Audiences tuning into the Golden Globes 2026 thirsted for Heated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams—and, lo, they were hydrated. Though their hit hockey romance wasn’t eligible for the Globes, nor will it be up for primetime Emmy Awards in September, it’s safe to say that the two young actors from the Canadian phenomenon still won big on Sunday.
Williams and Storrie got prime seating placement at the Globes, sitting at a table with Paul Mescal, Charli xcx, Keegan-Michael Key, and Justin Hartley—and right next to the table where Leonardo DiCaprio was seated. They did red carpet interviews: Storrie wearing a black Saint Laurent suit with a thin black tie, draped in Tiffany and Co. jewelry, and Williams in a black and white Armani tuxedo—cummerbund included—Louboutin shoes, and Bulgari jewelry. Williams didn’t need a tie, choosing instead to decorate his neck with, well, his neck, leaving his shirt unbuttoned halfway down his chest.
The two even got to enjoy that very specific awards show rite of passage: a joke written into the host’s banter.
“I don’t want to get too serious, but stories like these don’t always get told,” host Nikki Glaser said in reference to their decidedly NSFW queer saga, calling it “proof that American audiences are ready for more stories about… hockey.” Touché.
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie attend the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026.Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Before the duo presented the award for best supporting female actor in a TV series, as they headed backstage, VF overheard Williams telling Storrie, “Let’s go, baby boy.” Once onstead, Storrie put on an adorably wide-eyed show of being blown away by the audience, while Williams told him to “Jjst take a deep breath and picture everyone in the audience…you know.”
“Yeah, I don’t really know if that works, considering everyone’s seen us…you know,” Storrie retorted—a reference to their characters’ frequent nudity and the show’s famously graphic sex scenes.
When Williams wondered if his costar meant that everyone had seen Heated Rivalry, joining them in the cottage several times, Storrie clarified: “That’s a maybe. But their trainers have, and their moms have. Their daughters have. Hi moms! Hi daughters!” He was greeted in return with whoops and cheers.
Those trainers, moms, and daughters evidently also crowded in to say hi the night before the ceremony. Storrie attended the Vanity Fair and MGM Amazon Studios pre-Globes party at the Bar Marmont Saturday, decked out in a Louis Vuitton suit. Storrie told VF at the event that he was still feeling bowled over by the kind of stars who are approaching him since the show’s success. “Awkwafina came up to me last night and said, ‘I love you,’ and I was like, ‘I cannot believe you’re talking to me right now,’” he said. “These were people who were really big when I was in high school.”
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