Tennis champion Coco Gauff invites Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams to a match
Tennis champion Coco Gauff is a fan of ‘Heated Rivalry’.
After a rave review of HBO Max’s queer hockey romance series social mediasaid the American sports star: “I’m their biggest fan, I think.”
Gauff’s comments came during her press conference at the Australian Open media day. “I just saw people talking about a hockey show, a gay hockey show. That interested me,” she said tennis.com. “I thought, ‘Oh, six episodes, perfect.’ I just dove in. There are clearly some pretty spicy scenes. It’s such a beautiful love story. I think that was the most important thing.”
Based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changer novel series, “Heated Rivalry” stars Connor Story and Hudson Williams as Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, respectively, as professional hockey players who fall in love over the course of a secret decade-long affair.
In an interview with the Tennis ChannelGauff said: “The storyline I think is so relevant, I think a lot of people might be able to relate to that. I think that was really cool. The tension, obviously, the sexual tension and then the romantic tension. I love the trope that enemies – well, they’re not real enemies – but enemies of lovers, but they were both in denial about their feelings. I don’t know. I just eat things.”
Gauff then invited Storrie and Williams to watch her play: “Hey, Connor and Hudson, my name is Coco. I’m tennis’s number one ‘Heated Rivalry’ fan. Please come to my match and watch me play… I love you guys.”
She has also urged fellow tennis players to watch the series. “I wanted the world to know about this show,” Gauff said. ‘I told everyone. I told Jess Pegula and.” [Giuliana Olmos] to watch it today. We’ll see how many of the WTA I can convince to watch the show.
Meanwhile, “Heated Rivalry” creators Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady attended the LA Kings vs. NHL game. Pittsburgh Penguins in Los Angeles. The two received cheers and applause when they were shown – along with scenes from the show – on television Jumbotron above the ice rink.
“Heated Rivalry” star Robbie GK, who plays Kip on the show, attended the Seattle Seahawks-San Francisco 49ers playoff game on Saturday. A video of the actor on the field was posted on the Seahawks website Instagram grid along with the caption: “@robsgk in the house.”
