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'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are addressing the controversial 'South Park' season 27 premiere, which showed a version of President Donald Trump lying naked in bed with Satan. The co-creators took the stage at Hall H during San Diego Comic-Con and addressed the elephant in the room. Parker had a simple reply, joking with a straight face, "We're terribly sorry."

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00:00Hey, say again.

00:01I don't want to right now.

00:04Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are addressing the controversial South Park Season 27 premiere,

00:10which showed a version of President Donald Trump lying naked in bed with Satan.

00:14The co-creators took the stage at Hall H during San Diego Comic-Con

00:17and addressed the elephant in the room.

00:19Parker had a simple reply, joking with a straight face,

00:23we're terribly sorry.

00:24They opened up more about the headlines when speaking about their creative process.

00:27We were at South Park this morning trying to figure out what next week's show is going to be.

00:32He pointed out that even for this week's Season 27 premiere,

00:35the show's team just recently finalized the episode's story.

00:38Just three days ago, we were going, I don't know if people are going to like this.

00:41He added that he and Stone were reading news headlines and said to each other,

00:45let's put that in there.

00:46Later in the conversation, moderator Josh Horowitz asked if there were concerns about the Season 27 premiere.

00:51Parker referenced the episode showing Trump's penis when he shared the feedback from the network.

00:55They were like, we're going to blur the penis.

00:57And we're like, no, you're not going to blur the penis.

01:00Stone said that the show's team agreed to add eyes to the penis.

01:03Then it's a character.

01:05In a statement issued earlier Thursday about the episode,

01:07White House Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers said in part,

01:10this show hasn't been relevant for over 20 years

01:13and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.

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