Patrick Warburton Refuses to Apologize for ‘Family Guy’: ‘Everybody Takes Themselves Too Seriously’
Actor Patrick Warburton will not apologize for being the voice of the wheelchair-bound police officer Joe Swanson on Family Guy.
Actor Patrick Warburton will not apologize for being the voice of the wheelchair-bound police officer Joe Swanson on Family Guy.
Actor Fisher Stevens now says he regrets playing an Indian character in the 1986 film “Short Circuit “and its 1988 sequel. Stevens, who is white, put on an Indian accent for the film. His portrayal also featured a makeup job to darken his skin.
Hank Azaria, the white actor who voiced The Simpsons’ long-running Indian character, Apu, has been invited to meet with the Hindu American Foundation over his guilt for having voiced the cartoon character.
Monty Python veteran John Cleese is mocking fellow actor Hank Azaria over his apology for voicing the role of Apu on Fox’s “The Simpsons.” In a sarcastic gesture, Cleese offered his own apology for making fun of “white English people” in numerous “Monty Python” sketches.
The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria, the white actor who voiced the show’s long-running Indian character, Apu, says that he feels the need “to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize” for his “participation in racism.”
Producers of ‘The Simpsons’ have announced that their long-running Indian character, Apu, will be written out of the show due to increased complaints that he reflects an insulting racial stereotype.
Hank Azaria is ready to stop voicing Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on “The Simpsons” in the wake of criticism that it’s a stereotype.