On the subject of getting celebrities and their fanbases riled up, South Park is a seasoned veteran, having skewered actors, musicians, authors, influencers and everybody in between. The Comedy Central mainstay kicked off its groundbreaking twenty sixth season with a surprisingly reined-in tackle Kanye West’s erratic and eccentric conduct, and adopted it up by going all in on mocking Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s publicity tour and their unbalanced objective of selling his bombshell-filled memoir (and different issues) whereas additionally decrying the fixed consideration they’ve drawn since distancing themselves from the remainder of the royals. Rumors rapidly sprouted pointing to the couple’s alleged displeasure with the ep, to the purpose the place even lawsuit talks had been bandied about. However are they legit?
Because it occurs, the lawsuit rumors appear to be about as genuine and real as South Park’s plotlines. Which isn’t to say that Harry and Meghan had been overtly pumped about how they had been depicted within the episode or something. Simply that they’re not placing any effort right into a doubtlessly ineffective lawsuit. In response to Folks, a spokesperson for the royal couple shared the next assertion:
It is all frankly nonsense. Completely baseless, boring reviews.
On the one hand, this isn’t so shocking, contemplating South Park made a degree of by no means immediately referring to them as Prince Harry or Meghan Markle, regardless of the TV hit typically depicting different celebs whereas utilizing their actual names. Regardless of the plethora of context clues and references made all through making it clearer than crystal who the butts of the jokes had been, it’d nonetheless doubtless be an uphill battle for the couple’s authorized staff to tackle South Park with any direct threats.
It seems like that isn’t one thing to fret about for Trey Parker and Matt Stone, although. Any ailing will they might have towards South Park shall be saved restricted to inward ideas and feelings, a minimum of till the purpose the place somebody asks concerning the parody throughout an interview.
South Park probably saved itself from any authorized backlash by maintaining its scathing parody targeted on the antithetical hypocrisy of utilizing a globe-spanning press tour to evangelise the significance of privateness. Versus, say, delivering an episode that blew open Prince Harry’s tales about shedding his virginity, or his allegedly strained relationship with brother William and his spouse Kate Middleton. By maintaining issues
Even when South Park looks as if it’ll keep away from any sort of damaging blowback over the episode “Worldwide Privateness Tour,” the identical can’t be stated for everybody who’s gone public with opinions about Harry and Meghan. UK TV persona Piers Morgan, who delighted the animated ep, got here beneath fireplace again in December for a column in The Solar which he voiced his need for Markle to be led bare via the streets and shamed, in reference to Recreation of Thrones’ infamous scene with Lena Heady’s Cersei. After 1000’s of complaints had been logged, an investigation into the matter was opened in mid-February.
Two weeks in, and I am unable to wait to see who or what South Park takes on subsequent, whether or not its Tom Brady or Pete Davidson or Megan Fox or Toy Story 5 or…(continues till passing out from exhaustion). Simply be sure you watch each Wednesday night time at 10:00 p.m. ET.
