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Topics: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Politics, TV And Film, US News, Entertainment
Rhianna Benson
Topics: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Politics, TV And Film, US News, Entertainment
In response to South Park producers making JD Vance their latest victim this week, the Vice President issued a rather surprising response.
For those out of the loop with the on-screen controversy, over the last week weeks, Matt Stone and Trey Parker - the cartoon's writers - have been taking aim at a number of Republicans.
Back in July, they kicked things off with the main man himself, Donald Trump, making the right-wing leader the central character in an episode titled Sermon on the Mount.
During the episode, the 79-year-old could be seen climbing into bed with the devil, and making references to the likes of the 'Epstein list', rising tariffs in Canada, and the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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On top of this, writers went on to poke fun aim at the size of his manhood.
Days later, the show's producers focussed their attention on far-right influencer Charlie Kirk - famed for alleged Islamophobia, supporting a 'ban' on gender affirming care for transgender people, and opposing gay marriage.
This episode saw Kirk portrayed by trouble-causer Eric Cartman, and seen embroiled in a heated spat with a high-schooler, telling her: "You can just shut up, Bebe, because you hate America and you love abortion."
Following the insulting double-whammy, left-leaning voters heaped praise onto Stone and Parker, applauding them for having 'outdone themselves this time around.'
As we say, however, the pair have this week decided on a new victim, in the form of Trump's right-hand man, JD Vance.
In the new episode, the US VP can be seen in miniature, waiting on the President in anyway he can - include offering to 'baby oil' Satan's nether-regions for him in preparation of Trump.
Promoting the instalment, the official social media account of South Park shared a glimpse at a cartoon Vance with the caption: "Welcome to Mar-a-Lago!"
And whilst one might have expected the 40-year-old to pop off after the producers made a laughing stock out of him and his boss, the VP seemed to take the criticism pretty well.
In an unexpected statement he, too, shared online, Vance penned: "Well, I’ve finally made it."
A similar response was issued by Kirk last week, who also seemed to take the criticism with a pinch of salt.
Telling Fox News he believed his portrayal in the show it to be 'some sort of AI troll', he continued: "I think it's kind of funny and it kind of goes to show the cultural impact and the resonance that our movement has been able to achieve.
"So I look at this as a badge of honor."
He added: "I'm excited to watch it because, look, we as conservatives need to be able to take a joke, right?
"We shouldn't take ourselves so seriously. That's something that the left has always done to great detriment to themselves and their movement."