The Simpsons Showrunner and producer Matt Selman criticized the show after a fake image surfaced of former President Donald Trump in a coffin, leading people to believe the show predicted the assassination attempt on the former president.
fake image A video circulated on social media showed The Simpsons’ Trump lying in a coffin, leading many to believe the show predicted the assassination attempt on Trump. interview Speaking to TMZ, Selman said the show “doesn’t play out like that.”
On Saturday, at a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump was shot by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot him with a bullet that penetrated the top of his right ear. Former Pennsylvania Fire Chief Corey Comperatore was tragically killed in the assassination attempt on Trump, and others were injured.
“Anyone who thinks The Simpsons would include such horrific content in a family television program either doesn’t actually watch the show or doesn’t understand The Simpsons at all,” Selman told the outlet.
This is the first time i’ve seen a Simpsons prediction fail😭 pic.twitter.com/UFN9jT7aTf
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Selman also Confirmed He told Reuters that the show “never featured an image of Donald Trump in a coffin” and that the image had been “photoshopped”.
“Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to create fake Simpsons ‘prophecies’ like this one with the intent of misleading people,” Selman added in a statement.
From the article: The Hollywood Reporter Starting in June 2023, we looked back at the time when the show predicted the future.
Previously, the show has predicted the acquisition of 20th Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company, a Titan submersible disaster similar to the one that exploded with five passengers on board, the creation of autocorrect, and even predicted which team would win the Super Bowl. Exit.
