In one show Bert teaches Ernie how to sew. They share clothes, eat and cook together and have blatantly effeminate characteristics. They do their jobs well and live a splendidly settled life together in an impeccably decorated cabinet.īert and Ernie are two grown men sharing a house and a bedroom. In 2002, Sesame Workshop lawyers blocked further showings of the short film Ernest & Bertram by Peter Spears, in which a character based on Ernie confesses his romantic attraction to another character based on Bert.īert and Ernie conduct themselves in the same loving, discreet way that millions of gay men, women and hand puppets do. Advocates of this position note that Ernie and Bert's bedroom contains two single beds rather than one larger bed. Sesame Workshop disavows these rumors and points out that Ernie and Bert are puppets, not humans the Workshop's official position, therefore, is that Muppet characters Ernie and Bert are simply good friends.
Thumb|300px|left Rumors have long circulated that Ernie and Bert are a gay couple as seen on Sesame Street.