With Ernie’s friend Steve Whitmire, a long-haired 44-year-old from Georgia, and Bert’s 31-year-old friend, Eric Jacobson, a slender Texan partial to black T-shirts, were also there, sitting ...

With Bert and Ernie, I entirely believe that Frank Oz did not create Bert to be gay. I entirely believe Mark Saltzman wrote the two characters as a loving gay couple.

The notion that Sesame Street mainstays Ernie and Bert are more than just confirmed bachelors who split the rent on a cozy urban apartment is not new.Way back in 1994, the New York Times ran an ...

“Bert and Ernie, who’ve been on Sesame Street for 25 years, do not portray a gay couple, and there are no plans for them to do so in the future,” reads a statement from 1993 collected by Snopes.

Bert and Ernie, who've been on Sesame Street for 25 years, do not portray a gay couple, and there are no plans for them to do so in the future. They are puppets, not humans.

After a petition called for Bert and Ernie to get married on "Sesame Street," the TV show has weighed in on Facebook: "Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that ...

Bert and Ernie continue to be among the most popular members of "Sesame Street," which now airs on both HBO and PBS. The duo appeared on the cover of The New Yorker magazine in 2013 and still ...

Bert and Ernie identify as male and are roommates, but the official Sesame Street stance is that they're simply best friends. CINEMABLEND NEWSLETTER. Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News.

Check out the most innuendo-filled Bert and Ernie clip I could find on YouTube, along with one of my favorite Bert and Ernie clips: Posted by deggans at 9:59:45 am on August 12, 2011.

Ernie and Bert should not get married. August 11, 2011. By Petula Dvorak. Absolutely not. As fun as it would be to pick their colors and their cake and release a flock of pigeons, Bert and Ernie ...

Bert and Ernie's relationship status also notably cropped up in 2013 when The New Yorker featured the pair snuggled on the couch presumably watching the Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage.