A former Sesame Street writer has confirmed what we always knew: Bert and Ernie are a loving gay couple.
Bert and Ernie first appeared in the Sesame Street test pilot in 1969, long before Saltzman began writing on the series in 1984.
“And I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were [gay].
The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie and I as ‘Bert and Ernie,’ ” Saltzman said.
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