Loading summary
Transcript3 lines
- [00:00]
A
So what the new show, Heated Rivalry has taught me about 2026 is that the only acceptable man is a gay man. And that we need to discuss women's crippling porn addictions. The gays and the chicks, the ladies and their twinks. That's really what this. That's really what this episode is about. All right, so if you do not know, a show called Heated Rivalry is the series of the moment. It is about closeted gay hockey players in the NHL. It was produced in Canada for a Canadian streaming service, but then it was picked up for distribution by hbo Ma. Hbo, whatever. They are now Max. You know what I'm talking about. Hbo. And it blew up, especially in America and especially with American women. Do I find Heated Rivalry hot or am I just uncomfortable? I don't. I can't tell. I just. So it's. It's a new experience for me, and we're. We're just taking it all in. Anyway, this show is based on a series of books by an author named Rachel Reed, who has oddly, like, found her niche in writing gay hockey novels. Like, that is what she writes about. We will get to more of that a little later. Cause I actually think it is really interesting. And the other thing you guys need to know is that this is not just some surface level, happy, hunky dory, little romance gay TV show. No, it is incredibly sexual. Like, when I mean sexual, I mean full on sex happening every single episode. Incredibly graphic, and a lot of it. This is what American women are watch. The New York Times even wrote about this a couple of days ago, and they wrote, little by little, the show has entered the mainstream hockey culture. It raises questions and criticisms about the sport's failures when it comes to the inclusion of the LGBTQ community. But could the rising popularity of Heated Rivalry lead to a change in male hockey culture? It has at least opened the door for conversations to be had. Now, here's the thing. I'm not a huge hockey fan, but I watch enough hockey to know, like, I do not think this show should change hockey culture. Like, hockey, in my opinion, is the last stand. Like hockey, even though the NHL, the commissioner is woke and he's like, trying to insert political things, like, the fans and the athletes are completely rejecting that. Like, this is the last sport where men are literally, like, fighting out all of their issues. They're literally fighting on the ice. They're rejecting all of the political nonsense. This is the only sport where the players are not kneeling in end zones wearing, like, stop hate helmets. Meanwhile, they're at home beating up their baby mamas. Like, this is the last. And honestly, in my opinion, there is a far more interesting conversation to be had about the liberal women viewers of the show who are very openly and proudly getting off to gay porn and the hypocrisy with how they are now treating and objectifying male athletes. Like I said, the women are obsessed with heated rivalry. One headline reads, my girlfriend is still obsessed with a TV show about gay hockey players. The change in her is scaring me. Another one reads, straight women love gay romance. Heated rivalry fetishes and the loss of romantic stakes. Why your girlfriend is obsessed with this new gay hockey show. Down to puck wank wank. Why women are going wild for heated rivalry. So it seems like there are two groups here. There is a specific sect of gay men who are super obsessed with the show. Like my friend Amir. You guys know him? I love him. He was like, brett, you must watch this show. I turned it on and I was like, my eyes, Amir, my eyes. I can't deal with this. And then the more significant subset, the larger portion of the audience is American women. And before you ask, yes, it is not just articles being written about it. It is all over TikTok and the women are unwell. Guys told me it was a f gay show. I wanted to see our guys kissing. What the fuck? What are you mean? Women are not just turned on by this show, but they are also ugly crying because it means so much to them. Somebody commented and said, I genuinely can't even remember who I was before this show. Another woman said, no, it actually changed the trajectory of my life. Like, ladies, are we okay? Like, I know I asked that question a lot, but are like the women of America, are you okay? I know the question is no, but I feel like I just rhetorically needed to ask it anyway. And I mean, listen, it is common knowledge that women love their gay best friends. Like, hi Amir, I know you're watching, but this right here, what we are seeing on social media, it is another level and I think it's political. Just stick with me here because as I was researching, I came across something that was super interesting that I did not know. But a large majority of gay male on male romance novels are written by straight women, as was the original heated rivalry book series. One article points this out writing, the vast majority of gay romances are written by women. White women. Straight white white women. Straight white women who in there about the author sections talked about their husbands, children, cats, chickens and love of artisanal cured meats. The first time I noticed this, I flipped the book over in my hands, back and forth, looking at the ultra gay cover art and then the author's photo on the back, I couldn't