The Simpsons showrunner lashes out at ‘very depressing’ fans for this one reason

The Simpsons brag truly wants radical to halt making up fake predictions for ‘horrible events’ and pretending they are real.

Over the years, the hugely fashionable cartoon has predicted immoderate of the biggest moments successful history, including Donald Trump’s presidency, aspects of the Covid pandemic, Lady Gaga’s show astatine the Super Bowl Halftime amusement and adjacent the Titanic submersible tragedy.

In the past, those down the scenes chalked those up to ‘educated guesses’, with writer Al Jean insisting that the plots are ‘things you could spot coming’.

Showrunner and enforcement shaper Matt Selman – who has worked connected the animated programme since 1997 – has present unpacked those infamous prophecies, insisting that determination is thing sinister down them.

‘Well, the sourpuss reply I ever springiness that nary 1 likes is that if you survey past and math, it would beryllium virtually intolerable for america not to foretell things,’ helium told People Magazine. ‘If you accidental capable things, immoderate of them are going to overlap with reality, and past that’s the mathematics element.

‘And then, the past constituent is if you marque a amusement that is based connected studying the past foolishness of humanity, you are surely going to expect the aboriginal foolishness of humanity arsenic it sinks further into foolishness fair. So we don’t truly deliberation astir it.’

It’s just to accidental that each prediction takes connected a beingness of its ain connected societal media, with fans clamoring to dissect each scene, portion besides questioning whether the writers secretly person a clip instrumentality tucked away.

However, determination is 1 facet of the ever-growing frenzy that Matt – who has worked connected the Simpsons since 1997 – truly isn’t keen on, arsenic helium lashed retired astatine those who ‘put evidently fake images online and say, we predicted things that we didn’t’.

‘It was nicer erstwhile the predictions were conscionable predicting existent horrible events, not radical pretending we predicted horrible events,’ helium continued, explaining that it is ‘very depressing and dispiriting that radical privation the magic to beryllium existent truthful bad’ that they edifice to making things up.

Matt besides took a 2nd to stock what the existent bid has successful store for Homer and co, but Matt isn’t that fond of teasing the adventures that everyone’s favourite household get themselves into up of time.

‘My interest is if we fto anyone cognize this thought earlier it aired, the net would get confused and it would say The Simpsons is really ending,’ helium added.

‘And then, someway that would manifest. We would’ve predicted our celebrated predictions – we would’ve predicted our ain demise.’

Fans whitethorn person liked a heads up for past week’s play 36 premiere, which announced itself arsenic the ‘series finale’, leaving everyone concisely disquieted for the Simpsons gang.

Bart’s Birthday was met with a immense magnitude of speculation earlier it adjacent aired, fixed that the youngster could yet crook 11 successful a amusement where the characters ne'er look to ever age.

What really happened was erstwhile Simpsons writer Conan O’Brien hosting a screening to commemorate the extremity of the program.

‘It’s specified an grant to beryllium with you each for the bid finale of The Simpsons,’ the animated quality declared.

‘I knew I was the close antheral for the occupation due to the fact that I’ve hosted the past occurrence of 3 of my ain shows and counting… Well, it’s true. Fox has decided to extremity the Simpsons.

‘When the precise archetypal occurrence aired successful 1989 the viewers agreed connected 1 thing: It wasn’t arsenic comic arsenic it utilized to be, and their expressions of hatred could service arsenic a past of modern connection technology.

‘Fox executives, unaccustomed to disapproval of immoderate kind, instantly caved to nationalist unit and decided to extremity The Simpsons successful 1990.’

Thankfully, it was a gag and the bid is showing perfectly nary motion of slowing down.

The Simpsons airs connected Fox connected Sundays.

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