Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams Responds to Having Alleged Girlfriend and Show Criticism

“I think there’s never a question for me,” he told Deadline in an interview published Dec. 11, “when I would dream of becoming in the public eye, that I would want just a level of privacy.”

And while Hudson acknowledged the importance of “queer people telling queer stories,” he also emphasized that his pairing with Connor, 25, was a singular connection.

“There’s the element of Connor and I,” he continued. “We’re best friends, and we love expressing that physically.”

Similarly, Connor has avoided discussing his love life in order to keep audiences focused on Shane and Ilya’s magnetic pairing.

“I feel honored to be able to bring someone to life that so many people feel seen, understood, and represented by,” he said in an interview with Vulture published Dec. 22, “and I think that transcends whoever I’m sleeping with in my real life.”