Simpsons Claim They Are Not Forcing Shearer Out
The Simpsons are letting the world know the deal Harry Shearer is walking away from. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunner Al Jean revealed that it’s 7 million dollars a year and he can work by phone. Oh and it’s just for an hour a week. He also said they will not kill off Shearer’s characters, and the door will remain open for a reasonable time.
Harry get out fast. It’s a sweat shop.
Al Jean told the Hollywood Reporter: “I’m a little baffled. The other five [voice stars] signed on May 1 and we offered him the same contract everybody else got offered, but he didn’t sign so we started reading like we were going to and [were] waiting to see if he wanted to come back or not. Then about a week ago TMZ somehow got ahold of a story that [an unnamed voice actor from the cast] wasn’t returning. Then last night Harry tweeted something to the extent that he was leaving the show — implying he wasn’t wanted — which isn’t true. We made him an offer and we’re once more saying, “Do you want to come back like everybody else and work hard and care about the show? Great.” He said he wanted to do other projects, which makes no sense because we’ve always let the cast do all the other projects they want — they have great free time. So I don’t really know what he’s up to [or] what he’s thinking. I hope he comes back.”
