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After Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams<\/a> has had one of those meteoric rises to fame that leaves people reeling. Have you seen this man not surrounded by fans and paparazzi since December? Over the weekend, Williams fended off\u00a0a group of shady autograph seekers in Paris, who seem to have followed him to where he was staying \u2014 a choice he did not appreciate.<\/p>\n Jesus Christ Hudson Williams \u201cfighting\u201d with the paparazzi following them in Paris pic.twitter.com\/yODZt2riUW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 jade\ud83c\udf80 (@dreamofbuswell) July 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In a video posted to social media, Williams is seen exiting a car and confronting a group of men trying to get him to sign his own headshots. Apparently, the men were autograph dealers who planned to sell the signed photos to actual fans, not tape them up on their own bedroom walls. \u201cGuys, you just followed me to my residence,\u201d Williams said, and rejected their apologies. \u201cYou can\u2019t do this. This is really fucking weird.\u201d Williams said they weren\u2019t real fans and were \u201cbeing really creepy.\u201d For emphasis, he grabbed the headshots and attempted to set them on fire with his own lighter. He continued, \u201cNow please fucking leave. You\u2019re fucking demented. I wanna watch you hop on your little bike.\u201d Williams eventually walked away with his group and the altercation ended without further incident or flames.<\/p>\n This is\u00a0not the first firestorm that has surrounded one of the Heated Rivalry stars. Just weeks prior, fans surrounded the Paris hotel where Williams\u2019 costar Connor Storrie was staying. The crowd included notorious stan<\/a> Club Chalamet, who got into a physical fight with another fan<\/a> as Storrie left the building. Williams told Evan Ross Katz on his Shut Up Evan podcast in January how he feels about unsolicited paparazzi pictures<\/a>. \u201cIt is maybe not nefarious, but it\u2019s not sweet and it\u2019s not fully welcomed. It doesn\u2019t make us feel safe or really like we can disarm,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s an element of that\u2019s not another human, that\u2019s a celebrity.\u201d<\/p>\n From here on out, let\u2019s try to keep it respectful, s\u2019il vous pla\u00eet.<\/p>\n Stay in touch.<\/p>\n The latest in style, self, culture, and power in your inbox.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n