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South Park Episode Stirs Outcry With Deepfake Satire and Explicit Trump–Vance Scene

A formal White House rebuke followed, signaling the show's sharpened focus on AI manipulation.

Overview

  • The Season 28 installment aired Wednesday and centered its satire on generative-AI deepfakes and their real-world consequences.
  • Viewers flooded social media with shock and disgust, sharing clips and saying the episode left them uncomfortable or 'traumatized.'
  • White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers dismissed the program as irrelevant for 'over 20 years' in an official statement.
  • The narrative framed deepfakes as tools for both fabricating damaging content and providing plausible deniability for compromising footage.
  • Cameos of family favorites like Bluey and Totoro drew separate criticism, while Parker and Stone reiterated that politics has become pop culture and more episodes are slated through December.