Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon had long been a major part of The Simpsons before being phased out due to the controversy surrounding the character. He's largely been ignored by the franchise ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten years after The Simpsons banished him to the background, is Apu finally poised to "thank you, come again"? That is the ...

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" debuted ...

It has been almost ten years since The Simpsons’ fans last heard Apu speak, as voice actor Hank Azaria decided to leave the character behind following major controversy and a replacement has yet to be ...

The Simpsons' Apu was removed from the series because he represented a negative racial stereotype of South Asian people.

In the three decades that he has been a voice actor on “The Simpsons,” Hank Azaria has played dozens of Springfield’s absurd denizens on that long-running animated Fox comedy, including the surly ...