Heated Rivalry: A Hot, Hot TV Book Club Discourse

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Chelsea is joined by a panel of experts and enthusiasts to discuss the new show “Heated Rivalry.” They deep-dive into the tonnage of internet discourse to connect all the dots as they discuss series highlights, the philosophies behind why this love story hit so hard, the romance book data, the adaptation details, the second fantasy the show fulfills, and a few thorny questions that are difficult to answer but scintillating to discuss. Welcome to the podcast cottage!!!! Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Show Notes: The Naked Ambition of the Heated Rivalry Boys - GQ Magazine Spare Parts Podcast Interview With Jacob Tierney Empty Netters covers Heated Rivalry Delilah Green Doesn't Care Ashley Herring Blake (Julia’s Book Rec) Julia’s Book Club Candle Link The Intricacies of Intimacy Coordination on TV’s Hottest Show ‘Heated Rivalry’ (The Hollywood Reporter) How ‘Heated Rivalry’ Became the Year’s Biggest TV Surprise: ‘We’re Now Premium Smut on HBO!’ (Variety) The Rise of ‘Heated Rivalry’: What Hollywood Can Learn From Canada’s Gay Hockey Smut Phenomenon (The Wrap) The Girls Love Gay Hockey Smut, According to Heated Rivalry's Bonkers Ratings (Them) Where to find our guests: Kenize Elizabeth Instagram Brisket (Short Film) Website Julia Washington Book Club Candle Link Julia's Book Club (Patreon) Instagram Rodrick Flucas Instagram LinkedIn *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Quince - Go to quince.com/glamorous for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Thrive Causemetics - Get 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/glamorous Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.0	Welcome to Glamorous Trash.
1:01.4	This is a podcast at Book Club's viral articles,
1:04.2	celebrity memoirs, and trashy discourse to elevate your life.
1:05.6	I'm your host, Chelsea Devonches.
1:07.5	I'm a TV writer, comedian, filmmaker, author,
1:09.4	and sometimes I'm in stuff too.
1:12.5	And today, we're doing the deepest of deep dives on the hottest TV show of the holiday season slash the century. And that is the Canadian
1:19.9	TV show on Crave that was picked up on HBO, a show about two hockey players and a forbidden
1:26.8	love, you know, real enemies to lover hockey players and a forbidden love.
1:29.6	You know, real enemies to lover's situation, if you will.
1:31.5	I was going to ask you,
1:34.0	Hold on, will you come to my cottage this summer?
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