The Simpsons' beloved gay character Jul has been rest wh a gay actor

THE SIMPSONS: GAY CHARACTER JUL TO BE VOICED BY GAY ACTOR FOLLOWG REST

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The Simpsons has rest one of s gay characters wh a gay voice recent years, the long-nng rtoon seri has been workg to improve the diversy among s voice st and choose actors better ftg the characters they are such actor to leave the show was Hank Azaria, who was bt known for voicg Apu voic many other characters on the seri, cludg that of Marge’s hairdrser Jul, a gay man who has prevly dated Waylon character is now voiced by gay actor Tony Rodriguez, who like Jul, is gay and actor ma his but on the seri March, wrg on Instagram: “Tonight I make my but on The Simpsons as gay, Cuban Jul. A send Simpsons character voiced by actor Hank Azaria, 56, has been rest followg cricism of how the inic rtoon portrays 's gay Cuban hairdrser, Jul, is now beg voiced by an actor far closer to the role real life, Tony Rodriguez, who is both gay and of Cuban year Azaria stopped voicg Indian Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu after nearly 30 years after he'd e unr fire for beg offensively stereotypil. Makg chang: A send Simpsons character voiced by actor Hank Azaria, 56, has been rest; Marge's gay Cuban hairdrser, Jul, is now beg voiced by Tony RodriguezTony Rodriguez quietly ma his but on The Simpsons at the end of March and took to Instagram to exprs his joy over the role.

'Tonight I make my but on The Simpsons as gay, Cuban Jul, ' Tony ptned his post. 'In the past two years, I have seen myself more the show, and by that, I mean specifilly the part of Jul, who is gay like me, he's Cuban like me, ' he said the vio. 'In the past two years, I have seen myself more the show, and by that, I mean specifilly the part of Jul, who is gay like me, he's Cuban like me, ' Rodriguez once said on InstagramHis stg as the seri, which premiered 1989, is facg major backlash over how has portrayed mori the last several s that The Simpsons has been on the air.

Jul Fran (pronounced Hool) is one of two gay men Homer mov wh. This then upsets Homer and he fds an apartment Sprgfield's gay district.

THE SIMPSONS RESTS A SEND CHARACTER VOICED BY HANK AZARIA: MARGE'S GAY CUBAN HAIRDRSER JUL

Jul Fran (pronounced Hool) is one of two gay men Homer mov wh. The other, Grady, was his boyiend at the time. Prr to g out, Jul was married to two women, Adriati Vel Johnson and Ldsey Naegle. Jul was stated to be om Costa Ri "Eternal Moonshe of the Simpson... * gay hairdresser simpsons *

He then meets his two roommat Grady and Jul who are two gay men who need a third man their apartment. Jul has also dated Comic Book Gay (askg him out "Flamg Moe") and Waylon Smhers "The Burns Cage". Jul was origally voiced by Hank Azaria, who a gay lisp like he did for his character Agador the movie The Birdge.

Jul's name may be a reference to the song "Me and Jul Down by the Schoolyard", which is perhaps about homosexualy.

‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY

And while ’s a historil moment for Smhers, ’s also a full-circle one for longtime seri wrer Rob LaZebnik, whose son, Johnny, spired Smhers’ big, gay g-out episo 2016. Of urse, Smhers — who fds himself thst to a globe-trottg, whirlwd romance wh Garber’s fashnista — was already fluenced by them both when he bted down his closet door 2016’s touchg Season 27 episo “Tom Colls, ” which was penned by Rob as an homage to his gay son. “So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle.

And what I thk I was really exced about, wh this episo, we get to see — whout spoilg too much — the begng, middle and who knows how ends of a gay relatnship, of really gettg to the nty-grty of how gay people date, how they meet, what ’s like, ” he said. “I haven’t played a lot of gay characters, but every time I do , brgs back certa feelgs I had as a young actor where I uldn’t be gay.