‘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 <br />intended for Bert and Ernie <br />to be definitively seen as a <br />same-sex couple. He previously stated However, he said his comments <br />were misinterpreted. Mark Saltzman, to ‘The New York Times’ Saltzman does hope <br />that ’Sesame Street’ <br />will feature <br />LGBTQ characters, <br />specifically portrayed <br />by human actors, <br />at some point. He views Bert and Ernie as “two guys who love each other. That’s who they are.”
