Family Guy Producer Alec Sulkin Discusses ‘Offensive and Gross’ Animated Donald Trump Parody, Says They Hope President Trump Sees the Footage

As previously reported, United States President Donald Trump was going to be parodied on an upcoming episode of Season 17 of the hit animated comedy series, Family Guy. The new episode, “Trump Guy,” aired last night. Entertainment Weekly and TV Line later spoke to the show’s executive producer, Alec Sulkin, about the episode. Below are some highlights.

The recent episode featured Ivanka Trump giving Meg a makeover. Meg is then leered at by Trump, referencing his infamous Acccess Hollywood tape. Lois and Peter initially dismiss Meg’s claims that Trump assaulted her, but they eventually walk in on Trump preying on Meg again. Peter then challenges Trump by saying, “What would your third wife, the soft-core girl-on-girl porn lady, think about this?” He also said, “Or the actual porn star your lawyer paid hush money to?” Trump then states in response, “If Peter Griffin gets to be a jerk all the time, then why can’t Donald Trump?”

Sulkin on President Trump possibly mentioning the episode: “If he says anything about Family Guy, it’ll be great. We’ll have to air it on Fox News, though. Then maybe he’ll see it.”

Sulkin on the decision to have the animated Trump prey on Meg: “Let’s play a game. If I say the words Donald Trump to you, what’s the first thing you think?…. The only point in using Meg was to show that men like Trump can attempt to prey on vulnerable people. It’s clearly offensive and gross and not appropriate. But not only didn’t we not want to show it, we don’t want to be too explicit about exactly what happened.”

Sulkin on the discussions the writers had on sexual assault when making the episode: “We wanted to touch on this aspect of Trump’s public face, without putting Meg in too compromised a position. And the focus of the show was not [that]; our point was that Peter and Lois found it hard to believe at first that the president could be accused of an unwanted touching, but as is so often the case, people who question someone’s reporting of an unwanted touching realize they need to take it really seriously, and that’s what happens in the episode.”

Sulkin on the point of the Family Guy episode: “Yes. That holds true. The point of view of our show is what it is. And we’ve tried not to stick it in everyone’s face, but then when an episode like this comes along, where we’re specifically dealing with our President, I think you’re going to understand how we feel and we’re going to want you to think that we’re right.”