The White House has lashed out at the creators of “South Park“ after an episode of the satirical animated series openly mocked Donald Trump with an AI-generated version of the US president crawling naked in the desert, AFP reported, quoted by BTA.
In the first episode of the new season, this doppelganger of the president also asks Satan to sleep with him, but the devil turns him away because his penis is too small. Jokes that the White House did not appreciate.
“This series has been irrelevant for more than 20 years and is barely holding on with flat ideas in a desperate attempt to attract attention“, said spokeswoman Taylor Rogers. “President Trump has fulfilled more promises in just six months than any other president in the history of our country, and no third-rate series can compromise President Trump's string of successes, she assured.
The satirical series is in its 27th season and enjoys great interest, AFP notes.
Its creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone recently signed a $1.5 billion deal with “Paramount“ for the American studio to broadcast the series on its streaming platform for five years, the “Los Angeles Times“ reported.
The acquisition of the rights to “South Park“ comes at a delicate time for “Paramount“. The American telecommunications regulator approved yesterday the studio's merger with the production company “Skydance“ (Skydance), but on the condition that changes are made to the editorial line of the CBS channel - a very unusual condition, AFP points out.
The deal comes after a series of events in which “Paramount“ settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump in early July related to an interview with Kamala Harris on CBS, and then announced the end of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, whose host often criticizes the president. Many voices on the American left condemned these decisions as concessions to Donald Trump in order to secure the merger with “Skydance“.