Rolling Stone Morrissey on ‘Simpsons’ Mockery: ‘In a World Obsessed With Hate Laws, There are None That Protect Me’ Singer writes that animated show’s “hatred” is “obviously a taunting lawsuit, but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge” By AP Photo/Marco Ugarte the Simpsons’ mockery of the singer as “insulting,” the former Smiths frontman weighed in with a lengthy statement on his website. “The hatred shown towards me from the creators of The Simpsons is obviously a taunting lawsuit,” Morrissey wrote, “but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge.”