“South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker simply revealed that their well-liked grownup animated sequence gained’t be returning till 2025 in an effort to keep away from protecting the election. In actual fact, they mentioned they’ve much less enjoyable crafting seasons round political occasions and easily don’t wish to satirize Donald Trump anymore.
“We’ve tried to do ‘South Park’ by way of 4 or 5 presidential elections, and it’s such a tough factor — it’s such a thoughts scramble, and it looks as if it takes outsized significance,” Stone mentioned in a Thursday interview with Vainness Truthful.
Parker acknowledged that the November election is “clearly f–king vital,” however added that it’s a killjoy for them creatively.
“It sort of takes over every little thing and we simply have much less enjoyable,” he mentioned, including that he doesn’t know the place else their Trump jokes might go. “I don’t know what extra we might presumably say about Trump.”
As well as, Stone and Parker mentioned the delay can also be a call they’ve left as much as studio boss Paramount, as they’re “ready for Paramount to determine all their s–t out.”
“South Park” Season 26 wrapped in March 2023, whereas its most up-to-date particular “South Park: The Finish of Weight problems” aired in Might. The Season 27 hiatus marks the primary 12 months off because the present debuted in 1997.
The whole sequence can at present be streamed on Comedy Central and Paramount+.
