Andrew Kolvet, an executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show” and a close friend of the slain conservative activist, has called on Comedy Central to reinstate an episode of “South Park” that satirised Kirk. The episode, titled “Got a Nut,” was pulled from linear broadcast after Kirk was assassinated on 10 September, though it remains available on Paramount+.
Kolvet stated on X that Kirk “loved that he was featured in ‘South Park’” and would have wanted the episode to continue airing. “He told me many times. He would want the episode back up,” Kolvet wrote.
When the episode was first teased in July, Kirk reacted positively, describing it as a “badge of honour.” He told Fox News Digital, “Honestly, my first reaction was that I kinda laughed. It’s kinda funny, and it kinda goes to show the cultural impact and the resonance that our movement has been able to achieve.”
Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, added that conservatives should be able to take a joke. “We shouldn’t take ourselves so seriously. That’s something that the left has always done, to great detriment to themselves and the movement.”
At the time, Kirk changed the profile pictures for “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Instagram and TikTok to a screengrab of Cartman impersonating him, and those images remain in place.
