Kristi Noem slams 'South Park' for 'petty' and 'lazy' spoof of her: 'Only the liberals'
The Comedy Central show mocked Noem, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in its latest episode, "Got A Nut," which aired on Aug. 6. And she didn't find their portrayal very funny.
On "The Glenn Beck Program" podcast, the former Fox News star detailed how he later rewatched his spoofing on "South Park" and told Noem, "Welcome to the club." Beck said he watched the episode where the show targeted him with his son, and the duo "both laughed over it."
But Noem – who said she "didn't get to see" the episode she was featured in – wasn't laughing.
After uproar, 'South Park' pummels Trump again and hits at JD Vance, Kristi Noem
"It never ends, but it's so lazy, to make fun of women for how they look. Only the liberals and the extremists do that," Noem told Beck. "If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they can't. They just pick something petty like that."
Noem is the former governor of South Dakota, which she served as from 2019 until earlier this year, and was previously the state's sole congresswoman.
'South Park' Kristi Noem dog joke explained
In the "South Park" episode, school counselor Mr. Mackey is hired by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the spot and watches a recruitment video where Noem repeatedly shoots dogs, a reference to her 2024 admission that she'd shot and killed an "untrainable" family dog.
The animated Trump also offers to make Mr. Mackey the "new face of Homeland Security" because Noem's "face freaks me out," a comment seemingly referencing rumors that Noem has had facial enhancements. The closing credits of the episode also showed Noem on a shooting spree in a pet store.
JD Vance reacts to 'South Park' episode
Unlike Noem, the vice president didn't seem as bothered by the episode. He reacted on X to the spoof in the latest installment of the Comedy Central series, which depicted him as a servant of President Donald Trump.
"Well, I've finally made it," Vance wrote on X on Thursday, Aug. 7, in response to a photo of his portrayal on the show.
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