Hank Azaria says he feels the need to apologize to ‘every single Indian person in this country’ for voicing Apu in The Simpsons. In an interview with the Armchair Expert podcast, Azaria has said the character show had contributed to ‘structural racism’ and that he hadn’t known any better during the nearly 30 years he … Read more
Hank Azaria says he feels the need to apologize to ‘every single Indian person in this country’ for voicing Apu in The Simpsons. In an interview with the Armchair Expert podcast, Azaria has said the character show had contributed to ‘structural racism’ and that he hadn’t known any better during the nearly 30 years he … Read more
The Simpsons faced a bit of a reckoning last year, when it came under fire for white actors voicing diverse characters, including Hank Azaria voicing the stereotypical Indian character Apu, who owned and ran the Kwik-E Mart. While the show addressed the controversy by announcing they would no longer have white actors voice non-white roles, … Read more
Hank Azaria says he decided to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons after educating himself on racism: ‘It just didn’t feel right’ He announced last month he will no longer voice Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on The Simpsons Azaria spoke to The New York Times about his years-long process of examining the harmful impact of his … Read more