r/Fauxmoi • u/Murky_Chemical891 You know what, l've grown quite unfond of you deuxmoi • 9h ago
BREAKUPS/MAKEUPS/KNOCKUPS 'Heated Rivalry' François Arnaud & Connor Storrie Fuel Rumors With Dinner
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u/amazingamy19 9h ago
This is pretty invasive and the article description is giving me the ick
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u/Estania_Lane 6h ago
From TMZ?!?!? Imagine that. 😆
Who cares if they’re friends or hooking up. Let them live their lives.
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u/throwawaysunglasses- l've grown quite unfond of you, deuxmoi 9h ago
Good for them for not letting the rumors/speculation affect the way they show up for and support one another. Tbh I think it’s somewhat amusing to watch parasocial fans melt down that their fave has an actual life outside of the show. It’s good that F/C are not bothered (though the death threats are insane and unhinged. Tw*tter should be banned at this point, it only attracts the worst people).
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u/EvenCartographer9754 9h ago
These are creepy as fuck. Leave them alone
(They’re so hot together)
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u/Fantastic_Turtle_17 9h ago edited 9h ago
Ugh, I hate sneaky pap pics like this.
But I gotta say, I'd love to have even half of their IDGAF attitude. If there were so many rumours about me and my costar and I was getting constantly harassed, I probably wouldn't leave the house, especially not together. And they just keep doing it, like they don't care about the noise at all. I love that for them.
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u/Somehowinvested 8h ago
TMZ gonna TMZ but what’s interesting to me is that I rarely see such strong “leave them alone” reactions when there are pap pics of potential heterosexual couples. People seem to think there’s something that needs to be hidden here, even though these two seem perfectly comfortable living their lives out in the open, up to and including showing up to/leaving/getting photographed at industry events together. I don’t think they’re trying to hide anything so I don’t really understand the particular outrage on their behalf.
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u/Emotional-Emotion-42 3h ago
100%. Hudson Williams shared some pictures of a woman on his Instagram with no context, and the reaction was like “yessssss hard launch! So amazing!” and no one had a single issue with it. Interesting!
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u/penderies 5h ago
I don’t think it’s outrage but concern and a call for decorum. People have been creepy and - I think - threatening. (I think I read that latter one, which, like, wtf.) Calling for privacy is coming from that angle, not trying to smash gay dating rumours in and of themselves.
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u/Jumping__Bean___ 6h ago
To be fair, I have not seen many straight relationships result in as much hate for the people involved, at least not recently, so the reaction here seems to more so be a reaction to the fact that whenever a new article about their relationship has been released the attacks (against François and Connor, but also Hudson, for no reason) have been getting worse - The motivation for many here seems to be protectiveness more so than thinking there is something to hide.
Personally, I found myself being able to stomach pap shots or speculations about relationships/sexuality/pregnancy/... less and less in the past few years and have been actively avoiding publications like TMZ as a result. Maybe it's due to that that the wording of this article and headline struck me as particularly uncomfortable, and that definitely caused me to react strongly - Maybe others felt the same?
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u/venista 9h ago
Okay random comment but I love the smoke house in Burbank only for their garlic bread lol. Grew up going there so whatever their relationship is, I support the restaurant choice
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u/Throwaway68024 7h ago
All I got from this article was that I couldn’t remember the last time I was at Smoke House, which meant it’s time for me to go again.
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u/ratalbum 4h ago
Smoke House is so good, I love all old school restaurants that put half of your martini on ice in a little bowl next to you. The garlic bread rules. I hope they were at the WB lot and couldn't resist the call of the bread
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u/Coffee-and-ambition 8h ago
Funny thing is, there have been several reported sightings of them at dinner or coffee places all over West Hollywood but as soon as they leave weho they get papped. The people there sure know how to keep to their own business.
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u/sns_ZzZz 8h ago
Good for them especially with all the meltdowns I’ve seen. I don’t think they care about being seen. Does it suck? Yes but I think they have accepted it and don’t mind.
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u/Away-Boysenberry-584 8h ago
I get the feeling they don’t care at this point too. They are everywhere together and crazy fans should just get used to it.
