"I created Bert," says Frank Oz. "I know what and who he is." And no, he isn't gay. Those old mors about the Muppets pals were reigned earlier this week when former Same Street wrer Mark Saltzman told webse Queerty that he "ntextualized" Bert and Ernie as a uple based on his own rel...
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- FRANK OZ WEIGHS ON 'SAME STREET' WRER SAYG BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
- ‘SAME STREET’ LEGEND FRANK OZ CHANGED HIS MD ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE BEG GAY
- BERT & ERNIE ARE STILL NOT GAY, SAY SAME WORKSHOP & FRANK OZ
- EXCLUSIVE: FRANK OZ ENDORS GAY BERT & ERNIE; WRER MARK SALTZMAN REACTS
- FRANK OZ WEIGHS IN ON WHETHER OR NOT “SAME STREET’S” BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
FRANK OZ WEIGHS ON 'SAME STREET' WRER SAYG BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
In a slew of tweets on Tuday, Frank Oz said Bert and Ernie aren't gay after a former "Same Street" wrer said the duo are a uple. * is frank oz gay *
Frank Oz is voice of dozens of puppets and muppets as one of Jim Henson's earlit llaborators — and now the storied puppeteer is lendg his voice to the bate over whether or not "Same Street" characters Bert and Ernie are gay. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay.
Why the need to fe people as only gay?
There's much more to a human beg than jt straightns or gayns.
‘SAME STREET’ LEGEND FRANK OZ CHANGED HIS MD ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE BEG GAY
* is frank oz gay *
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Next time I would be very terted to know: If Bert and Ernie were ed gay, would they be different than they are now? Is Frank Oz Gay? Frank Oz, who helped create Same Street wh Jim Henson, has changed his opn on whether longtime panns Bert and Ernie are gay.
“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert and Ernie, they were [gay]. There’s much more to a human beg than jt straightns or gayns. “A last thought: If Jim and I had created Bert and Ernie as gay characters they would be thentic g om two straight men, ” he tweeted.
BERT & ERNIE ARE STILL NOT GAY, SAY SAME WORKSHOP & FRANK OZ
“However, I have now learned that many view them as reprentative of a lovg gay relatnship.
A last thought: If Jim and I had created B & E as gay characters they would be thentic g om two straight men. However, I have now learned that many view them as reprentative of a lovg gay relatnship. ” And no, he isn’t gay.
EXCLUSIVE: FRANK OZ ENDORS GAY BERT & ERNIE; WRER MARK SALTZMAN REACTS
“I always felt that whout a huge agenda, when I was wrg Bert and Ernie, they were, ” Saltzman said when asked if the two Muppets were gay. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay, ” Oz tweeted.
Wrote one: “Why the need to fe people as gay? I’m gay. 100% gay.
Y, there are a lot of bi and pan people out there, but there are also A LOT of gay people. The world still quivers wh aftershocks om Queerty’s exclive terview wh former Same Street wrer Mark Saltzman, which he “outed” inic puppets Bert & Ernie as a gay uple. He go on to addrs a few specific qutns about straight men creatg “thentic” gay characters: “I feel there would be many subtleti and nuanc that I would miss if I was to attempt .
FRANK OZ WEIGHS IN ON WHETHER OR NOT “SAME STREET’S” BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY
” He elaborat that the issue isn’t straight men creatg gay characters, ’s that he personally believ he uldn’t have created an thentic gay character at the time.
He never said B & E were gay. “Frank Oz, the director of In and Out has always been a gay ally, ” Saltzman asserts. “The fact that he stumbled a tweet is no ditn of homophobia.