{"id":20902,"date":"2026-07-29T11:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20902"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:44:39","slug":"margaret-cho-says-shes-still-open-to-joining-heated-rivalry-after-turning-down-season-1-reveals-who-shed-want-to-play-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20902","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Cho Says She&#8217;s Still Open to Joining &#8216;Heated Rivalry&#8217; After Turning Down Season 1, Reveals Who She&#8217;d Want to Play | Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2256276\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/margaret-heated-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Margaret Cho smiles while posing at the I Want Your Sex premiere\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/margaret-heated-428x241.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/margaret-heated-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/margaret-cho\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Margaret Cho<\/strong><\/a> is down to join <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/heated-rivalry\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Heated Rivalry<\/strong><\/a><\/em> season two!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, the 57-year-old comedian and actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/13\/margaret-cho-reveals-shocking-reason-why-she-turned-down-heated-rivalry-role\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/13\/margaret-cho-reveals-shocking-reason-why-she-turned-down-heated-rivalry-role\/\">revealed the surprising reason why she turned down<\/a> playing Shane Hollander\u2019s (<strong>Hudson Williams<\/strong>) mom, Yuna, in season one, but now, she\u2019s offering an idea for her to join the second season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/28\/olivia-wilde-cooper-hoffman-premiere-new-movie-i-want-your-sex-in-los-angeles\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/28\/olivia-wilde-cooper-hoffman-premiere-new-movie-i-want-your-sex-in-los-angeles\/\">attending the premiere of her new movie<\/a>, <em>I Want Your Sex<\/em>, <strong>Margaret<\/strong> talked about turning down the show and was asked who she should play in season two. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn aunt,\u201d she replied to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2082328420843921425?s=20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2082328420843921425?s=20\">Variety<\/a><\/em>\u2018s <strong>Marc Malkin<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019ll be an aunt. I\u2019ll be anything. You know, I would just love to be a part of it, the world of it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut also, I\u2019m just so proud of their success,\u201d <strong>Margaret<\/strong> continued. \u201cI still own it. I act like I\u2019m his mom anyway, so, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked what she thought when she first read the script, she said, \u201cI fell in love with it. I was just so moved, and I was so touched. I was really laughing, also. I\u2019m just so excited about this hyper-masculine world, the queering of it. That\u2019s what I want to see. So, I was excited about that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Margaret<\/strong> isn\u2019t the only actor to turn down a role in <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em>. Earlier this summer, it was revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/12\/jack-innanen-talks-turning-down-heated-rivalry-season-2-role-it-didnt-work-out\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/12\/jack-innanen-talks-turning-down-heated-rivalry-season-2-role-it-didnt-work-out\/\">someone else had to turn down a role<\/a> in season two!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/heated-rivalry-season-one-still.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\" title=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/heated-rivalry-season-one-still-788x525.jpg\" alt=\"Still of Christina Chang and Hudson Williams in Heated Rivalry season one\" class=\"wp-image-2256279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/heated-rivalry-season-one-still-788x525.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/heated-rivalry-season-one-still-428x285.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, <strong>Christina Chang<\/strong> was eventually cast as Yuna Hollander in the series, and she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/14\/christina-chang-talks-filming-tender-heated-rivalry-scene-with-hudson-williams-how-it-changed-day-of\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/14\/christina-chang-talks-filming-tender-heated-rivalry-scene-with-hudson-williams-how-it-changed-day-of\/\">previously opened up about a scene<\/a> between her and <strong>Hudson Williams<\/strong> that was changed the day of filming. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christina<\/strong> also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/27\/heated-rivalrys-yuna-actress-christina-chang-addresses-season-2-playing-shane-hollanders-mom\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/27\/heated-rivalrys-yuna-actress-christina-chang-addresses-season-2-playing-shane-hollanders-mom\/\">dished on her hopes for season two<\/a>, which is reportedly set to start filming in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/heated-rivalry\/\" rel=\"tag\">Heated Rivalry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/margaret-cho\/\" rel=\"tag\">Margaret Cho<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/television\/\" rel=\"tag\">Television<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Margaret Cho is down to join Heated Rivalry season two! Earlier this year, the 57-year-old comedian and actress revealed the surprising reason why she turned down playing Shane Hollander\u2019s (Hudson Williams) mom, Yuna, in season one, but now, she\u2019s offering an idea for her to join the second season. 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