South Park sees 258% jump in streaming following episode with brutal Trump penis joke

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South Park sees 258% jump in streaming following episode with brutal Trump penis joke

The 27th season of South Park made the headlines last week

South Park has seen a whopping 258 percent jump in streaming popularity following the infamous episode that took aim at President Donald Trump.

With a newly released episode titled 'Sermon on the Mount', creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone poked fun at the US president in a truly unbelievable way.

In the much-talked about scene, the Republican leader gets into bed with Satan and says: “Come on Satan, I’ve been working hard all day."

The devil then responds: “You haven’t been working! You’ve been doing your stupid memes and just f**king around.”

An animated version of Trump proceeds to pull down the blanket, before he adds: "Come on Satan, you know you can't resist this!"

Well, Satan quickly notices a comically small penis and responds: "I can’t even see anything, it’s so small."

The creators were not messing around (Comedy Central)
The creators were not messing around (Comedy Central)

While shocking, the infamous joke has done wonders for South Park's popularity, with new data gathered by JustWatch revealing the series has saw a whopping 258 percent jump in streaming popularity.

South Park has even shot to number one ahead ahead of the likes of Netflix's Untamed, The Osbournes, and Amazon's The Summer I Turned Pretty.

The massive spike came 24 hours after the premiere of South Park's 27th season, which features the Trump-penis joke episode.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the episode did not particularly go down well with officials in the White House.

The episode did not go down well with White House officials (Comedy Central)
The episode did not go down well with White House officials (Comedy Central)

White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers shared with Rolling Stone: "The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end - for years they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offensive’ 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. This show hasn’t been relevant for over 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 derail President Trump’s hot streak.”

South Park co-creator Parker addressed the controversial episode on the stage at San Diego's Comic-Con International at the beginning of a Comedy Central animation panel last week.

And in true South Park fashion, he simply said 'we're terribly sorry,' followed by a long, deadpan-comic stare.

The comedy isn't the only show on the tele that the White House has raged about of late, as The View's Joy Behar has also been at the brunt of the administration's frustration after she made some remarks about Trump being 'jealous' of Barack Obama.

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