Hank Azaria Wants to 'Personally Apologize' to Every Indian Person for Voicing Apu on 'The Simpsons'

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over his publicly announced regret for voicing “The Simpsons” character Apu — penning his own tongue-in-cheek “apology.”“Not wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on Monty Python for all the many sketches we did making fun of white English people,” Cleese tweeted earlier this week. “We’re sorry for any distress we may have caused.”The 81-year-old comedy king’s post came the same day Azaria apologized for his stereotypical portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon — the fictitious Indian American owner of Springfield’s Kwik-E-Mart.“Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize,” Azaria said in a new interview.

Twitter followers, John sniped: “Not wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on Monty Python for all the many sketches we did making fun of white English people.“We're sorry for any distress we may have caused.”In another tweet on Wednesday evening, former Fawlty Towers star John was discussing the so-called 'woke-ism'.He stressed: “Started out as a good idea - ''Let's be nice to people'' - and finished up as a humorless, censorious, literal-minded, posturing idiocy."Hank has played the Indian-American character Apu since 1989 and later went to be the focus of controversy when a documentary aired discussing white actors voicing black, Asian and characters from many other ethnicities."It just didn't feel

Last year, Mr Cleese hit out against "political correctness" and voiced his concerns about "cancel culture" during an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Today.He said: "PC stuff started out as a good idea, which is, 'Let’s not be mean to people', and I’m in favour of that despite my age,"The main thing is to try to be kind but that then becomes a sort of indulgence of the most over-sensitive people in your culture, the people who are most easily upset."Cleese continued: "I don’t think we should organise a society around the sensibilities of the most easily upset people because then you have a very neurotic society."From the point of creativity, if you have to keep thinking which words you can use and which you can’t, then that will stifle

John Cleese mocked "The Simpsons" actor Hank Azaria’s recent apology for the Apu character by jokingly apologizing for past Monty Python sketches.  Azaria found himself at the heart of controversy in 2017 when a documentary sparked a conversation about him, a White person, voicing the Indian-American character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on the show since 1989.The actor appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast recently where he apologized and expressed how much guilt he feels to have negatively impacted so many Indian-Americans with his performance.  On Tuesday, Cleese took to Twitter to take a lighthearted jab at Azaria for feeling like he should apologize.  "Not wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on

The Simpsons star Hank Azaria who voice Indian character Apu has issued a public apology for his portrayal of the iconic cartoon.Hank - a white male - has voiced the corner store owner since 1990.Last year, he confirmed he would be stepping down from the role.He later went into detail on actor Dax Shepherd's Armchair Expert podcast for the reasons of his departure.Hank told the Without A Paddle star: "Part of me feels like I need to go around to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologise."While initially met with little controversy in the 90s, in recent years The Simpsons have come under fire for Apu – with critics arguing he reinforces racial stereotypes.In 2017 Indian-American comic Hari Kondabolu created a

ACTOR Hank Azaria has apologised for the Indian character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons after plenty of negative backlash. Emmy-award winning actor and comedian Hank discussed the controversy around his character on the much-loved animated comedy series.

who no longer voices the controversial character, says he’s taking some unconventional steps to find out why his portrayal was offensive toward the Indian community. “I was speaking at my son’s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,” Azaria told Shepard during Monday’s podcast.

Hank Azaria wants to apologize to every person of Indian descent for his past portrayal of "The Simpsons" character, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. The character, who runs the local Kwik-E-Mart in Springfield and was voiced by Azaria beginning in 1988, became the subject of controversy in 2017 when comedian Hari Kondabolu released the documentary "The Problem With Apu." The documentary sparked a conversation about whitewashing, racist voice casting and the negative impact the character has had on the perception of Indian people in America.  In an interview with The New York Times in 2020, Azaria said he had stepped away from voicing the character as the show in general began to remedy having White actors voice non-White characters.

It was back in February 2020 when Hank Azaria spoke candidly in an interview with The New York Times about his decision to stop voicing The Simpsons' controversial character Kwik-E-Mart manager Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. "Once I realised that that was the way this character was thought of, I just didn’t want to participate in it anymore.

The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria has apologised for his longtime portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on the series, while also acknowledging the show’s participation in “structural racism”.In an appearance on Dax Shepherd’s Armchair Expert podcast, Azaria said that he wished he had stopped playing Apu earlier (he’d been voicing the role since 1990).“I’ve had a date with destiny with this thing for about 31 years,” Azaria said.“Part of me feels like I need to go around to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologise, and sometimes I do when it comes up.”He apologised specifically to the podcast’s co-host Monica Padman, an Indian-American woman, saying, “I know you weren’t asking for that, but it’s important.“I

On Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria apologized for participating in “structural racism,” via his longtime portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

Hank Azaria was a recent guest on theArmchair Expert podcast, where he discussed several topics, including the lessons he learned from playing the controversial Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons. The long-running Indian character on the iconic Fox cartoon came under fire in recent years (including in a2017 documentary The Problem With Apu) due to the character's racially stereotypical behavior, compounded by the fact that he was voiced by aCaucasian actor.