Kamala Harris surprised fans by appearing on The Simpsons at Comic-Con
30 july 2024 в 01:37
Vice President Kamala Harris surprised fans when she appeared in an unexpected virtual appearance during The Simpsons panel at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday, July 27. The Democratic presidential candidate received many comparisons to the beloved character Lisa Simpson, especially when fans noticed the similarity to an episode where Lisa becomes president and wears a purple suit similar to the one Harris wore during the 2021 inauguration.
Before showing the video, series creator Matt Groening said they had a message from a «superfan» on the panel. Then a pre-recorded message was shown to conclude the exciting panel. Harris quoted a line from the October 1996 episode «Treehouse of Horror VII». She read: «We must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom», - according to People. It is unclear whether the video shown was recently filmed or not. TMZ reported that sources close to the show said the video was actually old, recorded about 11 years ago.
The short video was released shortly after the announcement that Harris would run for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 election, after President Joe Biden announced he was stepping out of the race. After Harris entered the race, many fans of The Simpsons began to find similarities with Lisa in the episode «Bart to the Future», - where Bart travels in time to find out that his sister has become president.
In addition to the similarity in the purple suit, the president followed by Lisa is none other than Donald Trump, who was elected in 2016 but was defeated by Biden, with whom Harris was vice president, in the 2020 election. After people started sharing photos of Harris and Lisa, Simpsons writer Al Jean tweeted about his delight at the resemblance. «The Simpsons prediction, in which I am proud to participate», - he said. As many love to say, The Simpsons did it first
Before showing the video, series creator Matt Groening said they had a message from a «superfan» on the panel. Then a pre-recorded message was shown to conclude the exciting panel. Harris quoted a line from the October 1996 episode «Treehouse of Horror VII». She read: «We must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom», - according to People. It is unclear whether the video shown was recently filmed or not. TMZ reported that sources close to the show said the video was actually old, recorded about 11 years ago.
The short video was released shortly after the announcement that Harris would run for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 election, after President Joe Biden announced he was stepping out of the race. After Harris entered the race, many fans of The Simpsons began to find similarities with Lisa in the episode «Bart to the Future», - where Bart travels in time to find out that his sister has become president.
In addition to the similarity in the purple suit, the president followed by Lisa is none other than Donald Trump, who was elected in 2016 but was defeated by Biden, with whom Harris was vice president, in the 2020 election. After people started sharing photos of Harris and Lisa, Simpsons writer Al Jean tweeted about his delight at the resemblance. «The Simpsons prediction, in which I am proud to participate», - he said. As many love to say, The Simpsons did it first
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