Best known for playing Shane Hollander alongside costar Connor Storrie (as Ilya Rozanov) on the Heated Rivalry TV show, actor Hudson Williams celebrated his girlfriend on a sweet new post for Valentine's Day featuring various images of them as a couple — plus a cheeky reference to Storrie in the same post.
Over the weekend, Williams shared an Instagram Story grid with six images of his girlfriend. "Happy Valentine's Day [heart emoji]," the Heated Rivalry superstar wrote.
One of the six photos shows Williams's girlfriend by herself by a dock. Another picture on the grid shows Williams's girlfriend sitting right next to his costar, Storrie, including a heart drawn by Williams over Storrie's face. The four other pictures show Williams and his girlfriend looking adorable.
Williams also wrote on the Instagram Story, "With me since my 2000 gold Mazda protege smoked and squealed and I had no job." A screenshot of the full post — being reported as a "hard launch" of Williams's girlfriend — can be seen below.
Hudson Williams's girlfriend celebrated on an Instagram Story post shared by the Heated Rivalry actor on Valentine's Day.
Instagram Story (@hudsonwilliamsofficial)
All four actors who played the main queer characters on Heated Rivalry — Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, François Arnaud (Scott Hunter), and Robbie G.K. (Kip Grady) — kept low-profile details about their personal lives since becoming global superstars on the hit Crave Canada original series with U.S. streaming on HBO Max.
And while Arnaud had come out as bisexual in 2020, the actor told Out in an early-days interview to promote Heated Rivalry that sexuality was "not something I'm particularly interested in discussing about myself, either."
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In December, Williams addressed the intense speculation about his personal life that took place in the comments section of a Deuxmoi podcast video.
"The clip received a ton of backlash via Instagram and has since been removed; the podcast episode is still up," a Variety report about the situation reads. "But before it was taken off Instagram, Williams responded, commenting, 'You know what, I've grown quite unfond of you deuxmoi.'"
While the actor has now celebrated his girlfriend in a post for Valentine's Day — on his own Instagram profile, on his own terms — it's worth noting that no personal details about her were included.
Heated Rivalry is streaming on HBO Max. Season 2 of Heated Rivalry is currently in the works.
