After South Park made waves in opposition to Donald Trump and father or mother firm Paramount within the Season 27 premiere, Stephen Colbert has regained a way of optimism.
On Thursday’s episode of The Late Present with Stephen Colbert, which was unceremoniously canceled at CBS, the 10x Emmy-winning comic joked in regards to the Comedy Central cartoon’s nude deepfake depiction of Trump, who has not too long ago signed government orders de-regulating AI.
“And I utterly agree with this one,” he stated in his opening monologue. “As a result of if the federal government interfered with personal AI, innovators at South Park wouldn’t be capable of make essential movies like this one. That could be a message of hope.
“That is a vital message of hope for our occasions, and you may test it out proper right here,” added Colbert, displaying a QR code for HeTrumpedUs.com, linking to the scene.
Colbert’s feedback got here after Wednesday’s long-awaited South Park season premiere episode ‘Sermon on the ‘Mount’, which ends with a lawyer telling the townsfolk that they’ll have to pay the very litigious president $3.5 million and do some “pro-trump messaging” with a PSA.
Mentioned PSA seems to be a clip from Deep Pretend: The Film, which co-creator Matt Stone stated in 2022 was “form of on maintain,” as co-creator Trey Parker advised the Los Angeles Instances it “was about this man who appeared precisely like Trump as a result of we deep faux Trump’s face onto him. And it was this complete humorous factor as a result of, in fact, it finally ends up with Trump simply bare and getting run by the wringer and the whole lot, and that’s why it was so humorous and so well timed.”
The PSA ends with the tag line, “Trump: His penis is teeny tiny, however his love for us is massive.”
The episode pulled no punches over Paramount’s current dealings with Trump. Hours earlier, Parker and Stone signed a brand new five-year total deal with Paramount World by their firm Park County.
Season 27 Premiere of ‘South Park’
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Additionally within the episode, Trump complained in regards to the dimension of his manhood in an official portray earlier than crawling into mattress with and making an attempt to be amorous with Devil. It additionally sees the twice-impeached president come underneath hearth for cancelling NPR and get defensive over rumors he’s on the Epstein record.
In the meantime, Paramount is underneath hearth for canceling The Late Present on the heels of the corporate’s $16M settlement with Trump, which has been scrutinized as potential bribery by some lawmakers. Following Colbert’s ongoing jokes on the president’s expense, Trump has celebrated the speak present’s demise.
