Heaven knows, Morrissey is miserable now.
Reps for the legendary 80s alt rocker rocked ‘The Simpsons’ this week after the singer was unflatteringly mocked for the latest episode of the cartoon TV classic.
The famous handsome songwriter’s official social media initially delighted that he will be played by Benedict Cumberbatch, and even a preview poster of Sunday’s episode, ‘Panic on the Streets of Springfield’, shared by Smiths.
That changed quickly after watching the episode, in which a Morrissey clone character named ‘Quilloughby’ appeared, who first impressed Lisa Simpson for his sad, emotional lyrics, but then became greedy, litigious, overweight and xenophobic. .
“It’s surprising that the writing for The Simpson’s television show has ‘made a bad turn’ lately,” reads an attack on the singer’s official Facebook page, which was later attributed to his manager, Peter Katsis.
“Unfortunately, The Simpson’s show began to create a great insight into the modern cultural experience, but has since degenerated into trying to capitalize on cheap controversy and lay out cruel rumors,” the online tirade continued .
Matt Groening’s team “stopped creating” and “instead turned unapologetically hurt and racist”, said the report of the representative of the former frontman of The Smiths.
“It’s not surprising … that the Simpsons number of viewers has declined so badly over the past few years,” the report sniffed.
In the episode, Cumberbatch uttered ‘Quilloughby’, the former frontman of The Snuffs, a group that ‘dominated the indie scene of the’ 80s with their literate, sardonic music. ‘
After Lisa Simpson made him her imaginary friend, the singer – with Morrissey’s brand quiff and Mancunian accent – made her a militant vegan, with parodies of songs like “Meat is Murder” written by “Flight of the Conchords” star Bret McKenzie.
At the end of the episode, “Quilloughby” was fat and bursts out of his shirt – when he admitted during a long-awaited reunion of The Snuffs that it was a “cash grab” to cover his legal costs because he sued people “because they said things about me that were completely true.”
He then caused a riot by eating a pastrami sandwich and shooting sausage in the crowd, saying he had stopped being vegan when he discovered it had been ‘invented by foreigners’.
“And there’s way too much on this planet!” the singer shouts from the stage, while Lisa also turns against him.
‘That’s right, I hate the stranger! To come to this country and take our job! Sleep with our men! Shouts the cartoon character.
Morrissey, now 61, has long been plagued by accusations of racism, which began in the early 1990s when he flirted with skinhead culture and nationalist images.
The ardent vegan – who successfully tried to ban meat during his Madison Square Garden show in 2015 – once called the Chinese a “subspecies” for treating animals in the country, and said in a 2019 interview insisted that “everyone ends up having their own race,” the Independent noted.
In a 2019 performance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, he sparked controversy by wearing a badge supporting the far-right British party “For Britain” demanding the “end of the Islamization of the United Kingdom”.
However, the Facebook critics insisted that “The Simpsons” portrayed him as racist only to insult the artist, pointing out that the program had repeatedly faced allegations of racism itself. The star’s management also reminded fans that Morrissey has never reformed The Smiths, despite the overwhelming demand.
However, his team seemed most upset about the ‘hard hate tactics’ of showing him ‘with the belly hanging from his shirt (if he had never looked like that at some point in his career).’
Representatives of “The Simpsons” said the program had no comment.
But the attack will undoubtedly torment the show’s director, Debbie Mahan, who called the episode a ‘labor of love’ with her husband the ‘resident Morrissey expert’.
‘I’ve been working on this show for almost 20 years. And this – FURTHER – is the most enjoyable I have ever had on an episode, “she wrote on Instagram late last week.