{"id":200900,"date":"2026-04-17T16:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200900\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:53:09","slug":"jill-biden-bids-for-role-in-heated-rivalry-season-2-at-nyc-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200900\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden Bids for Role in Heated Rivalry Season 2 at NYC Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe second season of Heated Rivalry<\/a> starring Jill Biden<\/a>? Not so fast \u2013 but almost. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile attending the live from the NYC LGBT Center Gala as a surprise guest, the former First Lady reportedly bid $35,000 for a walk on role in\u00a0Heated Rivalry\u00a0season 2, former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Versha Sharma\u00a0shared on social media. <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tDespite her attempt, Biden was outbid<\/a>, with the final winners having bid $125,000 each.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGuess I won\u2019t be heading to the cottage after all \u2014 but it was worth a shot! What a wonderful evening supporting @LGBTCenterNYC,\u201d Biden tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Center\u2019s signature LGBTQ+ nonprofit fundraising gala raises \u201cvital funds to sustain life-saving programs and services. This annual gala, held at the iconic Cipriani Wall Street, brings together community members and allies to celebrate leaders and advocates whose work advances justice, equity and safety for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers,\u201d a description reads on the Center\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThursday\u2019s gala honored Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney and executive producer Brendan Brady. Game Changers\u00a0author Rachel Reid presented Tierney with the Cultural Impact Award.<\/p>\n

\n\tHeated Rivalry, hailing from Canadian streamer Crave and airing on HBO Max in the U.S., centers on two rival professional players \u2014\u00a0Canada-born Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Russia-born Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie)<\/a> \u2014 navigating a secret romance. The series, which drew in a large audience<\/a>, has gained praise and recognition<\/a> for its representation of a queer love story and made Williams and Storrie overnight sensations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI just hope that people \u2014 no matter what you think you need to be in life or what is expected of you\u00a0\u2014 just be yourself. Even if that breaks some sort of boundary, even if there\u2019s not a word for it, even if there\u2019s not space for that in whatever realm you live in. Just be that,\u201d Storrie told The Hollywood Reporter <\/a>of his hopes for people\u2019s takeaway from the series. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFight for yourself like your best friend, and don\u2019t be ashamed of anything that exists within yourself,\u201d Williams added.<\/p>\n

\n\tHeated Rivalry season 2 will adapt Reid\u2019s book The Long Game, and is slated for an HBO Max premiere in next April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second season of Heated Rivalry starring Jill Biden? Not so fast \u2013 but almost. While attending the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[44068,30172,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-200900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-heated-rivalry","tag-jill-biden","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}