When South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone locked in a reported $1.5 billion five-year deal with Paramount at the eleventh hour before their Season 27 premiere, the comedy duo were looking to assert their agency in an environment that would soon be upended by new parent company Skydance and CEO David Ellison. The result? A scathing debut aimed at President Donald Trump — whose approval was, ahem, paramount to the completion of the merger. Since that inaugural episode in late July, a steady stream of blistering satirical installments has not let up on the Potus and key White House officials, from VP Jd Vance to Dhs Secretary Kristi Noem.
In a new interview with the New York Times, Stone explained of the decision to mock the GOP leader: “We just had to show our independence somehow.”
The scribe added that although audiences may assume some level of censorship behind the scenes…
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