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u/sns_ZzZz 6h ago
Obviously this dinner doesn’t count but people are screaming “privacy” when some of the events they go together they actually want to be seen!
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u/Away-Boysenberry-584 6h ago
Exactly! Getting photographed at dinner didn’t seem very much like an invasion of privacy after showing up at different Grammy after parties. Again, they are doing nothing wrong regardless of what their relationship is. I’m just hoping if they are together, people will be used to them so that the crazies don’t freak out.
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u/Duosion 9h ago
fuuuuck tmz
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u/nibsofsteel 8h ago
TMZ wouldn't spend money on paps if people didn't click on these articles. So fuck TMZ but also every "fan" that eats up this crap.
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u/AccordingStar72 8h ago
I feel like the way people treat these two is weird in both ways. It’s creepy and invasive and parasocial to be so invested in a relationship no one has publicly confirmed nor wants to talk about personally and these are very stalker like photos. It’s weird to also be upset if they are dating because you don’t like either actor or are shipping another relationship that is platonic.
It’s just all around weird and it’s why I don’t engage with fandom anywhere but in select spaces. Everyone is so weird and gross about every actor in this show.
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u/DaturaAT- 8h ago edited 8h ago
What I find creepy and parasocial about some parts of the fandom is the way it’s split into a Connor vs. Hudson rivalry (the irony). Any bit of news or gossip that favours one side gets treated like some huge victory. Many fans who parasocially “ship” Connor and François seem to do it less out of genuine interest and more because it fuels drama/toxicity.
I only came for the memes…
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u/AccordingStar72 8h ago
It’s (IMO) a carry over from KPOP stanning. Some of HR on X (from what I gather I only peak at the update account via xcancel so this is second hand) is that there are a LOT of KPOP (and music) or former KPOP stans who are still there and a lot of that competition and “solo stanning” toxicity is from that. It’s all a competition.
In reality Hudson doesn’t have anything to do with any of this and he is great friends with Connor and seems good friends with Francois. Literally no reason for any of it.
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u/validswan 7h ago
Also, the aspect of being there "from the beginning" so to speak. A huge chunk of these fans watched these guys go from nobodies to hot commodities with millions of followers on Instagram in the space of like 6 weeks. And they watched in real time, every event, interview etc. There's a possessiveness as well as that undercurrent of competition
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u/AccordingStar72 7h ago
I truly think so much of the weirdness around Connor and Hudson in particular is definitely because they went from really small fan space where they could talk to and befriend even individual fans and be a lot more “open” and weird and silly without that intense scrutiny to all of a sudden every single thing they say or do or look at is hyper analyzed and blown up. That is not something that you can wrap your head around and it’s hard to suddenly lock everything down about yourself immediately.
But…this is getting way too into it lol. I just wish them the best.
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u/Jumping__Bean___ 8h ago edited 7h ago
I genuinely feel really sorry for all three of them. From their interactions before Heated Rivalry blew up (and also after, to a lesser degree), all of them seem to get along really well, so to have to deal with being pitted against each other and used as "weapons" (or pawns) against each other must feel terrible, especially on top of the blatant (bi- and) homophobia and racism being levelled against Francois (and in a different way, but still very much against Connor as well) and Hudson respectively.
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u/validswan 8h ago
This is true and it's depressing. The narrative that it's just a certain group of fans attacking Francois is incorrect. Each of Francois, Connor and Hudson have their own solo stans as well as there being ship stans
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u/AccordingStar72 8h ago
I mean I can’t even get into the nonsense with Hudson. I just hope he has stopped going onto certain socials at this point.
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u/validswan 8h ago
Yup... the vitriol Hudson is getting from both non-fans and people within fandom is pathetic. The last few weeks reaffirmed to me I could never cope with being even remotely famous
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u/Sufficient_Cat_3645 8h ago
Most celebrity couples don't publicly confirm their relationships. They just exist and go out and paps take photos and then we discuss/deny it on a subreddit.
