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‘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.
THE SIMPSONS SEASON 30 REP: IS GRAMPA SIMPSON GAY?
“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.
Grandpa is a lear the LGBT mtee - acrdg to the Simpsons wiki, Abe is not only a member of the Sprgfield branch of the Gays and Lbian Alliance, but he is the print of . Marge [gasps as she pulls a wig out of the box]: I thk your dad might be gay. Homer [jectedly]: Aww, my gay dad is gay for gays.