The Simpsons focussing on Waylon Smithers’ gay relationship, has spoken about the creation of the episode.LaZebnik, who is gay, is the son of longtime Simpsons writer and producer writer/producer Rob LaZebnik.
His father wrote the 2016 episode ‘The Burns Cage’ in which Smithers first came out as gay, with LaZebnik acting as an “unnoficial consultant.”Announced earlier this month and broadcast last week (Novmber 21), ‘Portrait Of A Lackey On Fire’ sees Smithers fall in love with fashion designer Michael De Graaf, voiced by Victor Garber.“When we, my dad and I, talked about writing this episode, something that was important to me was to see his relationship grow and flourish and to get those intimate moments of two gay people on screen.