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It's the age-old (well, several-years-old) question intriguing fans of muppets Bert and Ernie. Today, Sesame Street weighed in on Facebook: "Bert and Ernie are best friends.

Sesame Workshop, which produces “Sesame Street,” has long tried to shut down speculation over the sexuality of the characters. “As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends ...

(CBS Local)-- A former "Sesame Street" writer has revealed that Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman, who wrote scripts and songs on "Sesame Street" for 15 years beginning in 1984, told Queerty ...

Updated Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 1:15 p.m. PT: The Sesame Workshop tweeted out an official statement saying that Bert and Ernie don't have a sexual orientation. Their full statement is below.

Of all the Sesame Street fan theories out there, one of the biggest points of intrigue has always been the relationship between Bert and Ernie, the odd-couple duo that seem to do everything together.

Updated: 7:59 AM EDT Sep 19, 2018 Associated Press AP Photo/BETH A. KEISER, fileSOURCE: AP Photo/BETH A. KEISER, file Advertisement 'Sesame Street' wants to clarify: Bert and Ernie aren't gay ...

He wrote for “Sesame Street” throughout the 1980s, and told Queerty he based some of Bert and Ernie on his and his partner’s relationship. Frank Oz, who created Bert, said Bert is not gay.

Happy birthday, “Sesame Street.” You are 40 years old now, just a year younger than Mickey Mouse was the year you arrived on television -- and he was semi-retired by then, while you still ...

Update: Sesame Workshop says Bert and Ernie are "puppets and do not have a sexual orientation." A former "Sesame Street" writer has confirmed that Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman tells LGBTQ ...

September 18, 2018 / 12:11 PM PDT / CBS Sacramento (CBS Local)-- A former "Sesame Street" writer has revealed that Bert and Ernie are gay.