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So I don’t think I’d know how else to write them, but as a loving couple. So it was the Bert & Ernie relationship, and I was already with Arnie when I came to Sesame Street. And Arnie as a film editor–if you thought of Bert with a job in the world, wouldn’t that be perfect? Bert with his paper clips and organization? And I was the jokester. The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie & I as “Bert & Ernie.” I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them. And I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert & Ernie, they were. And that got passed around, and everyone had their chuckle and went back to it. I remember one time that a column from The San Francisco Chronicle, a preschooler in the city turned to mom and asked “are Bert & Ernie lovers?” And that, coming from a preschooler was fun. Were you thinking of Bert & Ernie as a gay couple? Did that question ever come up? Ok, so we have to address–that’s the big question, right? In the writer’s room, you’re all adults. Here are the relevant parts of the interview: “The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie & I as ‘Bert & Ernie,'” Saltzman added, referencing the late Glassman, an acclaimed editor and his life partner of more than 20 years.Īlso Read: Apple, Sesame Workshop Team Up to Develop Slate of Children's Programming “I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them.” “And I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert & Ernie, they were,” Saltzman said of the puppets’ sexual orientation, suggesting they are a gay couple. Sesame Workshop issued the statement in response to remarks Mark Saltzman - a seven-time Emmy-winner who worked within The Muppets family for 15 years - made in an interview with Queerty published earlier this week. 6r2j0XrKYuĪlso Read: Sesame Workshop Sues Over 'Happytime Murders' Trailer Featuring 'Ejaculating Puppets' Please see our statement below regarding Bert and Ernie. Even though they are identified as male characters an possess many human traits and characteristics (as most ‘Sesame Street’ Muppets do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.” “They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. “As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends,” Sesame Workshop, the studio behind the beloved children’s program, said in a statement tweeted by its official account Tuesday. Previously:A former “Sesame Street” writer says popular characters Bert and Ernie are a “loving couple.” Sesame Workshop says that isn’t so, because puppets “do not have a sexual orientation.” But why that question? Does it really matter? Why the need to define people as only gay? There's much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. But why that question? Does it really matter? Why the need to define people as only gay? There’s much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness.” Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay,” Oz, a longtime Muppets veteran and Bert’s creator, wrote. PT: Frank Oz shot down former “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman’s remarks about Bert and Ernie’s sexual orientation in his own statement, tweeted Tuesday.