Quilloughby is the former lead singer of the band "the Sunffs" who got big with tracks such as Hamburger is Homicide and, How Late Is Then.
These songs are very similar to popular songs sung by the Smiths like Meat is Murder and How Soon Is Now.
Quilloughby turns out to be Lisa's imaginary friend who is an older man, eats meat, is overweight and shares anti-immigrant views.
However, Morrissey is "a serious vegan and strong supporter for animal rights", according to his manager Peter Katsis.
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McKenzie worked on the episode as a songwriter, in a post he revealed the show came together last year while working remotely from Wellington with Cumberbatch and other creatives.
Despite similarities in song titles, the show's writer said the episode was only somewhat based on Morrissey.
Simpsons writer Tim Long said the character was not Morrissey.
"Having said that, the character is definitely Morrissey-esque, with maybe a small dash of Robert Smith from the Cure, Ian Curtis from Joy Division, and a bunch of other people," he told Variety.
Long claims inspiration for the episode came from his own childhood.
"I grew up as a moody kid obsessed with catchy-yet-depressing indy music," he said.
"And like Marge, my parents wondered what the hell was wrong with me."
Katsis, Morrissey's management released a statement saying the singer has never been overweight and was a victim of "racist" attacks.
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"But when a show stoops so low to use harshly hateful tactics like showing the Morrissey character with his belly hanging out of his shirt (when he has never looked like that at any point in his career) makes you wonder who the real hurtful, racist group is here."
"Truly they are the only ones who have stopped creating, and have instead turned unapologetically hurtful and racist."
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In the past, the Smiths singer has often had to defend himself from racist accusations after a number of controversial interviews and public statements targeting ethnicities and immigration.
During an interview with German news site Spiegel Online in 2017, he said refugees moving to Germany made it "the rape capital of Europe".
However, he denied saying this despite the reporter releasing the interview tapes.
In 2019 he also voiced his support for an anti-Muslim political party.
