‘South Park’s Trump-focused season premiere draws White House ire
The show is best known for its offensive comedy and stylized characters with silly voices.
SAN FRANCISCO — “South Park,” an animated television show for adults, is under fire by President Donald Trump’s administration after their Wednesday night 27th season premiere on Comedy Central.
The show is best known for its offensive comedy and stylized characters with silly voices. Wednesday’s show focused on Trump, his recently filed lawsuits and Paramount, Comedy Central’s parent company.
In the episode, a photograph of Trump’s face is imposed on an animated body running around threatening to sue people — including Jesus Christ — for a variety of things, then literally getting into bed with Satan. In previous episodes over the years, Saddam Hussein was depicted in the same spot.
The episode prompted a statement from the White House the morning after premiering.
“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end – for years they have come after ‘South Park’ for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement to Variety on 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,” the statement continued. “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.”
Paramount is currently under fire after agreeing to pay Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit revolving around a “60 Minutes” interview with then-presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The company also announced last week that their late night talk show “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” wouldn’t continue after May 2026, despite being the only late night show to gain viewers so far this year, according to a Nielsen report.
Ahead of the “South Park” premiere, Paramount announced creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker agreed to produce another 50 episodes over the next five years in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, according to NBC news.
An episode of “South Park” typically takes six days to create and get to air, according to an HBO documentary on their process from 2011. It’s unclear exactly how long this episode took to make, but Colbert’s announcement about Paramount’s decision with his show was seven days ago.
The episode continues to show the residents of South Park, a town the show takes place in, protesting against the president for various reasons. Jesus Christ appears in front of the large crowd explaining how he returned to schools because of a “lawsuit and agreement with Paramount.”
When questioned by a citizen if Trump actually sued Jesus Christ, he responded “the guy can do anything he wants now that someone backed down, OK?”
He goes on to warn the citizens to stop protesting, otherwise “South Park” could also be canceled.
The episode goes on to crack additional jokes around the same topics and ended with an AI-generated PSA mocking a political advertisement of Trump stumbling through a desert. He removes pieces of his suit while walking and a voice over is playing.
“No matter how hot it gets, he’s not afraid to fight for America,” a voice over of one of the creators says. “With conviction, discipline and trust in God, he survived the desert.”
Trump eventually is seen fully nude in the AI-generated video with the voice over making fun of his body, then the episode ends.