"Wicked: For Good star Jonathan Bailey stopped by Sesame Street recently for a dance party with longtime male roommates Bert and Ernie, and LGBTQ+ fans have been eating up the queer subtext. The clip, posted to the long-running children's educational show's social media accounts on November 18, finds the out actor cutting a rug with Ernie as his grouchy \"roommate\" Bert tries to read."
""jb dancing with the original gay couple on tv! WE LOVE IT," another posted. "Gays of a feather flock together!" yet another comment read. "When the open couple picks up a third..." out producer and DJ Corey Craig joked. Of course, leadership at Sesame Workshop as well as Bert and Ernie co-creator Frank Oz have long maintained that the characters are not meant to be a same-sex couple."
Jonathan Bailey visited Sesame Street and danced with Bert and Ernie in a clip posted on the show's social media on November 18. The clip shows Bailey cutting a rug with Ernie while the grouchy Bert pretends to read but then joins the dance. Viewers on Instagram posted enthusiastic, tongue-in-cheek comments celebrating the moment and reading queer subtext into the interaction. Fans called the moment iconic and joked about adding a third partner to a longtime duo. Sesame Workshop leaders and Bert and Ernie co-creator Frank Oz maintain the characters were not meant to be a same-sex couple, though former writer Mark Saltzman said he thought of them as a couple.
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