Heated Rivalry followers are nonetheless greater than a 12 months away from Season 2, however Hudson Williams gave his first spoiler for the subsequent season on the 2026 Oscars.
On the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026, Williams, who performs Shane Hollander within the Crave collection, was requested by Selection and CNN about what he may say about Heated Rivalry Season 2, and he had a one-word response: “Intercourse.” When the surprised interviewer requested Williams to repeat his reply, he repeated, “Intercourse.” “I heard it loud and clear,” the second interviewer responded.
Williams attended the Oscars solo with out his Heated Rivalry co-star, Connor Storrie, who performs Shane’s love curiosity, Ilya Rozanov. On the Oscars, Williams wore an all-black swimsuit with gold equipment, together with a snake watch, brooch, and gold hoops

On the GLAAD Media Awards in March 2026, Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney confirmed to Selection that Season 2 was “nonetheless on monitor” to movie in the summertime. “I’m in a room all day writing,” Tierney stated. “We’re nonetheless on monitor.” He additionally addressed the strain of attempting to reside as much as the success of Season 1. “I believe I spotted a short time in the past that what I’ve to do is return to the place my head was on the first time I wrote, which was love these books and attempt to make the neatest factor I could make of it,” he stated.
He additionally confirmed that he’ll keep “devoted” to Rachel Reid’s Recreation Changers guide collection, which Heated Rivalry is predicated on. “I’m not going to bail on that now,” he stated. Heated Rivalry, which aired on Crave in Canada and HBO Max in the US, adopted rival skilled hockey gamers, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, as they fell in love all through a decade-long affair.
After Season 2 was introduced, each Miley Cyrus and Carly Rae Jepsen expressed curiosity in contributing music to the present’s soundtrack. “I’ve no remark,” Tierney advised Selection when requested about who was on board to report music for the second season. “What I’ll say is there’s loads of music on the present, so there’s room for everyone.”






