“South Park”’s controversial Scientology-themed episode has been dropped from a US TV channel, after Tom Cruise put pressure on it.
The superstar reportedly threatened to not promote his new movie, “Mission Impossible III”, which is being made by the studio Paramount - which is owned by Viacom, the same company which owns Comedy Central (the network which shows “South Park”) - if the episode which mocks both him and his religion was aired.
But Comedy Central insist they dropped the episode as the schedule change allowed them to air two episodes which Chef - who is voiced by soul singer Isaac Hayes, who quit the show earlier this week for attacking Scientology, which he is a follower of - is most famous for.
"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!", the show's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said.
"Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies."
Tom’s spokesman says the star had nothing to do with the episode being ditched.
It's "not true," the spokesman says. "I can tell you that he never said that."
