Waylon Smithers Jr. came out of the closet in Sunday's episode. — -- After 27 years on the animated series "The Simpsons," character Waylon Smithers Jr. came out of the closet on Sunday night's ...

Waylon Smithers Jr, the loyal assistant to cantankerous billionaire Montgomery Burns, will finally find love in a landmark episode of "The Simpsons." Waylon Smithers Jr, the loyal assistant to ...

Since its debut in 1989, The Simpsons has become a cultural icon, but fans are just now discovering why the show's creators altered a significant aspect of one character. In his initial appearance ...

On last night’s episode of The Simpsons, Waylon Smithers, Jr. (voiced by Harry Shearer) owned up to what we’ve known about him for the better part of the past three decades: his homosexuality. After ...

It has been on air for 36 years - but some fans of The Simpsons are only just noticing a change in one of its characters.