reconcile the two. I may not be a gay man, this author writes, but I know appropriation when I see it. Problematic alert. Problematic. It's 2026. We have more appropriation. Let's just add it to the list. Now it is straight white married women appropriating gay culture for their own gain, for their own sexual interests. I have no idea we are going to get into that. But like, seriously, isn't that just a little bit odd? Like, Rachel Reed, who wrote Heated Rivalry in addition to a slew of other gay hockey books, is married to a man and has two children with that man. But the thing is, on her website, like, as I'm going through her FAQ and her about page, she says nothing about her husband. Not a single man in sight. She talks about her kids and the degrees that she has, but she doesn't say anything about her husband. I would have assumed that a man did not exist in her orbit, and if I did not Google her just a little bit further. But here's the thing, it gets even more interesting. Because speaking of problematic, in 2026, I did stumble across a Reddit thread of people bringing up this point and going like, isn't this, like, strange? Does this feel inauthentic? Maybe even a bit fetishy? Because she's like a straight white mom writing this? And the person wrote this is a month ago in the Heated rivalry subreddit. Does anyone think it lacks some authenticity because it wasn't written by a gay man? And he says, my mind isn't made up by any means. Just in a few of my gay group chats we've been discussing this. The show is so fun to watch, but it sort of feels like an idealized fantasy of what first gay love can be. Yeah, and also very fetishized. I'm just saying, as like a viewer, my eyes. It was a lot anyway. Now obviously that is a relevant point, but this is where it gets even funnier. Somebody replied with it's a romance, not a memoir. My understanding is that the book is written by a queer woman who is married to a bisexual man. Queer woman Rachel Green, allegedly married to a bisexual man. Got it. Like, I'm sorry, but like, this is just where my alarm bells go off. Because, like, not sharing her husband on her website and these like, ridiculous labels, all of this sounds like, to me personally, like a marketing tactic to make herself sound more interesting, maybe more more authentic to her audience of self hating liberal women and gay men. Because listen, I don't have any problem with a straight married mom writing a gay fantasy. It's kind of weird. Write whatever you want. Like, I am not in the business of policing who can tell what story. I think that's ridiculous. That's what the left does. But it does feel like she's trying to make herself seem a little bit more authentic by hiding that part of her life. Like I'm like, sue me. Sorry, that is just how I feel. Like it made me chuckle when I saw all of this take place. After all of the years of the intersectionality and the label Olympics that we have all lived through, I just don't have any patience now. Thankfully, Angel Studios makes movies and TV shows without all of this crap. And their new movie, David is a stunning animated musical that brings the story of the shepherd boy who became a king to life like never before. And before seeing that movie, you can start the story now with Young David, which is their prequel series that shows how this young hero learned courage, faith and leadership. If you guys loved Prince of Egypt or movies like the Lion King, you will love this. David is epic. It is emotional, it is full of heart. Like this is a movie that the whole family can enjoy. It's beautifully animated, musically powerful, and deeply moving. David's courage reminds us that God can use anyone, no matter how, how small, for something extraordinary. So go stream Young David today. That's the prequel. And then don't miss David in theaters right now. Join the angel guild@angel.com Brett you can become a premium member to stream Young David now and secure your two free tickets to see David in theaters. Start the journey today from the boy who believed to the king who inspired a nation. Again, that is Angel.com Brett to become a premium member. Again, that's Angel.com Brett and after a fun day at the movies, head on over to the range and try out your Silencer Shop suppressor. My friends over at Silencer Shop are bringing you the best suppressors on the market for your the one upgrade that instantly makes your guns perform quieter with more accuracy and less recoil. Now, yes, before you ask, suppressors are 100% legal in most US states and silencer Shop has completely simplified the entire process. You just pick out your suppressor, make your account, sign a couple of forms, and they handle all of the heavy lifting. You can get your suppressor in just a few days. They have helped hundreds of thousands of other shooters do it. And also one thing I want to say is that Silencer Shop is not just behind the counter. They are out there defending our second amendment rights every single day. They put action behind every single thing that they say. So if you want to support a company that supports you and me and make your shooting experience smarter, safer and seriously just like so much more fun, head on over to silencershop.com cooper to get started. Silence or shop because shooting suppressed just makes you better.
