Simpsons fans horrified as three iconic stars given 'Ozempic makeovers'

Fans of the are outraged after chain-smoking twins Patty and Selma Bouvier were slimmed down in a 'Ozempic makeover'.

The curvy sisters and fast food loving Comic Book Guy took drastic measures to lose weight - and viewers aren't happy with the outcome. The latest episode of the long-running show aired last night and The Last Man Expanding left fans puzzled with three characters looking rather different.

All soon became clear as Patty and Selma explained to Marge the reason behind their transformation - but it didn't go down well with those watching. Fans raced to X to say the slimmed down favourites just didn't look right with one saying: "Can’t believe what Ozempic is doing to our beautiful queens."

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The Simpsons has been renewed for four more seasons, taking the show through its 40th series in 2028-2029 but even some of the programme's most loyal fans have questioned the decision to keep producing fresh episodes. A post last year appeared on which was titled 'The Decline of the Simpsons', which featured IMDB viewer ratings since 1989.

It read: "The Simpsons is one of the most iconic TV shows ever created. It first aired in 1989 and continues to do so to this day, spanning over 31 seasons. It soon became one of the most comedically successful shows in television history. However, over time, the comedic material and overall appeal of the show began to decline.

"I created a heat chart to show the audience ratings for every episode of every season. I also showed the average rating of each season. The data for this visualisation was scraped together from IMSB using Python." This saw that the average rating for the early seasons of the show was around 8, however it declined steady – with it currently around the 6 mark.

The post has received more than 31,000 upvotes and thousands of comments as people tried to pinpoint the 'decline' of the show. One person wrote: "I was born in 1987, The Simpsons were something like a window into the adult , so much of my humour can be traced back to them for so long, then one day it all kinda stopped for me. Hard to pinpoint where it ended for me. That awful episode of Homer doing everything in the 90's fake clip show where Homer sudden had diabetes really killed the Simpsons for me."

Another chimed in: "There are definitely some subtle changes that I think made the show less great over the years. Earlier episodes have classic sitcom life lessons, morals, and characters choosing the do the right thing for their loved ones.

"Later episodes still have this, it's just less consistent and pronounced. (I personally think this is because they tried competing with shows like Family Guy). That being said, a huge chunk of what contributes to this is nostalgia. The number of people that say the show stopped being good in season 9 and then haven't watched an episode in 20 years blows my mind."

Despite the landmark decision by the broadcaster to take the long-running animated comedy off , fans will still be able to watch the beloved American family for free. It is just now they will be shown on the E4 instead, which is channel 13 on Freeview. A select number of episodes will still be available to stream for free on the Channel 4 app. Although they will only be accessible for a limited amount of time.

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