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a day ago
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Kristi Noem, JD Vance React After South Park Brutally Mocks Them In Latest Episode
"Remember, only detain the brown ones," Noem's character advises ICE agents during a raid scene in the episode, while Vance -- who appears to be portrayed as Tattoo from 'Fantasy Island' -- reacts to being mocked in the Comedy Central series. update at 6:40am PT on 8/8/25 Appearing on The Glenn Beck Program, Kristi Noem reacted to South Park's portrayal of her on this week's episode -- saying, "It's so lazy to just constantly make fun of women for how they look. It's only the liberals and the extremists who do that." She added: "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 also claimed she hadn't actually watched the full episode, saying she's been busy "going over budget numbers and stuff." The Department of Homeland Security, meanwhile, reacted to the episode before it aired -- saying, "We want to thank South Park for drawing attention to ICE law enforcement recruitment: We are calling on patriotic Americans to help us remove murderers, gang members, pedophiles, and other violent criminals from our country." original story below South Park is continuing to take aim at President Donald Trump's administration -- this time mocking Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Thursday's new episode of the Comedy Central animated series, titled "Got A Nut," follows South Park Elementary school counselor Mr. Mackey getting a job at ICE after losing his job due to the government "doing away with needless spending in schools." Mr. Mackey joins ICE after seeing an ad for the federal agency, which pokes fun at the organization's recruitment process and the qualifications required -- or lack thereof. "We don't ask for experience, just show up!" the ad says in the commercial that features a jingle. After being "interviewed" and hired by the organization, Mr. Mackey watches an orientation video that mocks Noem, who infamously revealed in her 2024 memoir that she fatally shot her family dog, claiming the pup was "untrainable." The video features Noem -- in full glam as always -- shooting dogs repeatedly as she talks about working for ICE. Mr. Mackey then conducts his first ICE raid, with the group of agents raiding a Dora the Explorer live concert. The ICE agents detain several Latino attendees, before Noem shoots a service dog in the crowd. For the next raid, Mr. Mackey and his fellow ICE agents go to heaven, arresting Latino angels. "Remember, only detain the brown ones. If it's brown, it goes down," Noem tells the agents, before shooting a puppy. Noem face then melts off before she's immediately fixed up by her glam team, and poses for a photo op, telling the cameras, "No more brownies in heaven!" She applauds Mr. Mackey on a job well done, although he's noticeably uneasy about the job. Later, Mr. Mackey is awarded a trip to Mar-a-Lago to be thanked for his work "personally" by the president. The episode also mocks Vice President JD Vance, with Trump and Vance appearing to be portrayed as Mr. Roarke and his sidekick Tattoo, respectively, from Fantasy Island. During one moment, Vance annoys Trump, prompting the president to kick Vance like a soccer ball. "Will you get out of here?" he tells Vance, kicking him off screen. Meanwhile, Trump then offers Mr. Mackey an opportunity to "make more money than [he] ever thought possible," a promotion to becoming the "new face of Homeland Security." "But Mr. President, I thought Kristi Noem was the face of Homeland Security," Mr. Mackey says, to which Trump replies, "Ah, she was! But her face freaks me out, so what do you say?" Mr. Mackey seemingly weighs the offer, before Trump brings him into a bedroom, where Satan is reading a book in bed. Trump takes off his pants, introducing Satan to the "new face of Homeland Security." "I just want to go. This place is gross," Satan says. Vance -- still seemingly depicted as Tattoo -- arrives, asking Trump, "Would you like me to apply the baby oil to Satan's a------, boss?" A freaked-out Mr. Mackey notes that he believes there has been a "misunderstanding" before he leaves the room and runs away. Not long after, Superman's buddy, Krypto the Superdog, flies in to save the day to take him and Clyde home from Mar-a-Lago. Krypto, however, is shot mid-air by Noem, who calls out Trump for trying to replace her. During the episode's credits, Noem enters a pet store, where she proceeds to go on a shooting rampage. While Noem has yet to comment on the episode, Vance reacted to being mocked on television. Alongside a shot of himself and Trump depicted in the episode, Vance wrote, "Well, I've finally made it." Thursday's episode comes two weeks after South Park's Season 27 premiere, which was also delayed two weeks amid Comedy Central's parent company's merger with Skydance. South Park kicked off its new season with a scathing episode that depicted the president in bed with Satan, also taking aim at his alleged ties to Epstein, and roasted him over everything from his memes to his manhood. The episode, titled "Sermon on the 'Mount,'" features a cartoon Trump lounging in bed with the devil, begging for sex -- and being brutally shut down. "Come on, Satan. I've been working hard all day," Trump says, to which Satan claps back, "You haven't been working! You've been doing your stupid memes and just f--king around." "Come on, Satan. You know you can't resist this!" Trump insists, before exposing himself. Satan's response? "I can't even see anything. It's so small." The episode also referenced the highly controversial Epstein list. As Satan and Trump lie in bed, the devil tells him: "Another random b--ch commented on my Instagram that you're on the Epstein list." Trump responds, "The Epstein list? Are we still talking about that?" "Well are you on the list or not?" Satan asks. "It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax." "I'm not telling everyone to relax," Trump replies. The premiere aired less than a day before the FCC approved the massive deal combining Paramount and Skydance, with critics saying that Paramount capitulated to the president with a multi-million dollar settlement over a 60 Minutes interview with then-candidate Kamala Harris -- and their decision to ax Stephen Colbert's The Late Show. The premiere also came on the heels of a massive five-year deal with Parker and Stone's production company Park County worth a reported $1.5 billion. The new deal brings South Park to Paramount+ as its new streaming home, as well as setting the co-creators up with a five-season deal for new episodes at 10 per season. On August 7, Paramount and Skydance's merger officially closed.
