The Simpsons producers pull episode featuring Michael Jackson

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>An episode of The Simpsons featuring the voice of Michael Jackson is being pulled following the controversial documentary about the star&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two men&comma; James Safechuck and Wade Robson&comma; allege in a Channel 4 documentary that they were sexually abused by the King of Pop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Wall Street Journal says that producers of The Simpsons have decided to remove the episode&comma; Stark Raving Dad&comma; from streaming services and TV channels which air the show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jackson voiced a character in the episode&comma; which aired in 1991&comma; but his involvement was only confirmed years later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;127496" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-127496" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;F87EEC56-483F-4370-A423-BA849422FF39&period;jpeg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-127496" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;F87EEC56-483F-4370-A423-BA849422FF39&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"438" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-127496" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Michael Jackson fans protest outside the headquarters of Channel 4 over its documentary Leaving Neverland<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Jackson voiced Leon Kompowsky&comma;  who meets Homer in a psychiatric hospital&comma; where he claims to be the pop star and does the moonwalk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It feels clearly the only choice to make&comma;” executive producer James L Brooks told The Wall Street Journal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fellow executive producers Matt Groening and Al Jean agree with the decision&comma; he said&comma; adding&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The guys I work with – where we spend our lives arguing over jokes – were of one mind on this&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This was a treasured episode&period; There are a lot of great memories we have wrapped up in that one&comma; and this certainly doesn’t allow them to remain&comma;” Brooks told the newspaper&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m against book burning of any kind&period; But this is our book&comma; and we’re allowed to take out a chapter&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Jackson family have denied the allegations against the late singer&comma; saying the HBO and Channel 4 film is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;all about the money”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed52d1d662d">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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