Comedy Central has drawn a recent “South Park” episode of its rotation following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, the founder of the organization of conservative young activists, Turning Point USA, died on Wednesday after he was shot during an event at Utah Valley University in OREM, Utah.
The “South Park” episode, a repetition with one of the main characters of the program, Eric Cartman, Parodia of Kirk, was taken from the programmed rotation of the network after Kirk’s death.
Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA, speaks before the arrival of former President Donald Trump during a Conference of the Cman Summit in the United States of Turning Point, on July 26, 2024, at West Palm Beach, Fla.
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The episode was originally broadcast in early August and was scheduled for a repetition on Wednesday night.
Although the episode was taken from the Rotation of Comedy Central, it is still available at the request and in Paramount+.
In the episode, Cartman faces Kirk’s personality imitating the gestures of right -wing political activists and the confrontation debate style. Like Kirk, Cartman also organizes a right -wing podcast where he discusses those who do not agree with their views, according to People.
Character cuts are seen in the South Park event of Paramount+in San Diego during 2025 San Diego Comic-Con, on July 25, 2025, in San Diego, California.
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On August 7, after the launch of the episode, Kirk took Tiktok and called him “hilarious.”
“The episode ‘South Park’ has just fallen, and honestly, it’s funny,” he said at that time. “Part of this is something like, whatever, a typical humor, but it was very funny. Just look at this little fragment of our ‘try me err’, our viral and cultural domination in the star schedule in the central comedy, so important, so shocking that ‘South Park’ is highlighting. Look.
Kirk then showed an episode clip, which presents Cartman debating people in his fictional podcast.
The episode also presents a character that receives an award that is named after Kirk.
In Tiktok, Kirk said they told him before the episode that it was issued that if his name was mentioned in the program, he should consider it a “great victory.”
Character cuts are seen in the South Park event of Paramount+in San Diego during 2025 San Diego Comic-Con, on July 25, 2025, in San Diego, California.
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“We obtained our own awards show as part of ‘South Park,” he said at that time. “They told me that he entered: ‘Charlie, if they say your name, it’s a great victory’. Apparently the Charlie Kirk Awards’.”
At the end of his Tiktok, Kirk said: “There will be many things about this, but we need to have a good spirit when we make fun of us, and all this is a success. All this is a victory.”
Kirk, who had accumulated Almost 8.5 million followers on Tiktok during the last year and a half, also change His profile photo on the platform to a photo of Cartman of the episode.
After his death on Wednesday, Kirk’s many conservative supporters criticized the creators of “South Park” for making fun of Kirk and allegedly aimed at conservatives.
Several Republican and Democratic leaders have also intervened and condemned Kirk’s murder.
President Donald Trump described the murder of Kirk “atrocious” in a Video message Shared on social networks on Wednesday.
“Charlie inspired millions, and tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in a state of shock and horror,” he said. “Charlie was a patriot who dedicated his life to the cause of open debate in a country he loved so much.”
Trump also called Kirk a “martyr for truth and freedom.”
A human hunt for the alleged shooter is underway.
