“The Simpsons” showrunner Matt Selman hit back at the “horrifying” suggestion that the popular show somehow predicted the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. After a shooter opened fire on the former president during his rally in Pennsylvania, injuring Trump and killing one of his supporters, a meme began surfacing on social media showing …
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“TheSimpsons”showrunnerMattSelmanhitbackatthe“horrifying”suggestionthatthepopularshowsomehowpredictedtheattemptedassassinationofformerPresidentDonaldTrump.
AfterashooteropenedfireontheformerpresidentduringhisrallyinPennsylvania,injuringTrumpandkillingoneofhissupporters,amemebegansurfacingonsocialmediashowingafalseimageofTrumpfromthecartoonlyinginacasket,withthecaption,“FirsttimeI’veseena‘Simpsons’predictionfail.”
SpeakingtoTMZ,Selmanslammedtheimageinthestrongestterms,makingitclearthewritersandshowwouldneverhaveanepisodeaboutassassinatingtheformerpresidentandthatacartoonTrumpneverappearedinacasket.
“Anyonewhothinks‘TheSimpsons’wouldinclude