A closer look
Paul McCartney agreed to guest star on a classic episode of The Simpsons under the strict, uncompromising condition that the character of Lisa Simpson must remain a practicing vegetarian for the rest of the show's television run. The former Beatle basically used his immense star power to hold the writers' room hostage over the dietary choices of an eight-year-old animated girl made of yellow pixels, which is a frankly hilarious flex of celebrity leverage. Decades later, the show's creators have actually honored this bizarre contractual obligation, meaning Lisa has spent more than thirty years aggressively avoiding pork chops entirely because a British rock legend demanded it in the nineteen nineties
