“The Simpsons” team is pulling a classic episode from all platforms that carry the show because it features the voice of Michael Jackson.
, “Simpsons” executive producer James L. Brooks said it was “clearly the choice to make” after he, creator Matt Groening and executive producer Al Jean saw the documentary.
Brooks said that because “the documentary gave evidence of [Jackson’s] monstrous behavior,” it was important to pull the episodes despite it being one of his favorites. In the 1991 episode, Homer Simpson meets a man who claims to be Michael Jackson in a mental institution. Voiced by the real Jackson, he is invited home with Homer and helps Bart write a birthday song for Lisa before revealing he is actually a man named Leon Kompowsky.
The episode will be removed from streaming services, TV stations and Blu-ray/DVD box sets and all other forms the show is available.
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