Hudson Williams, who shot to fame on the steamy gay ice hockey series Heated Rivalry, has confirmed his romance with his longtime girlfriend.

Based on the Game Changers books by Rachel Reid, the show followed a secret affair between two sportsmen who play for different teams.

Williams, 25, played Shane Hollander, the captain of the Montreal Metros, opposite Connor Storrie, 25, as Ilya Rozanov, captain of the Boston Raiders.

The sizzling chemistry and frequent sex scenes between the two leads left fans in a frenzy, with public scrutiny zeroing in on the love lives of the actors.

Although Williams has staunchly kept his personal life private, he posted a collage of images of his girlfriend to his Insta Stories to wish her a happy Valentine’s Day.

He refrained from revealing her name or when they got together, but established that they enjoy a longstanding relationship, writing that she has been ‘With me since my 2000 gold Mazda protege smoked and squealed and I had no job.’

Hudson Williams, who shot to fame on the steamy gay ice hockey series Heated Rivalry, has confirmed his romance with his longtime girlfriend

Based on the Game Changers books by Rachel Reid, the show followed a secret affair between two sportsmen who play for different teams, played by Williams and Connor Storrie

In a heartwarming touch, he slipped in a photo of his girlfriend seated in a restaurant beside Storrie, who had a heart drawn around his face.

Other pictures showed Williams and his girlfriend cuddling up to one another for the camera, and he also included a screen-grab of one of their video calls.

The girlfriend previously made an appearance in an Instagram album Williams posted January 31, documenting a trip they took to Italy.

Storrie made an appearance in that album too, in a sweet video that showed him sharing an ice cream sundae with Williams’ girlfriend in a restaurant.

Williams has generally remained tight-lipped about his personal life, which has been the subject of fevered speculation since Heated Rivalry made him a sex symbol. 

In December a rumor surfaced that Williams was clandestinely dating a female tattoo artist who had given him and Storrie their matching ink of the phrase: ‘Sex Sells,’ in a viral clip of the Deux U podcast from the gossip page DeuxMoi.

The video – in which the acting on Heated Rivalry was also sharply criticized – came for a deluge of backlash and was ultimately deleted, but not before Williams commented: ‘You know what, I’ve grown quite unfond of you deuxmoi.’

Meanwhile Storrie recently found himself trailed by dating rumors with his bisexual Heated Rivalry co-star Francois Arnaud, a French Canadian actor who plays Scott Hunter, captain of yet another hockey team, the New York Admirals.

Williams (left) played Shane Hollander, the captain of the Montreal Metros, opposite Connor Storrie (right) as Ilya Rozanov, captain of the Boston Raiders

The girlfriend previously made an appearance in an Instagram album Williams posted January 31, documenting a trip they took to Italy

Storrie made an appearance in that album too, in a sweet video that showed him sharing an ice cream sundae with Williams’ girlfriend in a restaurant

However the Daily Mail exclusively reported last month that Arnaud was glimpsed getting handsy at a Golden Globes afterparty with another Heated Rivalry actor called Robbie G.K., who features as barista Kip Grady.

Williams and Storrie have both maintained that their close bond is strictly platonic, in spite of the enthusiasm of online fans hoping for them to become an item.

‘Hudson is my best friend, and I literally can’t fathom doing this without him,’ Storrie explained as the popularity of the show exploded, via W magazine.

‘We were both in similar places in life before this. We quit our jobs within a day of each other. We booked this and flew out the same day. Now it’s turning into two people who are being seen internationally for the first time. This has been the highlight of my life, and meeting Hudson makes that 10 times sweeter.’

Williams meanwhile said: ‘I want queer people telling queer stories, but also, there’s the element of Connor and I – we’re best friends, and we love expressing that physically,’ in an interview with Deadline.

‘You see people who infer or assume, and you kind of have to let that go. But then again, I never wanna stop expressing the love I have for Connor physically, and I’m never really going to, and I think multiple things can be true at once.’