"On Friday (16 January), the 40-year-old Canadian actor returned to the social media platform with a clear message to the "haters." He made a grid post featuring three photos of his co-star Hudson Williams flipping off a camera with both hands. In the fourth picture, Arnaud is throwing the bird, too. In all the images, their middle fingers are concealed by heart emojis."
""Learning from the very best," Arnaud wrote with a crown emoji, tagging his co-star Hudson Williams. The bisexual actor's actions followed the news that he has been subjected to hateful comments, online threats and and harassment from supposed fans of the show, as per Page Six. Yet, Arnaud has repeatedly been a champion of the show and praised his co-stars for their performances."
"Arnaud "purged" his Instagram follows in the wake of the online harassment, dropping from 1000 to just 193 accounts: and seems to have unfollowed his castmates and the show's creator as part of that mass unfollowing. His actions were met with alarm by some fans of the show. "François Arnaud has unfollowed everyone involved with Heated Rivalry on Instagram including the whole cast and creator Jacob Tierney Nasty comments and online harassment seem to have caused François to limit his online presence," one person said on X.com."
François Arnaud briefly unfollowed his Heated Rivalry co-stars and the show's creator on Instagram, reducing his follows from around 1,000 to roughly 193 accounts amid reported online harassment. He later re-followed co-stars Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie and Robbie GK, and re-followed creator Jacob Tierney. Arnaud posted a four-photo grid showing him and Williams flipping off the camera with middle fingers covered by heart emojis, captioned "Learning from the very best." The action followed reports of hateful comments, online threats and harassment directed at him. Fans expressed alarm at the initial unfollowing; Williams replied with a middle finger emoji, a heart and "love u."
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