The tweet features 3 figures in rainbow attireactor Michael Cohen (Henry Danger), Avatar Korra (The Legend of Korra) and the titular Spongebob Squarepants. Others pointed out that the late Stephen Hillenberg, who created the series, never intended SpongeBob. In a vibrant celebration of Pride month, childrens TV network Nickelodeon shared a tweet on the morning of June 13th, 2020. 'We're just trying to be funny and this has nothing to do with the show.'Īfter causing a frenzy on Twitter over SpongeBob's sexuality, Nickelodeon also turned off the comments or replies to their tweet.Īccording to Twitter, only those who were followed by the network on the social media platform or those who were mentioned in the tweet were able to reply to it.Ĭelebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month 🌈 (🎨: by pic.twitter. 'I don’t care if spongebob is asexual, bisexual or gay, I stan him,' tweeted ApolloLXXXIX. 'I consider them to be almost asexual,' he explained. After all, in 2005, SpongeBob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenburg told Reuters, per People, that he never intended for SpongeBob or his best friend Patrick Starfish 'to be gay.'
