“Any extremists of any kind, we make fun of,” Trey Parker points out. “And this is hilarious to us.”

South Park creators reveal Trump character was initially a one-off: ‘Politics became pop culture’

"Any extremists of any kind, we make fun of," Trey Parker points out. "And this is hilarious to us."

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone; Mr. Trump character on 'South Park'. Credit:

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*South Park* creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone admit that they didn't go into seasons 27 and 28 planning to focus so intensely on politics and targeting Donald Trump and his allies, but the administration's machinations gave them a bevy of material.

Opening up about their decision to steer heavily into politics in a new interview with *The New York Times *published over the weekend, the duo explained that they leaned into mocking the current administration because of how "taboo" speaking out against the Trump administration started to feel.

"Trey and I are attracted to that like flies to honey," Stone said. "Oh, that's where the taboo is? Over there? OK, then we're over there... We just had to show our independence somehow."

Matt Stone and Trey Parker attend 'South Park' event during 2025 San Diego Comic-Con.

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But even they didn't realize that deciding to wade into the political waters would turn into what has become the show's central plot since season 27's premiere. *South Park* has taken multiple shots at the president, doing everything from depicting him with a tiny animated penis to having him attempt to seduce Satan and impregnate him. Episodes have also targeted Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem; Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel; the president's wife, Melania Trump; the dangers (and annoyances) of A.I.; tariffs; and, of course, Labubus.

Stone and Parker said they initially thought Trump's character could be a one-off, but felt they found a "vein of comedy" in the first episode. "We basically start with a song and we don't know where the album's going to take us," Parker noted.

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And when it comes to their takedowns of MAGA and the conservative right, the duo point out that it's par the course for how they usually tackle politics on the show.

"We're just very down-the-middle guys," Parker added. "Any extremists of any kind, we make fun of. We did it for years with the woke thing. That was hilarious to us. And this is hilarious to us."

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The show's recent Halloween episode raised the concern of some *South Park *fans who object to its focus on politics — although that didn't stop it from continuing to lampoon Trump and his comrades.

The second episode of season 28, titled "The Woman in the Hat," sees Stan make broad, sweeping critiques of his hometown and, in a big meta wink, the show itself. "How many weeks has it been now dealing with one stupid thing after another?" he asks his friends. "The truth is, I think a lot of people are just afraid to admit that South Park sucks now."

"South Park sucks now, and it's because of all this political s---. We're just getting totally bogged down in it," Stan continues, poking fun at viewers who don't want the show to address contemporary politics. "Remember when *we* used to do stuff? Just us guys? Ever since all this political crap took over, it's like, 'What happened to us?'"

Satan and Donald Trump on 'South Park'.

Despite the complaints, there's no denying the fact that ratings for the Comedy Central show have surged since season 27's first episode. Viewership over the past four months is more than double 2023, the last year the show had a new season, *NYT *reports.

Stone and Parker shared that they "regularly" talk about returning to their more traditional plot formats, but they've come to realize that "there's no getting away from this," Parker said.

"It's like the government is just in your face everywhere you look," he added. "Whether it's the actual government or whether it is all the podcasters and the TikToks and the YouTubes and all of that, and it's just all political and political because it's more than political. It's pop culture."

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