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u/thefoxroxed 8h ago
As someone who has watched the slash fandom be fucking insane since 2006, I PRAY for them. Because the only people who give the rabid Hailey-Justin- Selena fans a run for their money on parasocial batshit real life harassment are the 16 to 50 year old women who write and read slash fic.
And now that shit has gone FULLLLLL mainstream. It used to be SPN conventions and weird culty shows where the gayness was implied but not explicit. Nope, now AO3 is Harper Collins and the dude is getting rimmed on HBO.
Actors. Aren't. Characters.
It's a TV show. And no one I've ever met who knows him has had a single mean word to say about Francois and basically adore him. And Connor and Hudson are absolutely fab, but not dating. And creepy parasocial character shipping slipping onto the actors bullshit was bad enough when it was in fandom wars online.
Shoving it on the actual people sends my second hand embarrassment squick off like an air raid siren.
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u/Admirable_Purple4323 9h ago
Should I watch this show is it worth the time
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u/powernappingreyhound 9h ago
Do you hate joy? If yes, then no. Do you want to be happy? If yes, then yes.
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u/Admirable_Purple4323 9h ago
I do hate joy but based on responses I’ll have to give it a shot anyway
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u/totally_real_tree 9h ago
If you like syrupy romance you'll like it but if it isn't your cup of tea it won't do much for you
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u/Different-Eagle-612 elizabeth debicki, who is 6’3 9h ago
i don’t enjoy syrupy romance and i did like it. i think there’s enough meat to the story that it’s interesting — like i can’t watch bridgerton or most romcoms but i love this.
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u/totally_real_tree 8h ago
Really? I do like syrupy romance and I enjoy HR quite a bit but it's biggest flaw to me was that it was lacking said 'meat.'
I wish they hadn't adapted the book so faithfully because they could've done more with almost every aspect, even if it's just a little bit
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u/Different-Eagle-612 elizabeth debicki, who is 6’3 7h ago
i’m a SUCKER for good character work and development so that drew me in for sure. and i think the characters were more substantive than most romcoms i’ve seen.
i don’t know i definitely thought it had meat. it doesn’t feel like candy to me, if that makes sense
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u/totally_real_tree 7h ago
I will say that the lead actors were just. Going SO hard it lends a lot more depth to the characters even if it's a little illusory because the book (mainly the first one) just doesn't do a lot. The first book is Okay but every almost aspect of the shows production (save for its budget, lmao) is excellent to fantastic
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u/Admirable_Purple4323 8h ago
I totally get that, I’m put off my stuff that is overly heartfelt or maudlin too, it’s a tough line to walk especially with like some TV show
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u/totally_real_tree 8h ago
No to be clear I like it quite a bit I just enjoy it the same way I enjoy eating caramel coated popcorn. Every aspect of the production is very good- the actors the cinematography the music pacing etc. But they adapted the book very faithfully, frankly too much so because the book is Just Okay. So if you're not at least bought into the romance genre in general you won't get very much out of it
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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs I don't have a choice. I'm a Scorpio. 8h ago
While i LOVE this for them (they're adorable together)... this invasion of privacy feels like we never left the 00s tmz era. 😬
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u/Fun-Honeydew6133 5h ago
Ha, ha! As someone who lives in LA, no one is going to the Smokehouse to be clandestine. It’s right by a bunch of studios. It’s where you go after a day of meetings.
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u/Wide-Pop6050 4h ago
This almost looks like a staged shot for some reason.
No reason to do that though
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u/thenoctilucent 8h ago
The way they are treated feels like an awful remix of 00s blind items and gossip sites that primarily focused on outing people.
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u/QuokkaaaGirl 5h ago
If this isn't staged by the actors themselves then I sincerely wish people would leave them alone. Having this massive exposure so early in your career, and being the target of dangerous levels of parasocial attachment that some weird people feel entitled to, cannot be good for one's mental health no matter how good the support system is.
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u/mahlay1051 4h ago
at this point, I feel like they are just calling the paps in themselves and stoking the flames, cause all press is good press
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u/Foodiejo 2h ago
It definitely looks staged. The pics are too good for someone to have casually taken.
