‘South Park’ Mocks Donald Trump While Celebrating Emmy Win

South Park poked fun at President Donald Trump on Sunday night, September 6, while celebrating its win for Outstanding Animated Program at the 78th Emmy Awards.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone‘s long-running Comedy Central series beat out Bob’s Burgers, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, Smiling Friends, and Star Wars: Visions to take home the trophy. And to celebrate the victory, the show’s official social media account made a dig at the president.

“Congratulations to Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and the entire South Park team on their Emmy win for Outstanding Animated Program!” the official South Park X account wrote. Alongside the caption, they posted an image of a pantless cartoon Trump holding an Emmy Award.

“You finally got your Emmy,” the image read.

Congratulations to Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and the entire South Park team on their Emmy win for Outstanding Animated Program! pic.twitter.com/KlpvuhhWH2

— South Park (@SouthPark) September 7, 2026

Trump has long railed against the Emmys, claiming the awards ceremony is “rigged” because The Apprentice, which he hosted from 2004 to 2016, never received a trophy.

The Apprentice was nominated for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in 2004 and 2005 but lost to The Amazing Race both times. It lost again to The Amazing Race in 2006 when both were nominated in the Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming category.

In a 2011 YouTube video, Trump called the Emmys a “con game” and “irrelevant,” ranting, “Certain shows — and I can name them and maybe at some point I will — just don’t get the acclaim that they should and other shows year after year after year keep being nominated and whether people watch them or not they shouldn’t be nominated and everyone knows it.”

South Park‘s 27th season caused quite a stir by including Trump as a recurring character. In the season premiere, it was revealed that Trump had started a relationship with Satan. Another episode featured a live-action “Trump” wandering through the desert naked, complete with a talking micropenis.

White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers blasted the show at the time, stating, “The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end — for years they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show. Just like the creators of South Park, the Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their popularity continues to hit record lows.”

The Season 27 premiere achieved the show’s highest ratings for a debut in 26 years, pulling in 5.9 million viewers in its first three days. Overall, South Park had its highest viewership for a new season since 2018.

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