The ongoing case of Jeffrey Epstein seems to be continuously uncovering more and more disturbing stories as time goes on. I recently was reminded of Matt Groening’s alleged connection to convicted pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
The creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, was once named by Virginia Giuffre as a passenger on board Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet where she claims to have been a ‘sex slave’. In unsealed court records, Virginia Giuffre detailed a forceable foot massage that Jeffrey Epstein instructed her to perform on Matt Groening, as a 16-year-old.
She said, “I was enjoying our conversation, when Jeffrey insisted that I give Matt a foot massage throughout the duration of the short flight. I never turned down a client but when I saw the shape of his feet, I nearly threw up at the thought of having to touch them.”
Whilst making my way through old episodes of The Simpsons, I came across an episode from season 14, ‘The Great Louse Detective’ which begins with character, Homer at a day-spa. There is a strange scene where a masseuse looks absolutely disgusted while struggling to give him a massage.
This episode of The Simpsons was released in 2002, and Virginia Guiffre claims that Matt Groening’s foot massage happened on board Jeffrey Epstein’s jet when she was 16, which means it would’ve occurred in 1999.
After coming to know this alleged story about Matt Groening getting a massage, it felt really uncomfortable to watch. It was only made worse by the dialogue in this particular scene where Homer says to the masseuse, “don’t struggle, you’ll only sink faster.”
The Simpsons has been known to ‘predict’ real life events, or take inspiration from past events and put them into episodes.
The Simpsons are said to have ‘predicted’ Kobe Bryant’s death and coronavirus:
Stephanie Gillis, one of the show’s writers, told the BBC how it goes down in the writer’s room.
“There is so much going on in the world that we have to come in and talk about it. That’s why I think we end up talking about the show a lot outside of work, because so much of what is going on in the world ends up on the show.”
Bill Oakley, another writer for the show actually spoke about how The Simpsons have actually made their ‘predictions’.
“There are very few cases where The Simpsons predicted something,” Oakley added. “It’s mainly just coincidence because the episodes are so old that history repeats itself. Most of these episodes are based on things that happened in the 60s, 70s or 80s that we knew about.”
So there seems to be an explanation for everything, but it definitely doesn’t make it feel less suss or more comfortable to watch.