Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem Calls ‘South Park’ Depiction “Lazy” & “Sexist”

August 9, 2025

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South Park has been on a roll, taking aim at members of the White House since their 27th season started recently on Comedy Central. First they mocked President Donald Trump’s looks and his “tiny manhood” and then, during Episode 2, they briefly poked fun at Vice President JD Vance during a parody of the classic series, Fantasy Island, where they portrayed Trump as Mr. Rourke and Vance as his sidekick, Tattoo. Proving that no one is to be left out from being the center of a joke, the show also made a mockery of Homeland Security head, Kristi Noem, and now she’s firing back at the show for taking aim at her looks.

Noem, who has been called “ICE Barbie” by her detractors because of the controversial tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is brutally portrayed as a villain determined to detain all immigrants in the name of ICE while shooting every small dog she comes across. She is also portrayed as someone who needs an army to keep her face from melting off, in reference to her looks, which have come under scrutiny in the media. During an appearance on Glenn Beck’s podcast, The Glenn Beck Program, via The Hollywood Reporter, Noem was asked about the episode, and she felt it was “lazy” of the series to take an easy shot at her looks, although she claims she didn’t watch the episode herself.

“It’s so lazy to make fun of women for how they look. Only the liberals and the extremists do that. If they want to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they can’t. They just picked something petty like that.”

‘South Park’ Has Taken No Prisoners This Season

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone have never been shy about poking fun at just about anyone, and Season 27 is no exception. The season came out of the gate swinging, savagely making fun of Trump by having him be in an intimate relationship with Satan, in addition to portraying the President with a particularly grating personality and a less-than-impressive man downstairs. The episode premiered soon after the pair signed a new lucrative deal with Paramount in the midst of the company securing a merger with Skydance. The merger had been under scrutiny in the media because many felt that Paramount was kissing the ring of Trump by settling a lawsuit against him for $16 million over a 60 Minutes interview and cancelling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. In true South Park fashion, Parker and Stone secured their money from Paramount and then went to town to make a mockery of Trump and his administration.

Following the season premiere of Season 27, the White House blasted the creators of South Park for their depiction of Trump during the episode. They said, in part:

“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. This show hasn’t been relevant in 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention. President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history and no fourth-rate show can detail President Trump’s hot streak.”

It should be noted that the so-called “fourth-rate” show recently saw Paramount buy the global streaming rights in a five-year deal valued at $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, South Park‘s live-viewers nearly doubled for the recently released second episode of Season 27, per The Hollywood Reporter. This is far from a fourth-rate show, because if it was, they wouldn’t even take the time to comment about what’s happening after each episode airs. It’s clear that South Park is more relevant than ever.