Comedy Central pulled South Park’s “Got a Nut” after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but the move wasn’t about respect. Kirk laughed at the parody. He embraced it. The network killed it anyway—out of fear of Trump, fear of backlash, and fear of jeopardizing a merger. In the end, Kirk could take the joke. Comedy Central couldn’t.
No, South Park Isn’t Getting 15 Episodes Banned
A viral rumor claims Paramount+ is banning 15 episodes of South Park when it hits the platform this July—but there's no evidence to support it. With a $900 million deal on the table and Trey Parker and Matt Stone notoriously anti-censorship, this moral panic looks more like fan-fueled fiction than fact.
