that has been in the closet longer than Sesame Street bosom buddy muppets Bert and Ernie, but that may be about to change! No, Larry King didn’t get cast in a flux-capacitor-gone-wrong Back To The Future sequel – Bert and Ernie may be getting married! Or at least they will if a viral online petition gets its way.