Margaret Cho Blames Trump and ICE for Losing HBO Max Role in Canada

Actress and comedian Margaret Cho blamed President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for missing a role in the HBO Max series "Heated Rivalry."

"Last year, I got a pilot script for a show that I really loved, but it shot in Canada," Cho told the "I Never Liked You" podcast last week. "And I was so scared because I’m so vocal about hating ICE and hating this administration. I was like, I will get detained at the border and I will be put in ICE detention if I go."

Cho confirmed the series was the 2025 sports romance about professional hockey players Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams. The two form a romantic bond while playing for rival teams.

She added that she has become a fan of the show and the actress who took her part. Cho suggested she might appear in its second season.

"I've watched it. I've hosted some rewatch parties, and I'm like it kills me, like it kills me because of Trump," Cho said.

Fox News Digital reached out to HBO and ICE for comment.

Cho has criticized Trump in the past. She called him "abhorrent" in 2015.

Earlier this year, Cho recalled being asked to appear on Trump's "The Apprentice" because he was reportedly a fan of her comedy.

"I was asked several times to be on it, season after season, and they kept saying, 'Well, Donald Trump really loves you. Please come on,'" Cho said in March. "I just had a bad feeling about it, because I did go on one of the challenges because my friend Cyndi Lauper was competing one year, and so she did something at a diner, so I went, and I helped out."

She continued, "I was at the diner, and so I was part of an episode, but I never actually was a contestant, but I was asked several times because Donald Trump was a fan."