The Simpsons recasts a second character voiced by Hank Azaria: Marge’s gay Cuban hairdresser Julio

A second Simpsons character voiced by actor Hank Azaria, 56, has been recast following criticism of how the iconic cartoon portrays minorities. Marge’s gay Cuban hairdresser, Julio, is now being voiced by an actor far closer to the role in real life, Tony Rodriguez, who is both gay and of Cuban descent. Last year Azaria … Read more

John Cleese issues mock apology for Monty Python after white Simpsons actor Hank Azaria said sorry

John Cleese has apologised for making fun of ‘white English people’ in a mocking snipe at The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria. Mr Azaria, who is white but had played the Indian-American character Apu since 1989, was the subject of controversy in 2017 following the release of a documentary. He recently apologised to ‘every single Indian person’ … Read more

The Simpsons’ Hank Azaria says Indian-American character Apu has contributed to structural racism

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 star Hank Azaria says he should apologize to ‘every single Indian’ for voicing Apu,

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 bring on black actor Alex Desert to voice Carl Carlson replacing Hank Azaria

Producers on Fox’s long-running animated series The Simpsons announced in June that they will no longer have white actors voicing black characters, though today it’s been revealed who will voice one of the show’s longest-running black characters. Alex Desert (Swingers, High Fidelity) has come aboard to voice Carl Carlson, one of Homer Simpson’s longtime co-workers … Read more

Hank Azaria says he decided to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons after educating himself on racism

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