Simpsons producers choose to pull episode featuring Michael Jackson's voice
After watching the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, the producers of The Simpsons decided to pull from circulation a 1991 episode of the show featuring the voice of Michael Jackson, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Leaving Neverland focuses on two men who say they were molested by Jackson as children, and removing the "Stark Raving Dad" episode from streaming services, television stations, and DVD box sets "feels clearly the only choice to make," producer James L. Brooks told the Journal on Thursday.
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