Screen Geek
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Screen Geek
Kristi Noem Blasts 'South Park' Parody As "Lazy" And "Petty"
Kristi Noem, the current 8th United States secretary of homeland security, was recently featured in an episode of the animated parody series South Park . The series recently made headlines with its Season 27 premiere that satirized current United States president Donald Trump. Now that the season's second episode has its sights set on Noem, she has fired back in a new statement. Noem recently discussed the episode while speaking on Glenn Beck's radio show, as shared via Variety, which revealed some strong feelings that Noem has for the animated series. It's worth noting that South Park satirizes just about any element featured in society and politics, but Noem insists that the parody of herself on the series is both 'so lazy' and 'petty.' Her statement further targets the series as well as liberals for criticizing the physical appearance of women, given that the South Park episode claims she uses Botox in addition to serving as an ICE agent that's eager to shoot puppies. Here's what she shared: 'It never ends, but it's so lazy to constantly make fun of women for how they look,' Noem states. Interestingly, however, she also states not to have seen the episode because she was 'going over budget numbers and stuff.' Noem continues to blame 'liberals' for the show's recent episode: 'It's always the liberals and the extremists who do that,' Noem added. 'If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they can't, they just pick something petty like that.' With only two episodes of its latest season out at the time of this writing, the new season of South Park seems to be making major waves in the political world and on television. We'll have to see where South Park takes its satire next, but with Donald Trump, Kristi Noem, and even J.D. Vance having been parodied, there's no telling where it'll go from here. South Park was recently renewed for a total of 50 new episodes, spread across five seasons, so there will be plenty of more content to come. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates regarding the series and what reactions it might prompt as we have them.
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4 days ago
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Kristi Noem Trashes ‘South Park' Depiction But Still Shares Image To Boost ICE
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wasn't happy about the way she was portrayed on 'South Park' this week, but that didn't stop her from using an image from the show to boost ICE recruitment on Friday. The show's latest episode featured Noem killing a variety of dogs and needing lots of Botox to fix a very sagging face. On Thursday, Noem griped about the portrayal to right-wing pundit Glenn Beck, saying that making fun of her looks was just 'so lazy' and a sign of the show's inability to criticize her work (although it did that, too). The makers of 'South Park' reacted by making Noem's sagging face caricature the show's profile image on X. But what a difference a day makes — because on Friday, Noem decided to use a decidedly more flattering image from the show to get people to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Noem seemed to be borrowing the approach of JD Vance and Charlie Kirk, among others, who have acted like insulting portrayals of them on 'South Park' are actually positive. The Department of Homeland Security used another image from 'South Park' in an ICE recruitment post on Tuesday. Whether the tactic will work or not is anyone's guess, but Noem's post did inspire social media snark. Related... Kristi Noem Has The Most 'Petty' Response To Brutal 'South Park' Roast MAGA Personality Has Surprising Reaction To Getting Roasted By 'South Park' — And The Internet Has Thoughts JD Vance Mocked For His Weird Response To 'South Park' Humiliation 'South Park' Blasts Trump Administration So Hard, Even Heaven Gets ICE'd
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4 days ago
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Kristi Noem Slams ‘South Park' as ‘Petty' After Show Mocks Her for Plastic Surgery and Makeup: ‘It's Always the Liberals' Who ‘Make Fun of Women for How They Look'
Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, appeared on Glenn Beck's radio show and slammed 'South Park' as 'so lazy' and 'petty' after she became the Comedy Central series' latest target (via The Daily Beast). 'South Park' eviscerated Noem during Season 27's second episode, where she was depicted as a puppy-shooting, Botox-using ICE agent who arrests anyone suspected of being Hispanic. She raids a local production of 'Dora the Explorer Live!' and sports oversized, plump lips. 'It never ends, but it's so lazy to constantly make fun of women for how they look,' Noem told Beck about the episode, while also acknowledging she did not watch it because she was 'going over budget numbers and stuff.' More from Variety 'South Park' Mocks a Puppy-Shooting Kristi Noem and JD Vance Offers to Rub Baby Oil on Satan in Wild New Episode 'South Park' Is So Effective at Mocking Trump Because It Mastered His Own Brand of Insult Comedy U.S. Homeland Security Is Now Using 'South Park' to Promote ICE's Website Amid the Show's Takedown of Donald Trump 'It's always the liberals and the extremists who do that,' Noem added. 'If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they can't, they just pick something petty like that.' 