Now, when it comes to the Krusty Krab fry cook … well, let’s just say folks had their suspicions for a long time now. Cohen - is a transgender man in real life … something that wasn’t revealed until recently. “As for Schwoz, the actor who plays him - Michael D. Spongebob, who lives with his pet snail who meows like a cat is best friends with Patrick, a pink starfish. Again, not so much with words…but just action,” entertainment news outlet TMZ added. Gay rumours have followed Spongebob since its debut two decades ago and not without reason. ‘Fans have known for a while Korra was gay/bisexual - as it was revealed in the show itself and actually written into the script. The characters creator, Stephen Hillenburg, created SpongeBob with the personalities of male comedy duo Laurel and Hardy and male comic fictional character Pee-wee Herman in mind, so it makes sense that hes a male. He is voiced by comedian Tom Kenny and has been for the entire show.
“Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month,” the network said in the tweet.Īlthough the tweet doesn’t explicitly say SpongeBob is gay, the two other “rainbow” character treatments, released alongside SpongeBob, are of queer characters, according to the New York Post: “Korra from ‘The Legend of Korra,’ who is bisexual, and the transgender actor Michael D. So it turns out, SpongeBob SquarePants is a male, not a female. In a missive marking the beginning of Pride Month, Nickelodeon introduced a rainbow-colored version of their hit cartoon character, SpongeBob SquarePants, showing the anthropomorphic yellow sea creature dressed in his typical outfit of a white shirt and brown pants, but with the addition of a tie printed with the LGBTQ “pride” flag.
(Nickelodeon) SpongeBob SquarePants’ sexuality has entered the 2020 chat and it seems everyone desperately needed a distraction. In the wild, sea sponges aren’t known to have sexual preferences, but according to a tweet by children’s programming network, Nickelodeon, at least one cartoon sponge might practice an alternative lifestyle. Spongebob Squarepants was confirmed to be queer by Nickelodeon.