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News.com.au
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘Too woke': Star rages after being cut from ‘And Just Like That'
Bobby Lee thinks wokeness is to blame for his exit from And Just Like That, the New York Post reports. The comedian, 53, spoke to Entertainment Weekly at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend about why he wasn't asked to reprise his role as Jackie Nee, Carrie's (Sarah Jessica Parker) podcast co-host, on the third season of the show. 'Some of the woke elements of the show, they got rid of, and I think I was a part of that,' Lee stated. 'I think Sara [Ramirez] didn't come back and some other people,' he added. 'They tried to put minorities in, and — I don't know. I never saw the show.' Lee departed AJLT between Seasons 2 and 3, as did Ramirez, who played Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) non-binary love interest Che Díaz, and Karen Pittman, who played Dr. Nya Wallace. Season 2 wrapped up Carrie's podcast storyline, which allowed the show to write off Lee and Ramirez. 'Number one, I don't even know why they asked,' Lee told EW about being cast in the HBO Max series. 'And I was super scared to do it. Because it wasn't my brand, really. You know what I mean? But I did it. I walked through the fear.' Lee added that getting to work with Parker, 60, was a highlight of the experience. 'Sarah Jessica Parker is the nicest person I've ever met. She made me feel so at ease,' he shared. 'I like everyone on there. It was fun. I never have bad blood with anybody. You know what I mean? I am nice. I show up on time.' Lee previously revealed that working on the Sex and the City reboot pushed him to get sober. 'I was in Hawaii and I was blackout drunk and my agent called and said, 'They need you in New York,'' he recalled on Rachel Bilson's Broad Ideas podcast in 2023. 'This is one of the reasons why I'm sober … On the plane, I thought, 'I'm just gonna get sh*t faced,' so I was in a blackout when we landed in New York.' Lee said that he learned he was expected to film AJLT that day when he realised that his driver wasn't taking him to his hotel. 'I remember going and being so high and drunk,' Lee revealed. 'When I was reading the script, I couldn't even understand what the f*ck it was even saying. It was a nightmare. I remember thinking, 'This is never going to happen again — I have to get sober.'' New episodes of And Just Like That stream Thursdays at 11am AEST on HBO Max.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘South Park' premiere skewers Trump and Paramount in fiery return
'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought their show back with a vengeance on Wednesday, in an episode that took swings at both the parent company of the network that airs their popular animated series and President Donald Trump. The delayed Season 27 premiere of the satirical show revolved around the ending of 'wokeness' and a Trump character suing residents of South Park for $5 billion after they protest Jesus appearing in local schools. 'I didn't want to come back and be in the school, but I had to because it was part of a lawsuit and the agreement with Paramount,' the Jesus character says, referencing Comedy Central's parent company and litigation around its pending sale. 'You guys saw what happened to CBS? Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount. You really want to end up like Colbert? You guys got to stop being stupid,' Jesus continues, before referencing the Trump character. 'He also has the power to sue and take bribes and he can do anything to anyone. It's the f**king president, dude… South Park is over.' The town agrees to settle and produce pro-Trump PSAs. The Trump character is portrayed as a sensitive bully who threatens to tariff or sue anyone who disagrees with him in the episode. Never a show to shy away from controversy, one scene superimposes a photo of the president over animation, depicting Trump in bed with Satan. 'It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax,' the Satan character tells the Trump character about the Epstein case. Longtime 'South Park' viewers will remember that the creators did something similar in 1999, when they depicted Saddam Hussein in a relationship with Satan. Wednesday's episode includes Satan telling the Trump character that he reminds him of a guy he used to date. Just weeks ago, Parker and Stone expressed their dissatisfaction about the planned acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance Media and its impact on their contract negotiations. 'This merger is a s**tshow and it's f**king up South Park,' the two wrote in a post shared on social media. 'We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow.' The season premiere this week coincided with an announcement that the two creators had reached a $1.5 billion deal to stream all 'South Park' episodes on Paramount+ with an order for 50 more episodes to air on Comedy Central. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the $1.5 billion valuation for the 'South Park' streaming deal to CNN. CNN's Brian Stelter contributed to this report Solve the daily Crossword
CTV News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
‘South Park' premiere skewers Trump and Paramount in fiery return
'South Park' debuted Season 27 this week. Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought their show back with a vengeance, in an episode that took swings at both the parent company of the network that airs their popular animated series and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Comedy Central via CNN Newsource) 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought their show back with a vengeance on Wednesday, in an episode that took swings at both the parent company of the network that airs their popular animated series and U.S. President Donald Trump. The delayed Season 27 premiere of the satirical show revolved around the ending of 'wokeness' and a Trump character suing residents of South Park for US$5 billion after they protest Jesus appearing in local schools. 'I didn't want to come back and be in the school, but I had to because it was part of a lawsuit and the agreement with Paramount,' the Jesus character says, referencing Comedy Central's parent company and litigation around its pending sale. 'You guys saw what happened to CBS? Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount. You really want to end up like Colbert? You guys got to stop being stupid,' Jesus continues, before referencing the Trump character. 