Waylon Smithers found his better half on The Simpsons

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(CNN) -

Waylon Smithers Jr., the loyal assistant to grumpy billionaire Montgomery Burns, will finally find love in a historic episode of "The Simpsons."

The character, who revealed his sexual orientation in a 2016 episode of the Fox animated series, will be the center of a gay romance story in an episode airing on November 21.

The next episode, titled "Portrait Of A Lackey On Fire," was written by longtime series writer Rob LaZebnik and his son Johnny LaZebnik, who inspired him to write the original episode. of Smithers in which he reveals that he is gay.

"The Simpsons": Smithers finds true love with a famous fashion designer (voiced by Victor Garber), but will his new relationship with Springfield destroy?

Find out in The Simpsons episode "Portrait of a Lackey On Fire" on Sunday, November 21 (8: 00-8: 31 PM ET / PT) on FOX.

Guest voice by Victor Garber.

"Often times, gay romances are a subplot or are alluded to or shown in some kind of montage or as a joke," Johnny LaZebnik told the New York Post this week.

"And what I think excites me is that with this episode we can see, without telling you too much, the beginning, the middle and who knows how a gay relationship ends, of really getting to the heart of what gay dating is like, how they know each other, how is it ".

• The real reason Smithers finally revealed he's gay

According to the episode synopsis: "Smithers finds true love with a famous fashion designer, but will it destroy his new relationship with Springfield?"

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i can finally come out of the closet as a d'ohmosexual.

watch a very gay episode of @TheSimpsons on November 21, written by me and my dad 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/RqlMcetIUv

- Johnny LaZebnik (@jlazebnik) October 30, 2021

Her new boyfriend is fashion mogul Michael De Graaf, voiced by Victor Garber.

Garber, the openly gay star of Global's "Family Law," told the New York Post that it was "crucial that these stories be recognized," adding that every time he plays a gay character, "it brings back certain feelings I had. when I was a young actor and couldn't be gay. "

Smither's sexual orientation was an open secret on the show for years.

Before his official confirmation in season 27, his total obsession with Mr. Burns was depicted in elaborate fantasy sequences.

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