How The Simpsons Made Smithers Into a Three
Smithers is the loyal, obedient and sycophantic assistant to Mr. Burns, and the relationship between the two is a frequent running gag. In many ways, Smithers represents the stereotype of a closeted gay man. Numerous allusions and double entendres about his orientation being homosexual are made, though some of the show's producers instead interpret him as a "Burns-sexual". There has been. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. After 33 seasons on the iconic animated series The Simpsons , Smithers finally has a boyfriend! 
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The Best 'Smithers Is Gay' Moments
By season 2, the writers started to like the Smithers/Burns dynamic, and so continued to add more references in subsequent seasons. Since then, The Simpsons has dropped all types of clues about Smithers being gay, some more subtle than others, such as Smithers frequently visiting Springfield's gay section and going on an all-male cruise. Welcome to the Simpsons Wiki! If you want to help us in this wiki, sign up or sign in to get started. 
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Waylon Smithers, Jr. - Longtime closeted, now openly gay. There was a long-standing running gag on the show revolving around references to Smithers' orientation (or at least his fixation on Mr. Burns) and his efforts to keep it a secret. Join the HuffPost Community. Membership connects you to a movement of readers who believe good journalism builds a better world.
After 26 years of living in the closet, Smithers finally came
Burns' idea of gay and Smithers' idea of gay are two very different definitions. Such as when his boss asks about his weekend plans and wonders if he is up to "something gay.". Burns' assumption threw off Smithers and nearly revealed his "secret." Thankfully, Burns used the Victorian definition of gay, and Smithers took a sigh of relief. Ah, Waylon Smithers of The Simpsons. What would Mr. Waylon Smithers
Waylon Joseph Smithers Jr., better known as Mr. Smithers, Waylon Smithers or simply Smithers, (born December 25)[2] is a recurring character on The Simpsons. He is also a minor character in The Simpsons Movie. Smithers is Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns's deeply devoted personal assistant, executive, and self-proclaimed best friend. Although, in Lisa The Skeptic, it is first majorly shown that. . Smithers From 'The Simpsons' Is Finally Coming Out As Gay
While Smithers’s rejection is disappointing, it’s not all that surprising and ultimately, it isn’t the focus on his episode. Rather than letting things get him down, Smithers does what any self-respecting, newly-out gay man would do after being turned down: he tries his hand at dating. . 
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A writer on The Simpsons has explained how he worked with his gay son to make Smithers a “three-dimensional gay character”. As viewers of the long-running animated series will know, The Simpsons has a long history of joking about Smithers’ sexuality – but that all started to change in , when the character officially came. .