More than three decades after he first appeared on screen, The Simpsons stalwart Waylon Smithers will finally get a boyfriend in an upcoming episode. Mr Burns' personal assistant came out as gay in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smithers (Harry Shearer) finds love at long last with Michael (Victor Garber) on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. (Photo: 20th ...

One of The Simpsons‘ longest-running gags across its 33 seasons is the unrequited love between Waylon Smithers and his cold, distant boss Mr. Burns. After coming out as gay in 2016, an upcoming ...

It’s been a long time since The Simpsons was anything close to being culturally relevant. The show’s long, miserable demise has come at the expense of a legacy that, at one time, found America’s most ...

Simpsons character Waylon Smithers Jr., who came out as gay in a 2016 episode, will date a fashion designer voiced by Victor Garber Dory Jackson is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE's TV News team. Upon ...

Woo-hoo! The Simpsons is currently in its 27th(!) season, and in that time, there have been more running jokes from the show’s history than anyone can count. One is, of course, Waylon Smithers’ ...

After 27 years in the closet, The Simpsons' Waylon Smithers Jr has been given a coming-out episode, inspired by the sexuality of the son of one of the show's writers. Smithers's unrequited passion for ...

After 27 seasons of not-so-subtle hints on The Simpsons, longtime Springfield resident Waylon Smithers Jr. will finally come out and reveal to viewers he is gay in an episode inspired by a Simpsons ...

The Simpsons will give Smithers a new boyfriend in an upcoming episode and we hope this cool guy sticks around for a long time. The Simpsons will surely outlive us all. This show’s staying power is ...