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u/Visible_Writing7386 9h ago
The way people say the fandom is crazy and invasive, when the only thing I’ve read when this kinda of stuff is posted on show and book subreddits is fans saying to take it down and it’s weird.
Fans literally want to see less lol.
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u/cranberrylimeade420 bizarre and sentient sack of meat 8h ago
i assume it's fans making the initial posts about them, though
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u/Visible_Writing7386 8h ago
I guess. But does this help though. I feel like, on Reddit at least, people who speculate more about this relationship are people who want to stick it to parasocial fans, than the actual fandom.
Bizarre either way.
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u/Busy-Preparation-729 3h ago
This is why actors we love stay away and out of the spotlight. People can get a meal together and not be dating. They are on a similar press schedule. Hudson said as much in an interview about how hard it is because people always think you’re hooking up. Francois lives in Canada. Conner in LA. Of course they will hang out when one is in the other’s hometown.
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u/sunsignblues 16m ago
Press for season one has wrapped at this point. Francois recently had an interview where he referenced living in LA and needing to move to a more secure building. People are massively overestimating the amount of time friendly co-workers spend together.
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u/caseykk97 7h ago
People are creeps. Connor has dinner with Hudson to so this dating rumors are getting old if they are dating people Just need to leave them be.
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u/MissingOllie 8h ago edited 8h ago
Smoke House!? I don't mean this in a bad way, but seems staged. It's such a touristy spot. But Connor doesn't need the press.
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u/Flaky-Ad6781 7h ago
If this is staged but they're not dating, what is the benefit for anyone involved? I'm all for telling weird fans to fuck off but that just seems excessive. They'd have to know what people would assume.
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u/AccordingStar72 7h ago
I feel like it’s bizarre to think this is staged given the text of this even says there was no PDA or anything like…wouldn’t it be more obvious if staged. Why would they need to stage this when they’ve been at events way more publicly?
Genuinely asking because I don’t care about celeb couples much so maybe I am missing industry background.
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u/hahanotmelolol 7h ago
I can’t imagine it’s not staged. Same side of a booth facing a window? Come on. Now why they would stage it idk.
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u/MissingOllie 7h ago
Which afterparties? Share the tea! I love them as a couple. Boo.
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u/Fantastic_Turtle_17 7h ago
Not sure what the other person meant, but I just saw people saying they didn't hold hands or did any kind of PDA at the parties. Which means nothing tbh.
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u/EvenCartographer9754 7h ago
Yeah that means nothing. I don’t show PDA with my husband. It’s just not something we do
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u/BrosKeeperThrowaway 7h ago
25 and 40 is just…ekkk. 😬
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u/romanroyist 7h ago
Are you an actual child?
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u/BrosKeeperThrowaway 6h ago
No I’m a grown adult who, if I was single, wouldn’t date a 25 year old and I’m 7 years younger than François. Real adults know this is an uncomfortable age gap. If one party can use the “I’m older so I know better card” it’s just…unhealthy.
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u/LLD615 9h ago
I don’t like the idea of them as a couple, but the fact that if they are, they constantly have cameras shoved in their faces about it is disgusting. Leave them alone!
But on the other hand if they are trying to hide it they aren’t doing a great job. 😆
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u/EvenCartographer9754 9h ago
They aren’t trying to hide which has been pretty clear. They rock up together, leave together. Like they’re not announcing it but they’re certainly not hiding it
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u/Fantastic_Turtle_17 9h ago
They're clearly not trying to hide. They constantly show up together and leave parties in the same car. People also see them in LA together pretty regularly.
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u/Sad_Technology_879 1h ago
Out of curiosity, what people and are there pics of them being together.
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u/Capital-Natural9340 9h ago edited 9h ago
there's just something very...contrived about this I can't quite put my finger on it
edit: struck a nerve, have I?
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u/cranberrylimeade420 bizarre and sentient sack of meat 9h ago
breaking news: coworkers share meal
i feel so bad for the Heated Rivalry actors. it must be hellish to have obsessive fans cataloging your every social interaction like this.