{"id":423185,"date":"2026-01-22T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423185\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:10:09","slug":"heated-rivalrys-hudson-williams-connor-storrie-are-olympic-torchbearers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423185\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie Are Olympic Torchbearers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHudson Williams<\/a> and Connor Storrie<\/a> are about to heat up the Winter Olympics in Milan. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cHeated Rivalry<\/a>\u201d stars have been selected as official torchbearers during the Olympic Torch Relay, which will conclude on Feb. 6 in Milan ahead of the opening ceremony. When and where Williams and Storrie will be carrying the Olympic torch has not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe news was announced by HBO Max, which has the rights to the Crave Original series \u2014 a steamy romance following two hockey players from rival teams who can\u2019t ignore their feelings for each other \u2014 in the U.S., Australia, Asia, Latin America and Europe. Sphere Abacus leads global distribution.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will be available to stream on HBO Max in the U.S. as well as Europe, including in Italy and Germany for the first time as part of the streamer\u2019s expansion.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d craze has captivated the internet since its U.S. premiere at the end of November, catapulting Williams and Storrie to global fame. The hype has led to the duo presenting at the Golden Globes, late-night appearances, the selling out of Rachel Reid\u2019s book series on which the show is based and a Season 2 renewal.<\/p>\n

\n\tReacting to the show\u2019s renewal, Storrie told Variety <\/a>that he hopes the next season stays true to Reid\u2019s books. \u201cThese are obviously really well-constructed stories that a lot of people are really into,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only way to make this make sense is to stick to the books and also honor the fandom of the people who are really spearheading this whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie are about to heat up the Winter Olympics in Milan. The \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[162091,88,162094,162095,201764],"class_list":{"0":"post-423185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-connor-storrie","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-heated-rivalry","11":"tag-hudson-williams","12":"tag-milan-olympics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}