"For the next few months, Kenworthy and the 'Flowers' singer proceeded to exchange flirty texts. 'Miley Cyrus was my own Rose, this famous person that I was suddenly linked to, and as much as I kind of wanted it-because that's the person you would want to be with if you're straight, someone successful and beautiful and talented-it's not the same as when you're with a guy,' he said."
"I honestly thought, 'All these thirsty gays! Y'all are just horny,' he said. 'Like, you could watch p*rn?' Then he kept watching. Soon, his feelings shifted. Much like Scott Hunter (François Arnaud), captain of the New York Metropolitans, the 4-time Olympian carried on a secret romance. He even had his own Rose (Sophie Nélisse), who briefly dates Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) before she figures out she's his beard."
Gus Kenworthy initially dismissed Heated Rivalry as smut but kept watching and his perspective shifted. The show's plot mirrors his experience of carrying on a secret romance while linked to a famous woman who acted as a beard. After winning a medal at the 2014 Sochi Games, reporters asked him his dream date and he blurted out Miley Cyrus, leading to months of flirty texts. Cyrus supported him when he came out in 2015 by sharing his magazine interview. Kenworthy reached out to creator Jacob Tierney and said he had never seen himself reflected onscreen in such a substantial way, calling the parallels insane. He is open to acting in Season 2.
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