‘Sesame Street’ Writer: Bert & Ernie were Written as a Gay ‘Loving Couple’

(((Mark Saltzman))), a longtime writer for the hit children’s television show Sesame Street, reveals characters Bert and Ernie are gay, ending years of speculation about the status of the duo’s relationship.
In a sit-down interview with (((Queerty, Saltzman))) revealed Bert and Ernie were based on his own relationship with Arnold Glassman, an award-winning documentary film editor.

“I remember one time a preschooler [in San Francisco] turned to her mum and asked, ‘are Bert and Ernie lovers?’ and that, [color="red"]coming from a preschooler, was [color="Red"]fun,” the writer, who joined Sesame Street in 1984, told the same-sex lifestyle magazine.

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Thats so interesting! I remember all the pre-schoolers I was hanging out with saying to their mums "are Bert and Ernie gay jew pedophiles that are always around little Aryan boys because they want to sodomize them".