‘Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams Gets “Lovely Anonymous Emails” From Closeted Pro Athletes

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• And sometimes they’re just reaching out privately through Instagram,” added Williams.
• “And those ones are the ones that really just kind of hit you and go, ‘Oh, so this is a fun show, and it’s celebratory, but also sometimes it’s just hitting people right in the nerve.’ Based on Reid’s Game Changers novels, the Jacob Tierney-created series follows the affair between Ilya (Connor Storrie) and Shane (Williams) as they begin to fall in love over several years, sneaking away to see each other when their teams are playing.
• Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in ‘Heated Rivalry‘ Sabrina Lantos Following its Season 2 renewal, Tierney previously spoke to Deadline about the show’s growing relevance with the LGBTQ community and other audiences.
• “It is nice to be a part of a show that is doing something like this, that’s reminding people that there’s loads of audiences here and that they can be queer and queer adjacent, our allies, our friends, our families,” said Tierney.
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