Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are chiming in on Heated Rivalry, Canadian streamer Crave and HBO Max’s homosexual hockey sequence that grew to become a shock breakout hit on the finish of 2025.
The beloved pair reunited on Wednesday to host their booze-fueled annual particular, New Yr’s Eve Stay, on CNN.
At one level through the particular, Cooper admitted he felt a bit of unusual about sleeping in Cohen’s mattress that The Actual Housewives franchise producer seemingly gave to him. “Simply the mattress body. I didn’t provide the mattress,” Cohen clarified. “I believed it made us nearer, like higher brothers.”
As the 2 hosts bickered (very typical of the longtime buddies), a laughing Cooper replied, “This isn’t Heated Rivalry.” He was referencing the megahit sequence that facilities on two rival hockey stars, Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) and Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams), who face an sudden problem after they develop emotions for one another, complicating their careers and the game’s expectations.
“Ohhh Heated Rivalry,” Cohen mentioned with amusing earlier than starting to ask who of them can be the present leads, Ilya and Shane. Nonetheless, he rapidly answered his personal query.
“Of the 2 of us, you’re Ilya and I’m Shane,” Cohen confidently acknowledged. However Cooper appeared a bit confused by that assumption, replying, “What?”
This wasn’t the one time Cohen introduced up the Jacob Tierney-created sequence throughout New Yr’s Eve Stay. Later within the night time, whereas chatting with Grammy winner Brandi Carlile, the Watch What Occurs Stay host requested, “Do lesbians give a rattling in regards to the Canadian hockey homosexual romance sequence, Heated Rivalry?”
“It’s all I can take into consideration. It’s all I can take into consideration. I can’t even sleep at night time with out excited about [the show],” Carlile quipped as Cooper burst out in laughter, almost falling over.
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