“South Park” doesn’t respect the president’s authoritah — and the White Home isn’t glad about it.
The present’s Season 27 premiere, titled “Sermon on the Mount,” brutally mocks President Donald Trump. The episode, which aired Wednesday evening, options Trump suing everybody who upsets him, quite a few jokes in regards to the president having a small penis, and a correlation between Trump and Saddam Hussein by making the president Devil’s new lover. (Within the 1999 film “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut” Hussein and Devil are embroiled in a really poisonous romantic relationship.)
The episode additionally features a scene during which Trump tries to provoke intercourse with Devil however is rebuked, per The Washington Submit. Apparently Devil tells the president that he’s “not in the mood right now” as a result of somebody on social media mentioned Trump is on the “Epstein list.”
In response to the episode, the White Home informed Rolling Stone that the long-running animated sequence is a “fourth-rate” present and mentioned the episode is emblematic of the left’s “hypocrisy.”
“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end — for years they have come after ‘South Park’ for what they labeled as ‘offense’ [sic] content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” Trump White Home spokesperson Taylor Rogers informed Rolling Stone in an announcement Thursday. “Just like the creators of ‘South Park,’ the Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their popularity continues to hit record lows. This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention. President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history — and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”
The episode aired on the identical day that Paramount introduced a five-year streaming cope with “South Park” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone that’s reportedly valued at $1.5 billion.
Paramount lately settled a lawsuit with Trump over his declare that CBS Information’ “60 Minutes” selectively edited an interview with 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris within the lead-up to the election. The corporate drew extra backlash final week after CBS introduced it was canceling Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.”
If Paramount doesn’t cancel “South Park” after its ballsy strikes within the premiere, the deal greenlit 50 new episodes that can air on Comedy Central, however can be out there for streaming solely on Paramount+. The deal additionally gave the streaming platform rights to all episodes from the earlier 26 seasons, per The Hollywood Reporter.
