For more than two decades, Apu was a constant on The Simpsons. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the character appeared regularly, delivered some of the show’s most quoted lines, and became one of its most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But no story reason was given for Apu’s conspicuous absence from the show, not even a handwritten note explaining that Apu went ...

Growing up in New York in the 1980s, comedian Hari Kondabolu was like many young people. He watched "The Simpsons" and he adored "The Simpsons." There was just one thing that bothered him about it.

On Sunday night’s episode, “The Simpsons” addressed criticism that its character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon was a racist stereotype. Last November, comedian Hari Kondabolu looked into the representation ...

Although The Simpsons has never really explained what happened to the controversial character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, this sort of works thanks to the show’s style. The Simpsons is the longest-running ...

The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria looks back on the controversy that led to his decision to retire from voicing Apu, shining a light on his thought process that led to him stepping away from the ...

"In order to answer that question, 'Do I keep doing the voice or not,' required a deep dive. It wasn't like, 'Well, let me take a week and look into this.' It was probably two or three years because ...

In the three decades that he has been a voice actor on “The Simpsons,” Hank Azaria has played dozens of Springfield’s absurd denizens on that long-running animated Fox comedy, including the surly ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Earlier this spring, Disney announced that it hadn’t just renewed The Simpsons for a new season, ...

Hank Azaria has been an irreplaceable part of The Simpsons family since the show's inception in 1989, voicing countless characters in well over 600 episodes of the timeless series. He's been the voice ...