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‘SOUTH PARK’ PORTRAYS KRISTI NOEM AS A PUPPY-SHOOTING,
FACE-MELTING ICE VILLAIN  
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James Hibberd
August 6, 2025
The Hollywood Reporter
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_ The latest episode brutally spoofed the Homeland Security boss. _

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_South Park [[link removed]]_ mocked
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in its latest episode —
and took some digs at Vice President JD Vance as well.

In the episode, titled “Got a Nut,” school counselor Mr. Mackay
loses his job due to President Donald Trump
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Department of Education’s budget, so he decides to sign up to join
ICE (“I’m proud to work for ICE,” declares one masked ICE
recruiter, ironically). Mackay watches an orientation video from Noem
in which she says, “A few years ago, I had to put my puppy down by
shooting it in the face, because sometimes doing what’s important
means doing what’s hard.” (Noem previously admitted to killing her
14-month-old dog for exhibiting aggressive behavior.)

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This is followed by Noem shooting several other random puppies in the
face, which becomes a running gag throughout the episode. Mackay and
his ICE squad then descend on the _Dora the Explorer_ live show to
arrest people in the crowd. “Remember only detain the brown ones!”
Noem shouts. “If it’s brown, it goes down!” Another running gag
is Noem’s face repeatedly melting, only to be patched up by a
beautician support team.

Mackay’s success as an ICE agent earns him an invitation to meet
Trump at Mar-a-Lago, which is portrayed as a _Fantasy Island_ parody
— with Trump and Mr. O’Roarke and Vice President J.D. Vance
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subservient Tattoo (Vance has since commented on X about episode,
“Well, I’ve finally made it”).

Mackay realizes the high price for his success — a threesome with
Trump and Satan — is too much to pay. Krypto the Superdog
from _Superman_ swoops in to seemingly save the day — only to be
shot dead by Noem as well.

The episode also took on right-wing podcasts with fourth-grader Clyde
becoming a supplement hawking “own the libs”-style
“master-debater.”

Noem responded
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the episode on Friday, saying, “It’s so lazy to make fun of women
for how they look. Only the liberals and the extremists do that. If
they want to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they
can’t. They just picked something petty like that.” Noem added
that she didn’t watch the episode personally.

Earlier this week, Homeland Security posted an image on X from _South
Park_‘s preview that depicted an ICE raid, along with a link to a
recruitment site to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The official _South Park_ X account shot back
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ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks.”

The comment refers to the White House’s official statement that was
issued in response to the show’s scathing 27th season premiere last
month, which claimed: “Just like the creators of _South Park_, the
Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their
popularity continues to hit record lows. This show hasn’t been
relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with
uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.”

The show’s blockbuster 27th season return last month
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nearly 6 million cross-platform viewers and the largest audience share
for the animated comedy in 25 years. The episode also received more
social media posts than any other in the show’s history.

AUG. 8, 8:40 A.M. Updated with Noem’s response to the episode.

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