{"id":156648,"date":"2026-01-14T11:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=156648"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:24:38","slug":"heated-rivalry-breaks-boundaries-russians-are-breaking-the-law-to-watch-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/heated-rivalry-breaks-boundaries-russians-are-breaking-the-law-to-watch-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d breaks boundaries: Russians are breaking the law to watch it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian TV is taking over in the LGBTQQIAAP community as<strong><em> \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d<\/em><\/strong> becomes a global phenomenon. Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams star in several steamy scenes together, sparking the curiosity of thousands, including the Russian citizens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Russian fans are currently defying the country\u2019s LGBTQQIAAP propaganda restrictions, which were labeled as<em> \u201cgay propaganda law,<\/em>&#8221; just to watch it<\/strong>. The Canadian romantic sports drama series has quickly become the biggest sensation since its release in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ADi1iextoUM\" title=\"Official Trailer | Heated Rivalry (Crave Original)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADi1iextoUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Russian journalist, Mikhail Zygar, commented on the series by explaining the <strong>extraordinary success<\/strong> in Eastern European countries, despite not being available on any Russian streaming platform. Zygar exemplified this success by showcasing the rating of 8.6, one of the highest ratings in Kinopoisk.<\/p>\n<p>The Heated Rivalry Telegram channels are providing the episodes to all the Russian fans. Although it could be<strong> risky<\/strong> depending on the trackability of a user\u2019s account, fans have found their own way to <strong>protect themselves<\/strong> through Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian TV is taking over in the LGBTQQIAAP community as \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d becomes a global phenomenon. Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams star in several steamy scenes together, sparking the curiosity of thousands, including the Russian citizens. Russian fans are currently defying the country\u2019s LGBTQQIAAP propaganda restrictions, which were labeled as \u201cgay propaganda law,&#8221; just to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":156651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,1441],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-156648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-news","9":"category-series"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156648"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=156648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}