'He also has the power to sue and take bribes and he can do anything to anyone. It's the f**king president, dude… South Park is over.' The town agrees to settle and produce pro-Trump PSAs. The Trump character is portrayed as a sensitive bully who threatens to tariff or sue anyone who disagrees with him in the episode. Never a show to shy away from controversy, one scene superimposes a photo of the president over animation, depicting Trump in bed with Satan. 'It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax,' the Satan character tells the Trump character about the Epstein case. Longtime 'South Park' viewers will remember that the creators did something similar in 1999, when they depicted Saddam Hussein in a relationship with Satan. Wednesday's episode includes Satan telling the Trump character that he reminds him of a guy he used to date. Just weeks ago, Parker and Stone expressed their dissatisfaction about the planned acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance Media and its impact on their contract negotiations. 'This merger is a s**tshow and it's f**king up South Park,' the two wrote in a post shared on social media. 'We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow.' The season premiere this week coincided with an announcement that the two creators had reached a $1.5 billion deal to stream all 'South Park' episodes on Paramount+ with an order for 50 more episodes to air on Comedy Central. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the $1.5 billion valuation for the 'South Park' streaming deal to CNN. By Lisa Respers France, CNN CNN's Brian Stelter contributed to this report
CNN
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘South Park' premiere skewers Trump and Paramount in fiery return
'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought their show back with a vengeance on Wednesday, in an episode that took swings at both the parent company of the network that airs their popular animated series and President Donald Trump. The delayed Season 27 premiere of the satirical show revolved around the ending of 'wokeness' and a Trump character suing residents of South Park for $5 billion after they protest Jesus appearing in local schools. 'I didn't want to come back and be in the school, but I had to because it was part of a lawsuit and the agreement with Paramount,' the Jesus character says, referencing Comedy Central's parent company and litigation around its pending sale. 'You guys saw what happened to CBS? Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount. You really want to end up like Colbert? You guys got to stop being stupid,' Jesus continues, before referencing the Trump character. 'He also has the power to sue and take bribes and he can do anything to anyone. It's the f**king president, dude… South Park is over.' The town agrees to settle and produce pro-Trump PSAs. The Trump character is portrayed as a sensitive bully who threatens to tariff or sue anyone who disagrees with him in the episode. Never a show to shy away from controversy, one scene superimposes a photo of the president over animation, depicting Trump in bed with Satan. 'It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax,' the Satan character tells the Trump character about the Epstein case. Longtime 'South Park' viewers will remember that the creators did something similar in 1999, when they depicted Saddam Hussein in a relationship with Satan. Wednesday's episode includes Satan telling the Trump character that he reminds him of a guy he used to date. Just weeks ago, Parker and Stone expressed their dissatisfaction about the planned acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance Media and its impact on their contract negotiations. 'This merger is a s**tshow and it's f**king up South Park,' the two wrote in a post shared on social media. 'We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow.' The season premiere this week coincided with an announcement that the two creators had reached a $1.5 billion deal to stream all 'South Park' episodes on Paramount+ with an order for 50 more episodes to air on Comedy Central. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the $1.5 billion valuation for the 'South Park' streaming deal to CNN. CNN's Brian Stelter contributed to this report
CNN
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘South Park' premiere mocks President Donald Trump and skewers Paramount
'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought their show back with a vengeance on Wednesday, in an episode that took swings at both the parent company of the network that airs their popular animated series and President Donald Trump. The delayed Season 27 premiere of the satirical show revolved around the ending of 'wokeness' and a Trump character suing residents of South Park for $5 billion after they protest Jesus appearing in local schools. 'I didn't want to come back and be in the school, but I had to because it was part of a lawsuit and the agreement with Paramount,' the Jesus character says, referencing Comedy Central's parent company and litigation around its pending sale. 'You guys saw what happened to CBS? Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount. You really want to end up like Colbert? You guys got to stop being stupid,' Jesus continues, before referencing the Trump character. 'He also has the power to sue and take bribes and he can do anything to anyone. It's the f**king president, dude… South Park is over.' The town agrees to settle and produce pro-Trump PSAs. The Trump character is portrayed as a sensitive bully who threatens to tariff or sue anyone who disagrees with him in the episode. Never a show to shy away from controversy, one scene superimposes a photo of the president over animation, depicting Trump in bed with Satan. 'It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax,' the Satan character tells the Trump character about the Epstein case. Longtime 'South Park' viewers will remember that the creators did something similar in 1999, when they depicted Saddam Hussein in a relationship with Satan. Wednesday's episode includes Satan telling the Trump character that he reminds him of a guy he used to date. Just weeks ago, Parker and Stone expressed their dissatisfaction about the planned acquisition of Paramount Global by Skydance Media and its impact on their contract negotiations. 'This merger is a s**tshow and it's f**king up South Park,' the two wrote in a post shared on social media. 'We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow.' The season premiere this week coincided with an announcement that the two creators had reached a $1.5 billion deal to stream all 'South Park' episodes on Paramount+ with an order for 50 more episodes to air on Comedy Central. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the $1.5 billion valuation for the 'South Park' streaming deal to CNN. CNN's Brian Stelter contributed to this report
