Audiences tuning into the Golden Globes 2026 thirsted for Heated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams—and, lo, they have been hydrated. Although their hit hockey romance wasn’t eligible for the Globes, nor will it’s up for primetime Emmy Awards in September, it’s secure to say that the 2 younger actors from the Canadian phenomenon nonetheless received huge on Sunday.
Williams and Storrie bought prime seating placement on the Globes, sitting at a desk with Paul Mescal, Charli xcx, Keegan-Michael Key, and Justin Hartley—and proper subsequent to the desk the place Leonardo DiCaprio was seated. They did pink carpet interviews: Storrie carrying a black Saint Laurent go well with with a skinny black tie, draped in Tiffany and Co. jewellery, and Williams in a black and white Armani tuxedo—cummerbund included—Louboutin sneakers, and Bulgari jewellery. Williams didn’t want a tie, selecting as an alternative to embellish his neck with, properly, his neck, leaving his shirt unbuttoned midway down his chest.
The 2 even bought to take pleasure in that very particular awards present ceremony of passage: a joke written into the host’s banter.
“I don’t wish to get too severe, however tales like these don’t all the time get informed,” host Nikki Glaser stated in reference to their decidedly NSFW queer saga, calling it “proof that American audiences are prepared for extra tales about… hockey.” Touché.
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie attend the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026.Michael Kovac/Getty Photos
Earlier than the duo offered the award for finest supporting feminine actor in a TV collection, as they headed backstage, VF overheard Williams telling Storrie, “Let’s go, child boy.” As soon as onstead, Storrie placed on an adorably wide-eyed present of being blown away by the viewers, whereas Williams informed him to “Jjst take a deep breath and film everybody within the viewers…you realize.”
“Yeah, I don’t actually know if that works, contemplating everybody’s seen us…you realize,” Storrie retorted—a reference to their characters’ frequent nudity and the present’s famously graphic intercourse scenes.
When Williams puzzled if his costar meant that everybody had seen Heated Rivalry, becoming a member of them within the cottage a number of occasions, Storrie clarified: “That is a perhaps. However their trainers have, and their mothers have. Their daughters have. Hello mothers! Hello daughters!” He was greeted in return with whoops and cheers.
These trainers, mothers, and daughters evidently additionally crowded in to say hello the night time earlier than the ceremony. Storrie attended the Vainness Honest and MGM Amazon Studios pre-Globes social gathering on the Bar Marmont Saturday, decked out in a Louis Vuitton go well with. Storrie informed VF on the occasion that he was nonetheless feeling shocked by the sort of stars who’re approaching him for the reason that present’s success. “Awkwafina got here as much as me final night time and stated, ‘I really like you,’ and I used to be like, ‘I can’t imagine you are speaking to me proper now,’” he stated. “These have been individuals who have been actually huge once I was in highschool.”
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