UPDATE: Sept. 18, 2018, 2:55 p.m. EDT Sesame Workshop has since released a statement denying that Bert and Ernie have any sexual orientation at all on the grounds that they are puppets.

When Bert and Ernie were taken, it was hard for Rollins not to feel a little sad, she said. “It’s not as though they went and said, ‘Oh, I’m going to steal this $500 antique over in the ...