One "Simpsons" character has been killed off in the show's season premiere and executive producer Al Jean tries to explain the reason behind the decision.
On Sunday night, "Simpsons" said goodbye to one of its award-winning characters, Rabbi Hyman Krustofksi, the father of Krusty the Clown, according to E! News.
"If you want to know my honest opinion of you, you've always been... eh," Krustofski said right before he passed away.
Prior to the 26th season premiere, fans have been speculating on the possibility of saying goodbye to either Homer or Krusty the Clown.
Following the death of Krustofski, Maggie feared that her wife Homer would be next in line.
Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly sat down with "Simpsons" executive producer, Al Jean to ask why he thought it was ideal to kill off the character being voiced by Jackie Mason.
"I was just trying to think of a story and I thought, 'It would be a good father-son story if the rabbi passed away and the last thing he said to his son was, 'I think you're eh' and that he had to try to reconcile himself with that, and try to find an answer for his lifetime relationship."
"I thought we did it in a way that I hope is touching but is real and is just the little ways that people make peace with their past... Then last fall, journalists were asking me on a phone conference what shows we had coming up and instead of just saying that, I thought it would be a little sneaky to say that the character had won an Emmy and the next thing I knew it was a huge, worldwide story," he added.
However, some "Simpsons" fans were not happy with the death of Rabbi Krustofsky, Mashable noted.
Twitter user @EditorMikeO wrote," Rabbi Krustofky (Krusty the Clown's dad) died. He was one of my guesses. Now it happened. I'm underwhelmed."
Twitter user @astralxgod tweeted, "Rabbi Krustofsky is DEAD! I called it months ago! Such a weak death. Disappointed."