Comedy Central has removed a rerun of a recent South Park episode that mocked Charlie Kirk from its cable schedule, following the conservative activist's death. Kirk, 31, was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University on Tuesday.
The episode, titled "Got a Nut", first aired on August 6, 2025, and featured Eric Cartman adopting Kirk's hairstyle and mannerisms during campus debates. It ends with a "Charlie Kirk Award for Young Masterdebaters" being handed out. According to Deadline, while the rerun was pulled from the cable schedule on Wednesday night, the episode remains available for streaming on Paramount+.
In the wake of Kirk's death, some MAGA supporters have blamed the parody for inciting violence against him. Social media posts seen by The Independent accuse South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone of being responsible. One user wrote: "If they'll kill Charlie Kirk and piss on his grave, they'll do it to any of us." Another account with nearly 250,000 followers described the episode as "monsters".
Kirk himself had described the episode as "hilarious" in a TikTok post on August 7. However, President Donald Trump led conservative figures in blaming the "radical left" for Kirk's death, despite the shooter's identity remaining unknown. In an evening address, Trump stated that "this kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today."
