{"id":632577,"date":"2026-10-16T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632577\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:32:15","slug":"hudson-williams-asked-if-he-is-more-than-friends-with-connor-storrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632577\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudson Williams asked if he is \u2018more than friends\u2019 with Connor Storrie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hudson Williams takes The Assembly hot seat. (CBC)<\/p>\n

Heated Rivalry<\/a> star Hudson Williams<\/a> is one of the stars in the hot seat on Canada\u2019s The Assembly.<\/p>\n

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The show sees 30 neurodivergent and autistic adults interviewing celebrities. Each episode focuses on a different celebrity in the hot seat, where they are asked \u201cunpredictable and direct questions\u201d. The UK version has seen Rylan Clark take on questions about cheating<\/a>, while Stephen Fry was asked about his sexual preferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The rules of the show are very simple: \u201cNo subjects are out of bounds, no question is off the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of Canada\u2019s most popular stars at the moment is Williams, and there\u2019s already a lot of excitement about his appearance on the show. <\/p>\n

In\u00a0Heated Rivalry, Williams plays Shane Hollander, a character widely interpreted to be autistic<\/a>, which is something novel author Rachel Reid has also confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m going to ask you about your sex life\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

The first trailer sees Williams being asked a series of questions, from explicit to emotional, about his sex life and also his relationship with co-star\u00a0Connor Storrie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to ask you about your sex life,\u201d one interview introduces. Williams grins and responds: \u201cHell yeah!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you like to fantasise about?\u201d is another question seemingly asked to Williams. \u201cThat\u2019s a good one,\u201d he can be heard replying.<\/p>\n

Later, the actor is asked: \u201cDid you ever feel something for Connor [Storrie] that was more than friendship?\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the raunchy questions; things also seem to get emotional.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Assembly kicks off on November 1. (CBC)<\/p>\n

In response to a question, Williams shares: \u201cI feel that when I\u2019m falling down that hole of being lonely, your friends and family are like the climbing pegs that you pull yourself back into life by.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrity guests in the second season alongside Williams are The Hangover\u2018s Zach Galifianakis and This Is the End actor Jay Baruchel.<\/p>\n

Also appearing is three-time Olympic gold medalist Marie-Philip Poulin and Miss Universe Canada Ashley Callingbull and singer-songwriter Lights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response to The Assembly\u2019s first season was incredible,\u201d says\u00a0Jennifer Dettman, Executive Director, Unscripted Content, CBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur interviewers bring such a fresh, honest energy to the traditional talk show, and we\u2019re excited to showcase more engaging conversations with some of the most well-known national and international celebrities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season of The Assembly is full of surprises and promises to deliver even more of the heart, humour and authentic conversations that can only happen on a show like this,\u201d says executive producer Stephen Sawchuk.<\/p>\n

The Assembly is set to air on CBC TV on November 1.<\/p>\n

Share your thoughts!\u00a0Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hudson Williams takes The Assembly hot seat. (CBC) Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams is one of the stars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[114962,156,110172,114961,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-632577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-connor-storrie","tag-entertainment","tag-heated-rivalry","tag-hudson-williams","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}