{"id":401660,"date":"2026-01-09T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401660\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:12:09","slug":"robbie-g-k-on-heated-rivalry-impact-on-nhl-miley-cyrus-music-in-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401660\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie G.K. on Heated Rivalry Impact on NHL, Miley Cyrus Music in Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cHeated Rivalry<\/a>\u201d star Robbie G.K.<\/a> is speaking out about the show\u2019s possible impact on professional hockey.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI certainly hope so,\u201d he told me Wednesday at \u201cThe Pitt\u201d Season 2 premiere in Los Angeles. \u201cI think that big organizations like that, sports organizations, we\u2019ve seen things in the past, specifically in the NFL, where there\u2019s been these types of movements or things that are trying to create change, and I hope as much as [the NHL<\/a> is] using this as leverage and from a marketing standpoint, they\u2019re also taking internal notes and changing the atmosphere in change rooms and from an organizational standpoint.\u201d (Watch the full interview in the video above.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHeated Rivalry,\u201d a show produced by Canadian streamer Crave and available in the U.S. on HBO Max, stars Hudson Williams<\/a> and Connor Storrie<\/a> as two pro hockey players who fall in love while having a secret 10-year affair. G.K. plays Kip, a juice bar barista who dates hockey player Scott Hunter, played by Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the third episode of the series, Scott comes out of the closet by kissing Kip in the rink after his team has just won the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n

\n\tG.K. says teams have invited him to their games: \u201cThe Vancouver Canucks reached out to me, which me and my roommates were losing our minds because we were talking about trying to get tickets. I think the New Jersey Devils reached out to me. It\u2019s just insane, but I\u2019m super stoked.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d is based on Game Changer, Rachel Reid\u2019s series of queer hockey romance novels. While storylines for Season 2 have yet to be revealed by series creator Jacob Tierney, Reid told me last month that she hopes Scott and Kip will be featured more<\/a> because of the couple\u2019s popularity among the show\u2019s fans.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI saw an interview with Jacob when he was talking about writing Season 2, and he said he\u2019s going to turn his phone off, throw it away, because I\u2019m sure everybody and their grandma has an opinion as to what should be in Season 2,\u201d G.K. said.\u201d I\u2019m just sitting around. My fingers are crossed but I appreciate having Rachel in my corner because that\u2019s exciting. I would love to be on it more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tG.K. was also happy to see that Miley Cyrus is up for contributing music in Season 2<\/a>. \u201cI was absolutely a \u2018Hannah Montana\u2019 fan,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s what I grew up on. That\u2019s the reason I got into acting and musical theater in the first place. To see something like that is surreal. I hope at some point to meet you in person, Miley.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d became an overnight hit shortly after the first two of its six episodes dropped on HBO Max over Thanksgiving weekend. G.K. said he\u2019s being recognized more when he\u2019s out in public. A flight attendant complimented him on the show during his flight from his hometown of Vancouver to Los Angeles. Also, at the airport, a fan handed him a \u201clovely letter that was very heartwarming.\u201d<\/p>\n

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