A new Thanksgivg episo of the animated s The Simpsons will give s openly gay character Waylan Smhers a boyiend on November 21.
Contents:
- THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
- 'THE SIMPSONS' FALLY GIV GAY CHARACTER WAYLON SMHERS HIS OWN LOVE STORY
- SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
- AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
- SMHERS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS GAY ON 'THE SIMPSONS'
THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
The Simpsons nstantly allud to Mr. Smhers beg a gay man, but took years for the show to overtly make an aspect of his character. * simpsons smithers gay *
Burns whout explicly addrsg his homosexualy for years, but where n the first clu be found? The Simpsons Hted At Smhers Beg Gay In Season 1. Smhers went through a uple of chang his first episos: he was origally black, but was quickly changed to yellow, jt like the rt, wh executive producer Jay Kogen sayg that Smhers beg black and gay was “too much” so they “jt kept him gay”.
‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
Sce then, The Simpsons has dropped all typ of clu about Smhers beg gay, some more subtle than others, such as Smhers equently visg Sprgfield's gay sectn and gog on an all-male cise.
'THE SIMPSONS' FALLY GIV GAY CHARACTER WAYLON SMHERS HIS OWN LOVE STORY
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.
SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
Simpsons character Waylon Smhers Jr., who me out as gay a 2016 episo, will date a fashn signer voiced by Victor Garber.
"So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle, " Johnny recently told The New York Post.
AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
"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.
SMHERS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS GAY ON 'THE SIMPSONS'
"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, " Garber, 72, told the publitn, addg that takg on the role was "a remr of how much thgs have changed, and also how I've evolved.
Waylon's sexualy had long been hted at, but he didn't officially e out as gay until season 27 2016. Whether be gay, burnsexual, or a syphantic si-kick, Smhers' sexual. dience asked if Smhers was gay.