Dec 27, 2025 9:49am PT Meet Shane Hollander’s Mom: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Christina Chang on Parenting Queer Children and Thinking the Scripts Were ‘Soft Core Porn’ at First By Marc Malkin Plus Icon Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events marcmalkin Latest Hudson Williams on the ‘Heated Rivalry’ Finale, That Improvised Sex Scene and Shane’s Talk With His Mom: ‘That Ruined Me the Most’ 19 hours ago Connor Storrie on ‘Heated Rivalry’ Finale, Ilya Saying ‘I Love You’ First and Crying With Hudson Williams While Filming Their ‘Happy Ending’ Last Scene 1 day ago ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star François Arnaud on How Scott and Kip’s ‘Epic’ Kiss ‘Changes the Game’ for Ilya and Shane: ‘They See the Possibilities’ 6 days ago See All sabrina lantos SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Episode 6 of “Heated Rivalry,” now streaming on HBO Max. In what proved to be one of the most powerful scenes of the six-episode queer romance sports drama “Heated Rivalry,” pro hockey star Shane Hollander has a heart-to-heart with his momanger Yuna, when he comes out as gay to his parents. Shane has not only told his mother and father about his sexuality, but he’s revealed he’s in a relationship with his career arch nemesis, Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie).
