Donald Trump inadvertently changed the plans of “South Park,” the show’s co-creators have revealed.

During a conversation at the South Park Emmy Official FYC event in Los Angeles last week, Trey Parker and Matt Stone said criticism from Trump pushed them to double down on making fun of him, despite their original plans.

The long-running animated series is known for parodying high-profile figures, and Trump is just one of the many public personalities it has targeted over the years.

Donald Trump Backlash Made ‘South Park’ Double Down

In recent years, “South Park” has remained a favorite among viewers for the way it lampoons politics, pop culture, and social issues, often parodying high-profile figures across those spheres.

After first debuting in 1997, the show took a two-year hiatus before returning in July last year with a skit about Trump, which was largely criticized by the president’s supporters at the time.

According to Parker and Stone, the minds behind the show, the backlash forced them to change their plans about moving on to other material.

“We were just going to do that first show with the Trump stuff,” Parker said at the South Park Emmy Official FYC event, per The Hollywood Reporter. “We laid into him so hard, and the thing became: ‘Well, who’s the bully now?’ It became this just totally juvenile joke of like, ‘We’re not gonna stop. We’re going to do it every single week.’”

‘South Park’ Creators Clashed Over Donald Trump Scene

In the return episode, the “South Park” creators debuted a bizarre parody of Trump, who was shown in bed with Satan. The scene also included a graphic depiction of the billionaire politician that quickly became a major talking point.

The moment reportedly sparked pushback from network executives, who wanted the explicit image blurred before it aired.

However, Parker and Stone pushed back against the move, as they revealed during a conversation last summer at San Diego Comic-Con.

“They were like, ‘We’re gonna blur the penis,’ and we’re like, ‘No, you’re not gonna blur the penis,’” they recalled.

Ultimately, the blur was not added, but the creators agreed to a strange compromise: adding eyes to the image so it could be treated as a “character” rather than just an organ.

Donald Trump Reportedly Seethed Over ‘South Park’ Jab

At the time, Trump did not issue a rebuttal to the episode on his Truth Social account, which seemed to run counter to his usual pattern of responding to his detractors.

Still, one administration official claimed the president was “seething over the childish attack by South Park,” according to Deadline.

That sentiment was also echoed in a statement from White House Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers at the time.

“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,” Rogers said, before taking a swipe at the left for hyping the skit.

Donald Trump’s Team Became ‘South Park’ Targets Too

In their recent interview, Parker said the uproar empowered him and his co-creator to go even harder after Trump in future episodes as a way of further rage-baiting the president’s supporters.

“To me, that was the whole season, was that they kept reacting, and we were like, ‘Well, God damn it. All right, we’ll do it some more,” he said.

Members of the Trump administration were also parodied unflatteringly in some episodes. This included a portrayal of Vice President J.D. Vance as Trump’s servant, mirroring the character Tattoo from the 1970s show “Fantasy Island.” Trump is also shown calling Vance “stupid” in several scenes.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was also depicted as a gun-toting dog killer, with additional scenes showing her face melting off.

‘South Park’ Creators Explain Why They Won’t Back Down

Elsewhere in their chat, the “South Park” creators revealed why they have continued to push the boundaries of comedy, including with their Trump parodies, even amid the intense backlash they have sometimes received.

They said they had promised each other from the start that they would never play it safe and were willing to risk it all, even if it meant losing everything and returning to their Colorado roots.

“It was a bully mentality,” Stone told the audience of their belief. “We don’t care. We don’t give a f-ck. We say it all the time. We’re not irresponsible, but we’ll go back to Colorado. We don’t give a f-ck.”