Margaret Cho on Trump's Apprentice Pitch

0:00Here's more entertainment and celebrity news for March 11th. Comedy star Margaret Cho recently shared a story about Donald Trump pushing her to join the cast of his reality show The Apprentice, Years Before He, ran for office. Trump hosted the competition, where business hopefuls vied for a job at his company, and he personally kept asking her over multiple seasons because he was a fan. And execs in was a fan, she turned him down after visiting the set to support her friend Cindy Lauper during a challenge on the celebrity apprentice. The experience fell too stressful, so Cho decided against competing and had little familiarity with Trump at the time since she was not based in New York. Later, in the early days of his 2016 campaign, Trump's then lawyer Michael Cohen reached out begging her to endorse him. As a lifelong Democrat, Cho found the request completely baffling and turned it down flat. She first told this apprentice tale on the Julia Cunningham show, and repeated it while

1:00accepting the Icon Award at the 2026. Queerities of N. There, she praised the crowd for using humor to push back against the current administration. Cho built her career through stand-up comedy tackling race, sexuality, and politics, plus her short-lived sitcom All American Girl. She's a longtime advocate for LGBT rights and Asian-American issues, and remains on tour today. This episode is supported by our sponsor, C Details in the Description. If earbuds fall out when you sleep, this is for you. A pillow with built-in sound, S-O-L-I, solelypillow.com