Bert & Ernie are not gay, Same Street says statement

Contents:

• BERT AND ERNIE ARE ED A GAY UPLE, 'SAME STREET' WRER CLAIMS
• BERT AND ERNIE WERE GAY (AT LEAST THE MD OF ONE SAME STREET WRER)
• 'SAME STREET' WRER REVEALS BERT AND ERNIE ARE A GAY UPLE
• BERT & ERNIE ARE NOT GAY, SAME STREET SAYS STATEMENT
• FORMER 'SAME STREET' WRER REVEALS BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY COUPLE
• SAME STREET WRER SAYS BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY, SAME WORKSHOP DISAGRE
• ARE BERT AND ERNIE GAY? A REVIEW OF THE EVINCE
• BERT AND ERNIE ARE A GAY COUPLE SAYS 'SAME STREET' WRER, BUT DENIED BY SHOW
• SAME STREET DISPUT WRER'S CLAIM THAT BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
• 'SAME STREET' NI WRER'S CLAIM THAT BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY: THEY ARE 'BT IENDS'

BERT AND ERNIE ARE ED A GAY UPLE, 'SAME STREET' WRER CLAIMS

Speakg wh Queerty, Saltzman says, “I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert and Ernie, they were [gay]. Discsg The New Yorker‘s inic 2013 ver, which featured Bert and Ernie cuddlg on the uch as they watched the Supreme Court legalize gay marriage the Uned Stat, Saltzman says was a form of “vditn, ” though he lamented that we’ve yet to see a Bert and Ernie float a gay pri para. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay.

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“I don’t thk I’d know how else to wre them, but as a lovg uple, ” he possibily of a homosexual relatnship between the two Same Street characters, who live together an apartment on the show and who are nsired gay ins, has been bated by fans as well as the show self.

BERT AND ERNIE WERE GAY (AT LEAST THE MD OF ONE SAME STREET WRER)

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A former "Same Street" wrer has revealed that Bert and Ernie are gay. " A former Same Street wrer has nfirmed what we always knew: Bert and Ernie are a lovg gay an terview wh Queerty, wrer Mark Saltzman reflected upon wrg the inic Muppet duo as a gay uple and seeg his own relatnship wh edor Arnold Glassman the pair.

'SAME STREET' WRER REVEALS BERT AND ERNIE ARE A GAY UPLE

"And I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert and Ernie, they were [gay]. For years, dienc have bated whether Bert and Ernie are Same Street's rint gay uple. But their iendship has been the subject of much bate over the years and many speculated that the two are fact a gay uple.

BERT & ERNIE ARE NOT GAY, SAME STREET SAYS STATEMENT

Why People Thk Bert and Ernie Are a Gay Couple. The mors led to a number of public sentments om Same Workshop statg that they are not a gay uple, but are simply bt iends.

Mark Saltzman, ex-wrer for Same Street, alleged that Bert and Ernie were based on his timate gay relatnship wh a worker — but should be noted that Saltzman is not the creator of Bert and Ernie. Another reason the bate has gone on so long is om the unrlyg homophobia that l our society and, up until recently, domated the media. People fear what they don't unrstand, and many the LGBTQ+ muny believe that those who ny that Bert and Ernie may be a uple are beg homophobic, takg issue wh the implied queerns.

“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert and Ernie, they were [gay], ” Mark Saltzman, who worked for the prchooler program for 15 years, told Queerty an terview. There’s much more to a human beg than jt straightns or gayns.

FORMER 'SAME STREET' WRER REVEALS BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY COUPLE

In 2013, the New Yorker suggted the nature of their relatnship might be romantic by g a silhouette of characters their likens on the ver about the Supreme Court lg on gay marriage. Show Wrer Says They're Gay!!!... Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay.

A "Same Street" wrer is nfirmg the inic characters are a gay uple. Mark Saltzman, who joed the "Same Street" crew 1984, cleared all up by tellg Queerty he wrote Bert and Ernie as a gay uple. Mark's revelatn might be more of a formaly -- the fact is, Bert and Ernie are longtime gay ins for many the LGBT muny.

SAME STREET WRER SAYS BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY, SAME WORKSHOP DISAGRE

Are Burt and Ernie gay? In what Anrson later scribed as a “joke, ” he wrote:Bert and Ernie nduct themselv the same lovg, discreet way that lns of gay men, women and hand puppets do.

“Snuffalupag, bee he’s the sort of clilly prsed Muppet…you had characters that appealed to a gay dience, ” he told Queerty.

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ARE BERT AND ERNIE GAY? A REVIEW OF THE EVINCE

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The Same Street characters Bert and Ernie are not gay and a relatnship, the children’s show was moved to say on Tuday after a former wrer said they an terview wh Queerty, Mark Saltzman was asked if the qutn had ever e up when he worked on the show the early 1980s.

Contacted for ment, Charl Kaiser, a Guardian ntributor and thor of The Gay Metropolis: the Landmark History of Gay Life Ameri, said: “I have no personal knowledge about the sexual feelgs of Bert and Ernie. “You had characters that appealed to a gay dience. Update: A day after his bombshell ments, “Same Street” wrer Mark Saltzman is walkg back his claim that Bert and Ernie are gay.

BERT AND ERNIE ARE A GAY COUPLE SAYS 'SAME STREET' WRER, BUT DENIED BY SHOW

Saltzman, who joed the show 1984, told Queerty the two puppets are a gay uple and their relatnship is a reflectn of his partnership wh film edor Arnold Glassman. “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets.

The makers of "Same Street" say Bert and Ernie, the classic fdg Muppets who appeared on the popular children's televisn show, are not statement me Tuday after former "Same Street" wrer Mark Saltzman gave an terview to onle LGBT magaze Queerty Sunday sayg the characters were gay. "The news ma wav on social media, too, wh many cricizg "Same Street" for seemg anti-gay. A gay man talked about his own experienc wh wrg the show and how he and his partner i `ntified wh bert and ernie...

SAME STREET DISPUT WRER'S CLAIM THAT BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY

"Would be so bad if they were supposed to be gay even if they are puppets/muppets? "So Republins are worried gay puppets Bert and Ernie are bad role mols but totally ol wh the treasono puppet the Whe Hoe, " one person tweeted. "Ex-Same Street wrer claims Bert and Ernie are gay.

'SAME STREET' NI WRER'S CLAIM THAT BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY: THEY ARE 'BT IENDS'

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