Overview

• Season 27’s Episode 2, “Got a Nut,” caricatures Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as a Botox-laden ICE agent who gunned down puppies, drawing on her memoir admission.
• The Department of Homeland Security shared a screenshot from the episode on its X account to promote ICE hiring, thanking the show for highlighting its recruitment drive.
• Noem, who admitted she hadn’t watched the episode before commenting, told Glenn Beck she found the mockery “so lazy” and “petty” for targeting her appearance instead of her job.
• South Park fired back by reposting the DHS image with the caption “Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks,” underlining the ongoing media back-and-forth.
• Vice President J.D. Vance celebrated his animated debut on X with “Well, I’ve finally made it,” even as the White House continues to label the series irrelevant.