In a slew of tweets on Tuday, Frank Oz said Bert and Ernie aren't gay after a former "Same Street" wrer said the duo are a uple.
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- FRANK OZ WEIGHS ON 'SAME STREET' WRER SAYG BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
- ‘SAME STREET’ LEGEND FRANK OZ CHANGED HIS MD ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE BEG GAY
- BERT & ERNIE ARE STILL NOT GAY, SAY SAME WORKSHOP & FRANK OZ
- EXCLUSIVE: FRANK OZ ENDORS GAY BERT & ERNIE; WRER MARK SALTZMAN REACTS
- FRANK OZ WEIGHS IN ON WHETHER OR NOT “SAME STREET’S” BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
FRANK OZ WEIGHS ON 'SAME STREET' WRER SAYG BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
* is frank oz gay *
Frank Oz is voice of dozens of puppets and muppets as one of Jim Henson's earlit llaborators — and now the storied puppeteer is lendg his voice to the bate over whether or not "Same Street" characters Bert and Ernie are gay.
‘SAME STREET’ LEGEND FRANK OZ CHANGED HIS MD ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE BEG GAY
"I created Bert," says Frank Oz. "I know what and who he is." And no, he isn't gay. Those old mors about the Muppets pals were reigned earlier this week when former Same Street wrer Mark Saltzman told webse Queerty that he "ntextualized" Bert and Ernie as a uple based on his own rel... * is frank oz gay *
Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. Why the need to fe people as only gay? There's much more to a human beg than jt straightns or gayns.
"Director/producer/puppeteer Frank Oz pos for a portra at the "Muppet Guys Talkg - Secrets Behd the Show the Whole World Watched" at the 2017 SXSW Wkelmeyer / Getty Imag for SXSW fileOz ntued to go back-and-forth wh people rpondg to his tweet who asked why the lorful puppets uldn't be gay.
Bert and Ernie were created to be bt iends, and to teach young children that people n get along wh those who are very different om themselv, " the workshop said a statement emailed to NBC ntued to take to Twter, tellg followers he felt he uldn't ll Bert and Ernie gay bee his md wasn't asked why he felt the need to intify the puppets as "not gay, " Oz replied: "The same need I would feel if Bert were intified as a lebacker for the Colts. Next time I would be very terted to know: If Bert and Ernie were ed gay, would they be different than they are now?
BERT & ERNIE ARE STILL NOT GAY, SAY SAME WORKSHOP & FRANK OZ
Is Frank Oz Gay? Frank Oz, who helped create Same Street wh Jim Henson, has changed his opn on whether longtime panns Bert and Ernie are gay.
“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert and Ernie, they were [gay]. There’s much more to a human beg than jt straightns or gayns.
“A last thought: If Jim and I had created Bert and Ernie as gay characters they would be thentic g om two straight men, ” he tweeted. “However, I have now learned that many view them as reprentative of a lovg gay relatnship. A last thought: If Jim and I had created B & E as gay characters they would be thentic g om two straight men.
EXCLUSIVE: FRANK OZ ENDORS GAY BERT & ERNIE; WRER MARK SALTZMAN REACTS
However, I have now learned that many view them as reprentative of a lovg gay relatnship. ” And no, he isn’t gay.
“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert and Ernie, they were, ” Saltzman said when asked if the two Muppets were gay. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay, ” Oz tweeted. Wrote one: “Why the need to fe people as gay?
FRANK OZ WEIGHS IN ON WHETHER OR NOT “SAME STREET’S” BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
I’m gay.