{"id":2462474,"date":"2026-06-16T17:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2462474"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:50:21","slug":"south-park-creators-remain-defiant-promise-more-trump-takedowns-in-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/south-park-creators-remain-defiant-promise-more-trump-takedowns-in-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"South Park creators remain defiant, promise more Trump takedowns in new season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ttsIcon-cIBsl\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 4 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toggletip-tKLKF ttsToggleTip-DSCNQ\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggletipInfoButton-yoX4E\" aria-label=\"More information\" aria-controls=\":R89qn5:\" aria-describedby=\":R89qn5:\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M11 7H13V9H11V7ZM11 11H13V17H11V11ZM12 2C6.48 2 2 6.48 2 12C2 17.52 6.48 22 12 22C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12C22 6.48 17.52 2 12 2ZM12 20C7.59 20 4 16.41 4 12C4 7.59 7.59 4 12 4C16.41 4 20 7.59 20 12C20 16.41 16.41 20 12 20Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>South Park<\/em> creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker say they aren\u2019t backing down from satirizing U.S. President Trump in the show\u2019s upcoming season \u2014 even if, in their words, the latest group trying to censor them now \u201chas a military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/peabodyawards.com\/award-profile\/south-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peabody Award-winning showrunners<\/a> made the remarks in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NMM-sYzjyPY?si=cL0l-vDfYdYDUqih\" target=\"_blank\">a recent video spot<\/a> for the 19th Television Academy Honors, defending their irreverent animated show, as well as their decision in the last few seasons to mock Trump\u2019s presidency. The pair argued that <em>South Park<\/em> has long played the role of America&#8217;s court jester \u2014 but lately, they say, Trump seems determined to fill that role himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 30 years, you\u2019ve always had some group trying to tell you what you can and can\u2019t say, and that group has changed,\u201d said Parker, referring to the show&#8217;s long history of criticism over <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/arts\/commotion\/what-does-south-park-s-boundary-pushing-comedy-mean-for-politics-1.7609191\" target=\"_blank\">its boundary-pushing comedy<\/a>. \u201cThat group has been liberal. That group\u2019s been Republican. We\u2019ve always known that our job was, we\u2019re supposed to be the joker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need that. You need someone just making fun of things. It\u2019s a great thing to be able to be. And unfortunately, right now we have a president who thinks his job is to be the joker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stone continued the thought, explaining why they chose to make Trump the villain last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to let people know, better or worse, if you like it or you don\u2019t, it\u2019s like, this is us, OK?\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>A Trump-focused season<\/h2>\n<p>When <em>South Park <\/em>returned in 2025 after a two-year hiatus, the season premiered with Trump in bed with his in-show lover, Satan \u2014 mirroring how the creators portrayed former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the 1999 movie, <em>South Park: Bigger, Longer &amp; Uncut.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a similar, aiming-for-the-jugular fashion, the episode ended with a fake campaign ad featuring a stark naked, AI-generated Trump wandering through the desert, while a narrator declared, \u201cTrump: His penis is teeny-tiny.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, former homeland security secretary Kristi Noem and former U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi were also among the figures lampooned in the politically charged season. <\/p>\n<p>Bondi did not respond to her inclusion in the show, but Vance did in August, posting on X, &#8220;Well, I&#8217;ve finally made it.&#8221; Noem, in an interview with the <em>Glenn Beck Program <\/em>podcast, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/aug\/08\/homeland-security-kristi-noem-south-park\">criticized the show&#8217;s focus on her appearance<\/a>, calling it &#8220;lazy to just constantly make fun of women for how they look.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For their part, U.S. officials certainly didn\u2019t like what they saw last season. In response to the show&#8217;s premiere, the White House issued a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/trump-white-house-rages-south-park-premiere-1235393132\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>statement to Rolling Stone<\/u><\/a>, calling out \u201cthe Left\u2019s hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Stone and Parker say they remain unfazed \u2014 and perhaps even more fired up to continue their work. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, we really don\u2019t give a f\u2014k,&#8221; said Parker. \u201cFrom the time we were just starting, when it was like, \u2018Hey you can\u2019t do this, this is going to screw up your career,&#8217; we\u2019d be like, \u2018OK, we\u2019re going to do it anyway.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WATCH | A clip from South Park&#8217;s premiere (Contains graphic language, images) :<\/strong><\/em><span><span class=\"youtube\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Relax, Guy | South Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q1xR3Xidq84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re doing this kind of stuff, you have to be fearless,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to be afraid of anyone, and if we\u2019re going to do something, we\u2019re going to say, we\u2019re going to do what\u2019s funniest, do what\u2019s best and we\u2019re just going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cAnd if they want to kick us out of town, our bags are packed \u2014 it\u2019s great.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To which Stone laughed and quipped:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll just go to one of my other houses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cbc.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. 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