Katelyn Larson, the girlfriend of Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams, has called out fans in a fiery social media post for “crossing boundaries” in regards to her professional life.
Larson, a tattooist at Pulse Vancity studio in Canada, said on her Instagram Stories that fans’ intense interest in Heated Rivalry has crossed into “uncomfortable” territory at her workplace.
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“Obviously a lot of you have found the studio because of a certain show and that’s more than okay,” Larson wrote.
“This is where I draw a very hard line: booking an appointment with me or anyone else purely because of the connection to the show crosses a huge territory,” she added.
Larson said intrusive fans have been booking tattoo appointments solely because of Heated Rivalry, and have asked questions about herself and Williams that cross the line.
“Showing up to your appointment and asking my co-workers any sort of questions about myself or about Hudson is hugely uncomfortable for everyone,” she said.
The tattooist – who has reportedly been dating Williams for six years – stressed that appointments should be made only “if you’re following me or any of the other artists because you genuinely like their art and want to get some cool tattoos”.
“With peace and love, please stop,” she concluded.
While Larson and Williams were together long before Heated Rivalry shot him to international fame, the pair only made their red carpet debut in March, when they accompanied each other to the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Exact details of how they met are unknown, but Williams hinted at their pre-fame romance in a social media post in February, saying they’d been together since the days of having “no job.”
It’s not the first time Heated Rivalry fans have been called out since the hugely popular gay hockey romance series hit screens. Earlier this year, Williams wrote a scathing social media message aimed at the toxic side of the TV show’s “parasocial” fanbase.
“Don’t call yourself a fan if you share racist, homophobic, biphobic, misogynistic, ageist, ableist, parasocial, bigoted comments of any kind,” the actor wrote. “None of us need your hateful love.”
A second season of Heated Rivalry was greenlit in December, with both Williams and his co-star Connor Storrie reprising their roles for the new instalment.
The second season of Heated Rivalry is expected to premiere in April, 2027.