Apu from ‘The Simpsons’ reportedly being dropped over racial stereotype complaints

FOX 31 Web Staff


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Producers of "The Simpsons" are reportedly planning on writing out a long-running character in response to complaints of racial stereotypes, according to multiple reports.

Producer Adi Shankar, who does not work for the show, said Fox will "drop the Apu character altogether," according to an interview with IndieWire published Friday.

The long running character is a convenience store owner voiced by Hank Azaria.

"They aren’t going to make a big deal out of it, or anything like that, but they’ll drop him altogether just to avoid the controversy," Shankar said in the interview.

Representatives for Fox would only tell IndieWire that "Apu appeared in the 10/14/18 episode 'My Way or the Highway to Heaven'" - but the character only appeared briefly with other characters.

"The Simpsons" is in the middle of its 30th season.

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Since when have the producers of "The Simpsons" been worried about offending anyone? :D

Dont they have plenty of other racial stereotypes

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adi Shankar is not a producer on the Simpsons. I wish him the very best but he does not speak for our show.</p>&mdash; Al Jean (@AlJean) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1056684110867918848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The real reason Apu has been disappeared :shhh:

keep apu alive, don't kill him :(

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Originally Posted by Griffin

Since when have the producers of "The Simpsons" been worried about offending anyone? :D

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Given the left-leaning inclinations of these shows and staff anyhow, one can't imagine how much pressure they must have been to drop this by the 'invisible hand' of the new ultra-left.