'South Park' did more than just joke about Noem's appearance. The running bit throughout the episode is that Noem can't stop shooting dogs who show up in her path. Noem once admitted in a book that she shot her dog, Cricket, because it was too aggressive. While Noem had a fiery reaction to the latest 'South Park' episode, Vice President JD Vance did not get so publicly riled up. The episode also depicted Vance as an annoying man-baby who gets kicked around (literally) by Donald Trump. Vance responded on X by posting: 'Well, I've made it.' 'South Park' Season 27 is only two episodes into its run but is already shaping up to be one of the show's most politically relevant. The premiere made national headlines for depicting Trump trying to have sex with Satan and more. The White House lashed out at the show afterwards, saying in a statement: 'This show hasn't been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.' Even before the second episode aired, 'South Park' found itself beefing with Homeland Security after the government department used an ICE-related still from the episode to promote the actual ICE website. 'South Park' trolled the White House by responding: 'Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Kristi Noem responds to South Park's crude takedown of her in episode targeting Ice
South Park's recent satirical depiction of Kristi Noem as having undergone a defective cosmetic procedure and shooting dogs has rankled the US homeland security secretary, she said in a new interview. 'It's so lazy to just constantly make fun of women for how they look,' Noem remarked on Thursday's episode of the Glenn Beck Program podcast – a little more than a year after her disclosure in a memoir that she shot and killed her family's dog on a farm. 'If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that. But clearly they can't – they just pick something petty like that.' The South Park episode that skewered Noem on Wednesday portrayed a cartoon version of her with heavy makeup and a melting face which slid off her head from excessive Botox. Her avatar on the show was also shown shooting and killing dogs on an instructional video used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), which is under her purview, and during an agency raid that called to mind the administration's goals of deporting immigrants en masse. Noem's depiction by South Park evidently alluded to the attention she has sought by staging photos at Ice raids and in front of a packed cell at the notorious Cecot prison in El Salvador, where the Trump administration has deported immigrants. It also played off the scandal Noem thrust herself into with her May 2024 autobiography No Going Back, in which she recounted how she fatally shot her family's dog Cricket after the 14-month-old wire-haired pointer ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbor's chickens. Noem in the book also shared how she meted out the same fate on her family's farm to an unruly, uncastrated goat. Noem – the governor of South Dakota at the time – defended her actions, saying they were characteristic of the 'tough decisions' authentic politicians must make. But at least one poll found more than eight in 10 Americans disapproved of the admissions by Noem, who was considered a contender for the Republican vice-presidential nomination in November. Trump eventually won the election alongside JD Vance and appointed Noem as homeland security secretary. Wednesday's episode was only one of multiple instances in which the irreverent, profane, animated Comedy Central show's 27th season has mocked the Trump administration. The season premiered shortly after the show struck a billion-dollar deal with Paramount, which in July received the Trump administration's approval for a lucrative merger with Skydance Media. Paramount's CBS subsequently announced that it was canceling Stephen Colbert's Late Show, shortly after the host had lambasted the parent company for settling a lawsuit with Trump over an interview with his 2024 election rival, Kamala Harris, that he disliked. The Trump administration has sent mixed signals about how it regards South Park. A White House statement maintained the show 'hasn't been relevant for over 20 years'. And in her interview on Beck's podcast, Noem said she had not seen the previous day's episode, saying she was at work 'going over budget numbers'. Sign up to This Week in Trumpland A deep dive into the policies, controversies and oddities surrounding the Trump administration after newsletter promotion Nonetheless, after Wednesday's episode of South Park depicted a miniature cartoon version of Vance oiling Satan's rear end for Trump, the vice-president wrote on social media: 'Well, I've finally made it.' Noem's department, meanwhile, used a screenshot in advance of Wednesday's South Park episode on social media to tout Ice job openings offering signing bonuses of $50,000. The show responded to the homeland security department: 'Wait so we ARE relevant?' The best public interest journalism relies on first-hand accounts from people in the know. If you have something to share on this subject you can contact us confidentially using the following methods. Secure Messaging in the Guardian app The Guardian app has a tool to send tips about stories. Messages are end to end encrypted and concealed within the routine activity that every Guardian mobile app performs. This prevents an observer from knowing that you are communicating with us at all, let alone what is being said. If you don't already have the Guardian app, download it (iOS/Android) and go to the menu. Select 'Secure Messaging'. SecureDrop, instant messengers, email, telephone and post See our guide at for alternative methods and the pros and cons of each.
