South Park’s blistering takedown of Donald Trump’s ‘teeny tiny penis’ scores 5,900,000 views in 3 days
South Park season 27 opened with a bang...
South Park season 27 premiered to the delight of fans who were concerned the series was doomed to TV purgatory – and its ratings broke a record dating back to 1999.
One person, however, who might not be so delighted about the satirical cartoon’s return is President Donald Trump.
The opening episode, Sermon on the Mount, mercilessly mocked Trump, portraying him as a litigious sex pest who is in a relationship with Satan and displaying cartoon depictions of his nude body several times.
The new episode scored 5,900,000 viewers, across Paramount+ and Comedy Central in the US (via Variety) in the first three days it was available to watch.
The broadcaster also said South Park enjoyed its biggest share of the cable audience for a season premiere episode since 1999, touting it as ‘most social episode’ of South Park ever.
The South Park episode made several (quite literally) below-the-belt jokes about the US Commander-in-Chief’s penis – and it’s now been revealed that the creators had to argue to stop it from being blurred.
Satan sure can pick ’em(Picture: Comedy Central)After jokingly apologising for the episode’s gags at Comic Con by saying ‘We’re terribly sorry’ with a hilarious straight face, creator Trey Parker explained with co-showrunner Matt Stone the concerns behind the scenes.
They said (via Hollywood Reporter): ‘Just three days ago, we were going, “I don’t know if people are going to like this [but ultimately decided] let’s put that in there.”‘
Arguments then reportedly ensued: ‘They were like, “We’re gonna blur the penis” and we’re like, “No, you’re not gonna blur the penis.’”
These comments refer to a fake public service announcement which aired after the episode – the scene depicted a deepfake AI version of President Trump wandering through the desert naked.
