The creators of South Park are giving a cheeky “apology” for the favored cartoon present’s season premier that mocked President Trump.
“We’re terribly sorry,” Trey Parker stated with a smile late Thursday as his accomplice Matt Stone sat subsequent to him on a panel on the Comedian-Con pageant in San Diego.
Parker dismissed a joke from panel moderator Josh Horowitz that he must be able to face authorized motion from Trump or the White Home.
“It’s fine,” he stated. “We’re ready.”
The yuk fest got here after the White Home hit again on the present for slamming Trump in its Wednesday evening season premiere.
“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,” stated Taylor Rogers, a White Home spokesman. “No fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”
The plot of South Park’s Season 27 premiere was completely targeted on Trump and his penchant for suing critics, together with CBS and Paramount, which airs the cartoon present.
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Matt Stone and Trey Parker communicate onstage at San Diego Comedian-Con on Thursday.(Getty)
In a single scene, Jesus Christ seems to warn residents of the fictional city to keep away from protesting in opposition to Trump. In one other, Trump will get into mattress with Devil however the satan makes enjoyable of the president’s tiny manhood.
“I can’t even see anything, it’s so small,” the satan says.
The present’s creators could have felt comfy with the edgy political content material as a result of they only inked a $1.5 billion five-season contract extension with Paramount.
Paramount lately settled a lawsuit Trump filed over what he claimed was misleading modifying of a 60 Minutes interview together with his 2024 presidential rival Kamala Harris.
The Trump-controlled Federal Communications Fee Friday authorized the media large’s multibillion-dollar merger cope with Hollywood studio Skydance.
Initially Revealed: July 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM EDT
