"South Park" has been mocking President Donald Trump in every episode since starting a new storyline about the president in July.
"South Park" parodied Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in an August episode, titled "Got a Nut."

The creators of "South Park" are explaining why the show has become so focused on President Donald Trump after several months of episodes brutally skewering his administration.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the hit Comedy Central series, spoke to The New York Times in an interview published Nov. 8 about their decision to spoof Trump in every episode of the show to air since the summer.

"South Park" introduced a new parody of Trump in July when it began its 27th season and has since made the president into a main character, who is wrapped up in a storyline where he is romantically entangled with Satan.

Stone told the Times that he and Parker sensed a fear of speaking out against the Trump administration, which made the notion of mocking the president more appealing. "Trey and I are attracted to that like flies to honey," he said. "Oh, that's where the taboo is? Over there? OK, then we're over there."

Stone also explained he and Parker decided to go after Trump in the first episode of Season 27 because they felt pressure to "show our independence somehow" when Comedy Central's parent company, Paramount, was in the middle of a merger with Skydance that required Trump administration approval. The merger was ultimately completed in August.

While Stone said they initially thought their Trump parody would be a one-time thing, they kept him around after feeling they found a "vein of comedy."

"It's not that we got all political," Parker also told the Times. "It's that politics became pop culture."

While "South Park" has frequently tackled political topics in the past, the show has been far more focused on the president and his administration in recent months than ever before. The show has not only mocked Trump, but also made recurring characters out of members of administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The show's current Trump parody was introduced in a July 23 episode, which showed the president literally getting into bed with Satan. With this plot line, Parker and Stone have given Trump the same treatment that they previously gave Saddam Hussein, who earlier in the "South Park" franchise was shown in a relationship with Satan.

In a statement provided to USA TODAY in July, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said "South Park" "hasn't been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention."

Since the Season 27 premiere, the show has continued its Trump parody and revealed in a September episode that Satan is now pregnant with Trump's baby. Continuing into the current 28th season, which began in October, Trump has been depicted on "South Park" as a thin-skinned bully who is insecure about his manhood. Recent episodes have also spoofed Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FCC chair Brendan Carr and more.

Most recently, "South Park" got meta to address fans who are unhappy with the show's focus on Trump. In the Oct. 31 episode, titled "The Woman in the Hat," Stan Marsh starts a movement to address the fact that "all this political" stuff means that "South Park sucks now."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'South Park' creators explain show's recent focus on Donald Trump

Reporting by Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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