United Kingdom, May 22 -- Trey Parker has admitted making South Park amid the Donald Trump administration can be scary.

The co-creator of the animated comedy series - which frequently pokes fun at world events - praised his writing team for having the courage to still make jokes at the expense of the US leader, despite making them a target.

In a rare Hollywood appearance to receive a special award from the TV Academy on Wednesday (21.05.26), Trey joked: "After doing the show for 30 years, I just wanted to say to the Television Academy, like, what took you so f****** long?"

Trey went on to discuss that he and partner Matt Stone are often told they are fearless for devoting so much of South Park to ridiculing Trump, leading to a surge in...