Bert and Ernie ‘a loving couple’ says writer, before backtracking

– Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street may only be puppets, but that hasn’t stopped audiences from speculating over the years that the two roommates might be more than just friends. A long-time writer from the beloved children’s show on Tuesday appeared to confirm they were, in fact, a “loving couple”, only for its creators to deny the pair are together or have a sexual orientation. The writer, too, later seemed to backtrack, after first saying he had based the pair’s dynamic on his own longterm relationship with film editor Arnold Glassman. –