Those old rumors about the Muppets pals were reignited earlier this week when former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman told website Queerty that he “contextualized” Bert and Ernie as a couple ...

Mark Saltzman, who wrote for several episodes of the children’s program over 13 years, said in a recent interview that when he wrote for Bert and Ernie, he thought of them as gay. “I always ...