‘Heated Rivalry’ star donates to B.C. Children’s Hospital at Golden Globes

‘Heated Rivalry’ stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie presented the award for best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television.

The star of hit hockey romance show “Heated Rivalry” gave back to the place he was born while making his first appearance at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

Hudson Williams, who is originally from Kamloops and attended Langara College in Vancouver, was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight reporter Danny Directo on the red carpet in Los Angeles.

The actor was told that champagne company Moet would donate $1,000 to the charity of his choice, and he named a local cause.

“The B.C. Children’s Hospital kind of saved my life when I was a little baby,” Williams said. “So, selfishly, if we could save some more babies over there, that’d be cool.”

Williams was also asked what he’d like to see happen to characters Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov in the next season the Crave Original series, which charts the secret affair of two rival professional hockey players over the course of several years.

“I want to see them in a relationship. We see them get into a relationship; we don’t see them in one,” he responded. “Seeing them deal with s*** that everybody has to deal with would be really nice.”

The steamy series has skyrocketed Williams and co-star Connor Storrie to fame, and the pair presented the award for best performance by best supporting female actor in a TV series at the ceremony.

They played out a bit where Williams tells Storrie, nervous to be presenting at the Golden Globes for the first time, to imagine everyone in the audience “you know,” with a wink.

“I don’t really know if that works, considering everyone’s seen us, you know,” Storrie replies.

When fans can expect “Heated Rivalry” season two is yet to be determined, but people looking for more of Shane and Ilya’s love story can look forward to a seventh book in Nova Scotia author Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series, on which the show is based.

Reid announced Monday that “Unrivaled,” wherein Shane and Ilya are out as a married couple and playing on the same team, will hit bookshelves on Sept. 29.

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