Lizzo reveals first look of her appearance on The Simpsons finale

Lizzo will play both herself and Homer's "spirit guide" in the season finale of The Simpsons, airing May 21 on FOX

By Mary Kate Carr  |  May 15, 2023 | 2:29pm
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If you follow Lizzo closely enough to remember her Halloween costumes, you know that she and The Simpsons are a match made in heaven. The pop star will make an appearance in the finale of the 34th season of the animated sitcom, airing May 21, playing two characters—both a “happy little elf doll” serving as Homer’s “spirit guide” and herself. Ahead of the episode, Lizzo herself shared a clip of her appearance on social media.

The excerpt features a meta-moment of Lizzo and Homer recording their own voiceovers for the episode, directed by Lisa and Bart. When Bart steps in to slap his dad to a “fire” beat, Lizzo encourages Lisa to grab her “saxamaphone” and hop on a duet with the Grammy winner on her flute.

“Every Icon has been on @thesimpsons—now I can add my name to the list! Thank you to the whole team for making this a dream come true,” Lizzo wrote in her Instagram caption, highlighting a bit of product placement for her shapewear brand: “yes I’m wearing @yitty and playing @sashabefluting !!!!” (Her flute, Sasha, which has its own Instagram account, also posted the clip with the caption: “IM OFFICIALLY THE MOST FAMOUS FLUTE IN D WORLD”)

Lizzo’s guest role(s) was first announced back in February, with executive producer Tim Long explaining to Entertainment Weekly that the entire episode would take place within a few seconds as Homer is impacted by a car accident. In the moment, Homer apparently experiences a hallucinatory episode and communicates with Lizzo’s elf doll character.

“Lizzo says ‘bitch’ a lot and she does not suffer Homer very well,” Long told EW, sharing that the artist sings a song called “It Was Marge, Bitch” that was penned by Flight Of The Conchords’ Bret McKenzie. “She ends up slapping and kicking him a lot to try to knock some sense into him. Which is very funny. And they end up developing a weird rapport that’s very, very sweet.”

“And what’s funny is that Lizzo is such a big Simpsons fan, she ad-libbed the line, ‘I’m gonna get my Sasha Flute and you grab your saxamaphone and let’s jam,” Long shared. “Saxamaphone is such a deep-cut reference to The Simpsons that we were all like, ‘Wow.’ She knew all the Simpsons references. She recorded with Dan Castellaneta [who voices Homer] and I think everyone was starstruck—us by Lizzo and her by Dan. That was really special.” Fans will get to see the magic for themselves May 21.

 
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