Sam Amico
It’s really no surprise that South Park made fun of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and their strong desire for more privacy.
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After all, South Park makes fun of everything. And do Harry and Meghan really, truly want more privacy? That much is open to debate.
All we do seem to know is that Harry and Meghan did not take the South Park episode in stride, but ultimately decided not to file a lawsuit. For Harry and Meghan, some might say, that’s progress.
A rep for the couple told the New York Post that they found the episode to be “all frankly nonsense … totally baseless and boring.”
So yes, this pretty much is exactly what it sounds like it is — a battle of famous nerds.
Anyway, the episode in question mocked Harry and Meghan for repeatedly begging for privacy, all while constantly throwing themselves into the public eye.
Stone and Parker said it’s not the first time someone has taken issue with South Park, and it likely won’t be the last.
“There are so many [moments] we can’t even remember,” the co-creators said on the Basic podcast, via the Post.
Criticism has actually come from all sides.
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“It was all coming from the right, we were considered counterculture,” the animators added. “The Catholic League are always on our a–. It kind of always came from that side.”
While the Harry and Meghan episode caused a stir, it may not have anything on the 2005 episode centered on Tom Cruise and his affiliation with Scientology.
“Everyone knew Scientology was so litigious. People in Hollywood were scared of Scientology at the time because they would just sue you,” Parker and Stone recounted.
“I think that got us going. The Tom Cruise episode was really about getting sued,” they said. “I mean, poking openly litigious people and seeing where the line is and what you can say. They picked a fight with us and we just went with it.
“That episode is what that is about — they bullied Hollywood and scared people into [fearing] saying the word ‘Scientology.’”
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