Ed Sheeran is considering his ideas out loud in regards to the 2005 “South Park” episode “Ginger Children.”
The British singer, 30, slammed the episode, which premiered in November of that yr, and stated claimed it screwed up his life.
The present spoofed orange-colored hair and featured Cartman making a hate-speech presentation that stated children with ginger hair and pale pores and skin are creepy creatures who are suffering from “gingervitis.”
“Having crimson hair in England was all the time a factor that folks took the piss out of you for, but it surely was by no means one thing in America,” the “Don’t” musician not too long ago advised Slam Radio.
“Folks by no means knew what a ginger was in America. That episode of ‘South Park’ f–king ruined my life,” he continued.
“I used to be going to America and everybody was like, ‘I really like your hair dude.’ And I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, individuals like my hair?’” Sheeran added. “After which I do not forget that episode popping out and that was simply it worldwide for the remainder of my life.”
The NSFW animated sitcom has been on the air since 1997 and remains to be going sturdy. Twenty-three seasons and 309 episodes have premiered since then and the present inked a $900 million take care of Viacom CBS final yr.
The present’s co-creator, Matt Stone, spoke to Bloomberg final August in regards to the huge payday.
“We've got a ‘South Park’ 3D online game, launch date unknown. We’re doing deep fakes. We've got a studio with a dozen people who find themselves deep faux artists. We’re engaged on somewhat extra of this deep faux film we’re attempting to piece collectively,” Stone advised the enterprise publication of his hit franchise.
“We did a ‘South Park’ film in 1999, and we’ve by no means achieved one other one as a result of the present has been so satisfying,” he continued. “Now we’re older, and the concept of what streaming motion pictures will be is fairly promising.”
Stone added that he and co-creator Trey Parker are in a position to “do no matter we would like,” including that they're “the luckiest guys in TV” due to the assist they've acquired.
When requested if he was scared about cancel tradition — because the duo created fairly the controversial cartoon greater than 20 years in the past — Stone stated: “No. As you may see from this deal, we have now ‘f–okay you’ cash now. We’re extra fascinated with it than whining about it. It’s a legit cultural change. We discover it on a regular basis within the present.”
“South Park” streams on HBO Max and airs on Comedy Central.
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