Whoever created a pretend ‘Simpsons’ picture, falsely suggesting the present predicted Donald Trump could be assassinated is drawing the ire of the present’s head honcho, who calls it a sick transfer.
The drama kicked off shortly after Thomas Matthew Crooks opened hearth on the ex-Prez — a social media person posted a doctored animated picture of Trump from “The Simpsons,” exhibiting him in a casket with the caption, “First time I’ve seen a ‘Simpsons’ prediction fail.”
Now, this complete premise is predicated on misinformation (extra on that in a minute) … however “The Simpsons” showrunner Matt Selman remains to be slamming the picture within the strongest attainable phrases.
Matt tells TMZ … debunking the meme as illegitimate is not sufficient, on this case … he additionally needs to defend the legendary present’s model of humor.
Past the utterly classless nature of the bogus meme, MS says he is baffled so many individuals appeared to suppose it was genuine.
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FWIW, this picture of cartoon Trump in a casket NEVER appeared in an episode — and “The Simpsons” additionally by no means had an episode with a plotline about DT being killed … folks merely paired the falsified pic with that declare, after which the Web did what it does.
Matt provides, “Anyone who thinks ‘The Simpsons’ would include such horrifying content on a family TV show doesn’t really watch the show or have any understanding of ‘The Simpsons’ at all.” In different phrases, we do not play like that!
What made the phony assassination meme plausible for a lot of is the very fact the present has “predicted” plenty of real-life occasions over the course of its record-setting run — however, on this case, they by no means known as this horrible occasion.
BTW … this isn’t the primary high-profile information story some boob on social media tried to tie to ‘Simpsons’ lore.
As we reported, Matt additionally not too long ago shot down a declare the present predicted Diddy‘s swift downfall. Once more, as with the Trump meme, he marvels at how the as soon as enjoyable and innocent ‘Simpsons’ real-world prediction recreation’s gotten twisted into the kinda darkish content material he’d by no means write right into a script.
