The organisation behind Sesame Street has denied co-habiting duo, Bert and Ernie, are gay, following comments by one of the show's writers. Mark Saltzman said his writing about the room-mating ...

And it just happened, I didn’t do it on purpose, but it just happened that her being a tough female and ... making jokes and Ernie loved making jokes. For me, I had Bert, and I was frustrated ...