The Simpsons creator shuts down rumors that the Fox series 'predicted' the Donald Trump shooting

The creator of The Simpsons has unopen down rumors that nan Fox bid 'predicted' nan Donald Trump rally shooting aft a clone animation image of nan erstwhile President lying successful a casket circulated online.

The animated classical has earned a estimation for depicting various events successful nan show, only for them to hap successful existent life years later.

So aft 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Donald, 78, connected Saturday, a rumor started to dispersed connected societal media that nan bid erstwhile included a segment that showed nan leader getting killed successful a shooting.

A picture of a yellow, Simpsons-ified type of nan erstwhile President laying successful a coffin quickly went viral.

But according to showrunner Matt Selman, this arena ne'er really happened successful nan show, confirming to DailyMail.com that nan now-viral drawback was surely not real.

'This sad arena is an atrocious by-product of nan terrifying quality of nan Age of Disinformation successful which we presently live,' he said.

'That immoderate anonymous net rascal tin create what are evidently clone images and group are truthful fresh to judge they are existent boggles nan mind. 

'Anyone who thinks The Simpsons would see specified horrifying contented connected a family TV show doesn't really watch nan show aliases person immoderate knowing of The Simpsons astatine all.'

Matt reiterated his constituent to Reuters, adding, 'The image of Donald Trump successful a coffin ne'er appeared connected The Simpsons. It is doctored.

'Sadly it is each excessively easy to create clone Simpsons "predictions" for illustration these for nan intent of misleading people.'

It turns out, nan clone image of Trump successful nan coffin has been circulating since 2017.

According to Snopes, it originated on 4chan, but nan personification who first created it is not known.

Despite nan outlet antecedently proving that it was fake, it was reposted thousands of times pursuing Saturday's horrific shooting.

'The Simpsons sewage immoderate explaining to do,' 1 personification wrote alongside nan doctored image.

'Ain't nary f**king way. The Simpsons predicted this too?' personification other asked.

A different personification added, 'Simpsons ain't ne'er miss.'

While this clip it was fake, The Simpsons has successfully predicted a batch of worldly - from nan Siegfried and Roy tiger onslaught to Donald moving for President.

In a 2000 episode, Lisa Simpson became President of nan United States and referenced Donald's presidency - 16 years earlier he really took office.

In nan aforesaid episode, her dad, Homer, tin beryllium seen flying past a advertisement successful nan background, which reads, 'Trump 2024.'

Other things that happened successful nan show that later occurred successful existent life included Disney buying 20th Century Fox, Lady Gaga performing astatine nan Super Bowl, and nan Bengt. R. Holmström winning nan Nobel Peace Prize. 

The show made headlines earlier this week aft it was revealed that Channel 4 was pulling an section that was planned to air connected Sunday which featured a shooter, pursuing nan attempted assassination against Trump. 

In nan episode, which primitively came retired successful 1996, a shooter could beryllium seen perched connected a building arsenic a nationalist gathering took spot adjacent - imagery that is hauntingly akin to nan incident astatine Trump's rally.