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‘Not enough full frontal’: Trump blasts Heated Rivalry despite past praise for its relatability

Following rant, Trump signs executive order demanding the show be more explicit

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President Trump signed an executive order demanding the popular hockey-centric Canadian gay romance series “Heated Rivalry” based on a book from author Rachel Reid, include more full frontal nudity at a press conference earlier this afternoon. 

This follows previous rants on Truth Social from the president where he praised the cast's relatable performances of “famous men caught in forbidden love” whilst decrying the show for “catering to a woke audience” by not including enough nudity.

“What is going on with the hockey show? I mean, it’s a total disaster. Everyone’s been telling me this, all sorts of people, coming up and telling me ‘mister president, why have we not seen any full frontal on the show?’ I think, quite frankly, that it's a great question. I mean, the radical marxist democrat party is saying this is supposed to be the greatest queer representation on TV, how is it great queer representation if we aren’t seeing full frontal?” President Trump said at a press conference in the Oval Office following his signing of the bill.

While some reporters attempted to ask him questions about U.S. involvement in Iran and Venezuela, Trump ignored them and continued with his thoughts on the show.

“We love full frontal, don’t we folks? I mean, wow, some of these guys in the show they’re just incredible, but the left doesn’t like that, do they? I mean, it’s absolutely terrible what’s happening because we see these big beautiful men but the camera hasn’t panned down once, not once. I mean, where the hell is Shane’s schlong? Why haven’t we seen it? We all wanna see it! We all know it’s there!” Trump went on to say, gesturing to those around him. 

The bill he signed demands future seasons of the show include “at least five schlong shots per episode”. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has reportedly been told to pull the show off HBO if the demands aren’t met.

These aggressive actions shouldn’t come as a surprise. Ever since the show first released in late 2025, Trump has voiced his various thoughts about the show on a weekly basis.

“Just FINISHED the cottage episode. PERFECT in it’s portrayal of TWO FAMOUS and ACCOMPLISHED MEN hiding their forbidden LOVE whilst pretending to be RIVALS. Why does CROOKED HILLARY ruin EVERYTHING! #bubba-belongs-to-me,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post several weeks ago, appearing to confirm rumors sprouting from leaked Epstein File documents referencing a love affair between Trump and former President Bill “Bubba” Clinton. 

Following that post, the official White House X (the app formerly known as Twitter) account tweeted fan art of Trump and Clinton as the show’s main characters. Within minutes it was retweeted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer with the caption “simply bipartisan beauty, moments like this are why I entered politics”. He has declined The Daily Cardinal’s requests for comment.  

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Dominic Violante

Dominic Violante is The Beet editor for The Daily Cardinal.


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