海綿寶寶的性向再次引發瘋狂猜測，電視臺心好累

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

關於海綿寶寶性向的爭議一直存在，有人利用尼克國際兒童頻道發佈的推文來證明他出櫃。

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

該頻道最近爲了慶祝“同性戀驕傲月”，在推特上發佈了這個可愛動畫角色的圖片。

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.

和海綿寶寶的圖片一起發在推特上的是演員邁克爾·D·科恩在《亨利的危險》中的劇照，他是變性人，還有《科拉傳奇》中的阿凡達·科拉的照片，她是雙性戀。

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

推文中寫道：“本月以及每個月都和LGBTQ+羣體以及支持他們的人一起慶祝‘驕傲’。”

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

這條推文被瘋狂轉發，因爲很多人認爲這則推文證實了這一角色的性向。

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

網絡上很久以前就認定海綿寶寶其實是同性戀，部分原因是他和最好的朋友派大星之間的親密關係。

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

但這部動畫的創作者史蒂芬·海倫伯格在2005年否定了關於這兩個角色之間關係和性向的猜測。

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

海倫伯格於2018年去世，享年57歲，死於肌萎縮側索硬化的併發症，更通俗的說法是運動神經元病。

"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》雜誌對海倫伯格進行報道時說：“這一切都和我們的意圖無關，我們沒有把它們設定爲同性戀，我認爲它們是沒有性別的。我們只是想搞笑，這和這部動畫沒有關係。”