The Simpsons Controversy Causes Co-Creator To React And Fans Are Flipping Out

“Don’t think for a second we’re changing anything.” Brooks recently told People.

Brooks then revealed an illustration where Homer was strangling Bart for reading about The Simpsons controversy on his smartphone. “Why you little clickbaiting-!!” Homer exclaims via word bubble.

Brooks then answered the question of what on The Simpsons would be “tamed” with four uses of the word “nothing.”

The producer clarified that Bart Simpson would “continue to be strangled—if you want to use that awful term for it.” This might imply that Brooks doesn’t consider physically abusing a child by closing both hands around their neck and squeezing the same thing as “strangling.”

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Indeed, Brooks prefers to describe it as Bart being “loved,” by Homer “in a specific way.”

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