海绵宝宝的性向再次引发疯狂猜测，电视台心好累

There has long been debate about the sexuality of SpongeBob Squarepants and some are taking a Nickelodeon tweet as his coming out.

关于海绵宝宝性向的争议一直存在，有人利用尼克国际儿童频道发布的推文来证明他出柜。

The network included a photo of the beloved animated character in a recent tweet celebrating Pride Month.

该频道最近为了庆祝“同性恋骄傲月”，在推特上发布了这个可爱动画角色的图片。

SpongeBob is pictured in the tweet along along with actor Michael D. Cohen from "Henry Danger," who is transgender, and the character of Avatar Korra, from "The Legend of Korra," who is bisexual.

和海绵宝宝的图片一起发在推特上的是演员迈克尔·D·科恩在《亨利的危险》中的剧照，他是变性人，还有《科拉传奇》中的阿凡达·科拉的照片，她是双性恋。

"Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month," the tweet reads.

推文中写道：“本月以及每个月都和LGBTQ+群体以及支持他们的人一起庆祝‘骄傲’。”

#SpongeBobIsGay started trending as many decided the tweet was confirmation of the character's sexuality.

这条推文被疯狂转发，因为很多人认为这则推文证实了这一角色的性向。

Due in part to his close relationship with best friend Patrick Star, the internet had long ago decided that SpongeBob was indeed gay.

网络上很久以前就认定海绵宝宝其实是同性恋，部分原因是他和最好的朋友派大星之间的亲密关系。

But the show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg, dismissed speculation about the characters' relationship and sexuality in 2005.

但这部动画的创作者史蒂芬·海伦伯格在2005年否定了关于这两个角色之间关系和性向的猜测。

Hillenburg died in 2018 at the age of 57 due to complications resulting from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS.

海伦伯格于2018年去世，享年57岁，死于肌萎缩侧索硬化的并发症，更通俗的说法是运动神经元病。

"It doesn't have anything to do with what we're trying to do," People magazine reported Hillenburg as saying. "We never intended them to be gay. I consider them to be almost asexual. We're just trying to be funny and this has got nothing to do with the show."

《人物》杂志对海伦伯格进行报道时说：“这一切都和我们的意图无关，我们没有把它们设定为同性恋，我认为它们是没有性别的。我们只是想搞笑，这和这部动画没有关系。”