‘Sesame Street’ Writer Retracts Comments About Bert And Ernie Being Gay

‘Sesame Street’ Writer Retracts Comments About Bert And Ernie Being Gay Mark Saltzman is clarifying his comments after seeming to suggest the two popular characters were a same-sex couple. The writer said he never
intended for Bert and Ernie
to be definitively seen as a
same-sex couple. He previously stated However, he said his comments
were misinterpreted. Mark Saltzman, to ‘The New York Times’ Saltzman does hope
that ’Sesame Street’
will feature
LGBTQ characters,
specifically portrayed
by human actors,
at some point. He views Bert and Ernie as “two guys who love each other. That’s who they are.”