Ultimately, Selman thinks that if the majority of Simpsons fans genuinely cared about plot holes or canonical consistency, the show wouldn't have made it this far.

"It's a f---ing paradox. People suck it up anyway," he says. "Our show is still very popular in both America and internationally. I am not worried about messing with the timeline. I feel like story and character should come first, and the cinematic universe rules of a show that has none should come in a distant second."

Ngl he sounds like a dick. I feel like he should be working on a different show.