The White House lashed out at the creators of “South Park” Thursday after the bawdy satire skewered Donald Trump in an episode featuring an AI-generated version of the US president crawling naked through a desert.<\/p>\n
In a no-holds-barred season premiere, the animated Trump character is also seen begging Satan for sex, only to be rebuffed — in part because his penis is too small.<\/p>\n
The White House was not amused.<\/p>\n
“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,” spokesperson Taylor Rogers said.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
The adult animated series, which frequently touches on hot-button issues in American life, is now in its 27th season and remains one of the world’s most valuable TV shows.<\/p>\n
The season premiere begins with the foul-mouthed Cartman appalled that NPR has been taken off the air by the president, while Randy, a parent, is disturbed by the presence of Jesus in public elementary school.<\/p>\n
Complaints to the fictional White House receive only a threat from Trump to sue the mountain town of South Park for billions of dollars.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, animated Trump is threatening to bomb Canada “like I did Iraq.”<\/p>\n
“I thought you just bombed Iran,” the Canadian prime minister replies.<\/p>\n
“Iran, Iraq, what the hell’s the difference?” replies Trump.<\/p>\n
The episode, which sees the fictional Trump ride rough-shod over many aspects of American life, ends after the town of South Park makes a financial deal with the president that includes an agreement to make public service announcements.<\/p>\n
The AI generated short that follows — ostensibly one of those announcements — shows an overweight Trump staggering through a desert as a narrator casts him as a latter-day Jesus.<\/p>\n
The short ends with a naked Trump as the narrator says: “Trump. His penis is teeny-tiny, but his love for us is large.”<\/p>\n
At a Thursday panel at pop culture event Comic-Con in San Diego, “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker revealed internal discussions over depicting a fake presidential phallus.<\/p>\n
“They’re like, ‘Okay, but we’re gonna blur the penis.’ And I’m like, ‘No, you’re not going to blur the penis’,” Parker told the audience.<\/p>\n
After “a whole conversation with a lot of grown up people for about four … days,” Parker said they decided to add eyes to it to avoid it being blurred.<\/p>\n
– Merger –<\/p>\n
The episode aired days after creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone reportedly penned a $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount that gives the company global rights.<\/p>\n
The deal comes at a sensitive time for Paramount, which is trying to secure government approval for a multi-billion-dollar merger with entertainment company Skydance.<\/p>\n
The CBS parent caused a furor this month when it agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit Trump had brought over an interview the storied “60 Minutes” current affairs program aired with Kamala Harris ahead of last November’s election.<\/p>\n
The payment was criticized by Democrats as little more than a bribe to help smooth the merger, with Paramount initially dismissing Trump’s lawsuit as meritless.<\/p>\n
Last week CBS sparked fury after it cancelled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” whose host is a pointed critic of the president.<\/p>\n
The network insisted it was a financial decision, but opponents have painted the move as the latest example of American institutions bowing to Trump.<\/p>\n
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