South Park returned Wednesday night with one of its most ruthless episodes yet, taking direct aim at U.S. President Donald Trump and its own parent company, Paramount, following the studio’s $16 million legal settlement with the president.
The season 27 premiere, titled ‘Sermon on the Mount,’ mocked Trump’s lawsuits, his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and Paramount’s willingness to settle a lawsuit.
Highlights
- South Park's season 27 premiere mocks Trump’s lawsuits, Epstein ties, and Paramount’s $16 million settlement over a 60 Minutes interview edit.
- The episode features a deepfake ad of a nude Trump with a talking penis admitting his 'love for us is large' despite being 'teeny tiny.'
- Paramount’s $16M Trump settlement came just before its controversial $8.4B merger approval and led to backlash, including Colbert's show cancellation.
It hasn’t been a banner month for Paramount, and now South Park has returned, and it isn’t pulling any punches.
South Park's latest episode takes direct aim at Donald Trump and Paramount
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In its final moments, the show aired a hyperrealistic deepfake of a nude Trump looking down at his talking penis, which squeaked, “I’m Donald J. Trump and I endorse this message.” The ad closed with a narrator declaring, “His penis is teeny tiny, but his love for us is large.”
Trump, who has long bristled at being mocked by late-night comedians, was portrayed throughout the episode as a loud figure with a micropenis, frequently threatening lawsuits and crawling into bed with Satan, who compared him to a former lover, whom viewers recall as Saddam Hussein.
The episode begins by alluding to the Trump administration’s $1.1 billion funding cut to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the agency that funds NPR and PBS, as well as several public radio and TV stations.
The plot introduces Cartman, a character in South Park, becoming confused at Trump’s cancellation of funding for public broadcaster NPR. He only listens to NPR because he finds its wokeness hilarious. “The government can’t cancel a show. I mean, what show are they going to cancel next?” he says.
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Enter Trump, whose only response to anyone taking up an issue with him is, “Relax, guy.” He is regularly seen in bed with Satan. He also keeps suing everybody and removing his trousers to show off his ‘tiny penis,’ a total of five times throughout the episode.
The plot of the episode consists of Trump attempting to placate the residents who are concerned that the person they voted for has become a dictator and is alleged to have appeared in the Epstein files.
The town protests against Trump, a news story that is covered by 60 Minutes (the show that caused Trump to sue Paramount).
The episode mocks Trump's lawsuits, ties to Epstein, and media crackdowns
The hosts of the show are nervous to spark any more lawsuits and keep mumbling, “Oh boy, oh s**t, oh God,” over an image of a ticking time bomb.
In the next scene, Jesus warns South Park residents not to anger Trump: “You guys saw what happened to CBS,” he whispered. “You really want to end up like Colbert? Just shut up or we’re going to be cancelled. If someone has the power of the presidency and also has the power to sue and take bribes, then he can do anything to anyone.”
South Park’s townspeople, fearing Trump’s wrath, agreed to produce the pro-Trump advertisement featuring Trump’s ‘micro-penis’ to settle a $3.5 million lawsuit against them.
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Earlier this month, Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over an edited 2024 60 Minutes interview with then–Vice President Kamala Harris. The settlement came just before CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the top-ranked late-night program and one of Trump’s most persistent critics.
Colbert himself blasted the deal on his show before its cancellation, calling it “a big fat bribe.”
Variety reported that the Writers Guild of America has urged New York’s attorney general to investigate Paramount, citing concerns that Colbert’s firing was meant to appease Trump as the company pursued federal approval for its $8.4 billion merger with Skydance, a production company tied to Trump-friendly billionaire Larry Ellison.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has now approved that merger.
The backlash spread quickly across Paramount-owned platforms. Jon Stewart led his Daily Show audience in chanting “f**k you” toward the company. Now South Park, which just signed a $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount+, has escalated the fight.
Trump has not commented on the episode. Paramount has also stayed silent.
Paramount settled a lawsuit with Trump right before it pursued an $8.4 billion merger that required federal approval
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However, the White House issued a statement responding to the episode.
“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,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement to Variety.
“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.”
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone had previously said they were done satirizing Trump.