For more than two decades, Apu was a constant on The Simpsons. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the character appeared regularly, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But no story reason was given for Apu’s conspicuous absence from the show, not even a handwritten note explaining that Apu went ...

Although The Simpsons has never really explained what happened to the controversial character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, this sort of works thanks to the show’s style. The Simpsons is the longest-running ...

The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria looks back on the controversy that led to his decision to retire from voicing Apu, shining a light on his thought process that led to him stepping away from the ...

(CNN) — Sunday night's episode of "The Simpsons" took on the controversy over a character, and not everyone thought the response was funny. Comedian Hari Kondabolu's documentary "The Problem with Apu" ...

Growing up in New York in the 1980s, comedian Hari Kondabolu was like many young people. He watched "The Simpsons" and he adored "The Simpsons." There was just one thing that bothered him about it.

Hank Azaria said Tuesday he is "willing to step aside" from voicing the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on "The Simpsons," during an appearance on Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show." His animated ...

"In order to answer that question, 'Do I keep doing the voice or not,' required a deep dive. It wasn't like, 'Well, let me take a week and look into this.' It was probably two or three years because ...