The 'Heated Rivalry' stars posed for photos during their first time up the Met steps
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NEED TO KNOW
- Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams made their Met Gala debut with skin-baring looks
- The pair rose to fame after starring in the steamy Crave series Heated Rivalry, where they play rival hockey stars
- This year’s Met Gala dress code is “Fashion Is Art”
The Met steps just got a whole lot hotter.
Heated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 4 for their Met Gala debuts. They showed up in style with looks befitting this year's dress code, "Fashion Is Art."
Storrie, 26, wore a custom Saint Laurent look that showed off his now-famed physique. After hitting the steps, he removed his suit jacket to reveal an arm-baring polka-dotted blouse with an extra-long tail with high-rise black trousers. Storrie paired the look with an Omega gold watch and a silver brooch.
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Meanwhile Williams, 25, channeled his inner Spanish matador as he walked down the carpet in a custom Balenciaga baby blue suit with black crystal embroidery and tassels. He paired the suit with a simple accessory — his abs.
As a nod to cinema and the Gala's theme, Williams wore a Black Swan-inspired blue and red smokey eye look with winged eyeliner.
"We love that movie and we wanted to reference cinema," he said while speaking to La La Anthony during Vogue's livestream. "We wanted to do the white swan becoming the black swan."
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This year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Costume Institute will debut the spring 2026 exhibition "Costume Art," which pairs with this year's Met Gala theme, "Fashion Is Art." The upcoming "Costume Art" exhibit, curated by Andrew Bolton, explores the dynamic between clothing and the body beneath, with the show organized into a series of thematic body types, ranging from the naked body to the pregnant body and the aging body.
Catch all the minute-by-minute fashion updates from the 2026 Met Gala red carpet right here!
Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour are co-chairing this year's gala, Vogue confirmed in December.
Despite this being Storrie and Williams' first Met Gala, the two have been showing off their fashion sense since shooting to stardom as part of the Crave TV series based on the Heated Rivalry books by Rachel Reid. In January, they both attended their first Golden Globes ceremony.
Williams wore a white peak-lapel dinner jacket trimmed in grosgrain, paired with a white silk evening shirt, black evening trousers and a white grosgrain cummerbund, all by Giorgio Armani. He added a Bulgari necklace for some shine and Christian Louboutin shoes.
Storrie went with a complementary Saint Laurent look in black and white, also. He wore a black tux with a white button-down and black silk tie. He accessorized with Tiffany & Co. jewels and black sunglasses. He also wore his famous curls in a more relaxed retro style.
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The pair presented the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Television award together to Adolescence star Erin Doherty. After a security check of the perimeter by some UFC fighters, Williams and Storrie entered the stage side-by-side and joked about their rapid rise in fame.
"It’s a little nerve-racking here being here at our first Golden Globes," said Storrie.
In response, Williams encouraged his costar to "just take a deep breath and picture everyone in the audience, you know. . . ."
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