{"id":1949352,"date":"2025-08-08T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1949352"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:08:44","slug":"kevin-mchale-calls-dean-cain-a-pathetic-loser-for-ice-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kevin-mchale-calls-dean-cain-a-pathetic-loser-for-ice-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McHale Calls Dean Cain a &#8216;Pathetic Loser&#8217; for ICE Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Former <i>Glee <\/i>star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kevin-mchale\/\"><strong>Kevin McHale<\/strong><\/a> called out <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/dean-cain\/\"><strong>Dean Cain<\/strong><\/a> for voicing his intentions to join the United States\u2019 Immigration and Customs Enforcement department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLook, I know the entertainment business is in shambles, but imagine being so out of work and desperate for attention (I would know) that you join ICE?\u201d McHale, 37, wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/druiddude\/status\/1953545539209113998?s=46\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a> on Thursday, August 7. \u201cF***ing pathetic loser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cain, 59, announced his plans earlier this week to seek employment in the ICE department. (Cain is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/dean-cain-criticizes-james-gunns-take-on-supermans-message\/\">best known for his roles<\/a> in <i>Lois &amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman<\/i>, <i>Supergirl <\/i>and a slate of Hallmark movies.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor those who don\u2019t know, I am a sworn law enforcement officer, as well as being a filmmaker. I felt it was important to join with our first responders to help secure the safety of all Americans,\u201d Cain said in a Tuesday, August 5, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DM_MmEVBsKH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> video. \u201cNot just talk about it \u2014 so I joined up. Here\u2019s your opportunity to join ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/glee-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/glee-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;Glee&#8217; Cast: Where Are They Now?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGlee introduced the world to quite a talented group of actors when musical comedy-drama debuted on Fox in 2009. It was Ryan Murphy\u2018s third series, following teen drama Popular and dark medical drama Nip\/Tuck. The series focused on the William McKinley High School glee club, the New Directions, as they tried to balance choir competition [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">He added, \u201cIf you want to help save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America\u2019s streets. I like that, I voted for that. They need your help to protect our homeland and our families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cain further encouraged his social media followers to \u201ccheck into\u201d the organization and join \u201cif it\u2019s something that tickles your fancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cain\u2019s video quickly drew backlash from many social media users, including fellow actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShame on you,\u201d <i>Dynasty <\/i>alum <strong>Ana Brenda Contreras<\/strong> replied in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Hugo Catal\u00e1n<\/strong>, for his part, succinctly added, \u201cWhen your acting career crumbles\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/james-van-der-beek-chrissy-metz-and-more-stars-leaving-la-page\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1936268560.jpg?crop=0px%2C61px%2C1420px%2C802px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"75th Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1936268560.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/james-van-der-beek-chrissy-metz-and-more-stars-leaving-la-page\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Celebrities Who Have Decided to Move Away from Los Angeles<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSeveral A-listers have decided to say goodbye to Los Angeles and grow roots elsewhere. Years after This Is Us came to an end, for example, star Chrissy Metz relocated from the City of Angels to Nashville. \u201cI was in L.A. for 21 years, but my family is in Florida, where I\u2019m from, and during the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">While Cain has not addressed the controversy, he remains committed to joining the team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOur ICE agents, who are amazing men and women, are incredible. And they\u2019re Black, and they are brown and green and yellow and Japanese and whatever. They\u2019re a cross-section of Americans,\u201d Cain told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/superman-actor-dean-cain-becomes-ice-agent-support-vilified-officers-enforcing-immigration-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Fox News <\/i><\/a>on Thursday. \u201cThey are doing their job, the job that Congress wrote the laws for them to support and uphold, and they\u2019re doing the job of deporting people who are here illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He added, \u201cIf you\u2019re a legal citizen here in this country, no worries, you\u2019re great, but if you\u2019re here illegally, you\u2019ve broken the law to begin with, whatever the circumstances are. You had multiple opportunities to self-deport, and the fact that these men and women who are doing their jobs are getting vilified, I had to stand up with them and for them because I think it takes people standing up to change the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security later said in a statement to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dean-cain-ice-honorary-officer-f8f3971a56884bff6f362a1201ee6784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> that Cain will be sworn in as an \u201chonorary ICE Officer\u201d later this month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Glee star Kevin McHale called out Dean Cain for voicing his intentions to join the United States\u2019 Immigration and Customs Enforcement department. \u201cLook, I know the entertainment business is in shambles, but imagine being so out of work and desperate for attention (I would know) that you join ICE?\u201d McHale, 37, wrote via X [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1949353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003],"class_list":["post-1949352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kevin-McHale-Calls-Dean-Cain-a-Pathetic-Loser-for-ICE.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}