- [08:57]
B
This is the story of the One as the purchasing manager at a manufacturing plant, she knows the only thing more important than having the right safety gear is having it there when you need it. That's why she partners with Grainger for auto reordering so her team members can count on her to have cut resistant gloves on hand and each shift can run safely and efficiently. Call 1-800-GRAINGER, click grainger.com or just stop by Granger for the ones who get it done.
- [09:26]
A
Now anyway, back to the story. Everything that we're talking about today. It's feeling like a really full circle moment because it actually brings me back to the episode that we did two days ago about that British Vogue article about it being embarrassing to now have a boyfriend in 2025. That's when it was written now, 2026. And the premise of that article and other articles like it that I referenced in that episode was essentially that these authors believed it was a betrayal for a woman to date a straight man and embrace heteronormativity in this political climate. Hence why they see it as embarrassing when a straight girlfriend of theirs is posting about their boyfriend. All of that. And so my thought is that these women have decided that they are tired of those men, the straight white men of America who are leaning more conservative. And so instead they are now finding solace with these gay characters who have the ATT attractiveness and the sex appeal that they crave, but none of what they perceive as problematic misogyny. Your head hurt yet? Because mine certainly does. Because this is a lot to take in. I know that I'm probably giving you whiplash while I was researching this show and trying to figure out what I should talk about with it. Because, like, I felt like there was some angle here and I was like, there's something that's just like bugging me and is like confusing me about why women are so into it. And then it just hit because as I was researching it, I found the exact same discourse happening online. One woman. This is actually a girl who used to be at Buzzfeed years ago, she tweeted and she said, what I've learned from heated rivalry discourse is that women are effing sad. Like in a bone deep, trench foot of the heart kind of way. There is a hopelessness that has just been buried in the backyard of our minds for years and it feels like the dog just dug it up, so to speak. So women are sad, hopeless. They can't be in love with men. Men are so awful and this gay show has just revived them. It's like brought up all of these feelings of inadequacy and anger, but they're also being reborn anyway. It's just like a whole thing. Somebody else commented and said, don't stop, read the books, watch the episodes over and over. This is your mind and body trying to heal itself from our current reality. And then somebody replied and said, wait, you're right, girl. Ladies, that is the most like annoying shit comment ever. Wait, you're right. No, no, she's not. Like, this is complete irrelevant bs. You are making a cupcake out of a crumb. Another commenter under one of these tiktoks saying how prolific the show was said, I yearn for a relationship free from misogyny. Another person said, someone on here broke it down nicely. Basically, for once, women don't have to carry the mental, emotional and physical load of a relationship and can just leisurely observe drama. Ladies, what are we talking about here? This is literally a TV show. It is not real life. Like, are you sitting around watching other shows carrying the mental load of the female characters? Are we being for real here? That does not sound like a Hollywood or a man problem. That seems like a you problem. Getting a little too invested in the content that you're watching. Like, sorry, not sorry, that's just kind of how I feel. Another girl posted this TikTok and the text on it said, I just saw that video that said the reason we feel gender envy while watching Heated Rivalry is because we're witnessing an experience only men have the freedom to desire and relate to a lover without being positioned as lesser. Like, what are we talking about here? Number one. Like, who are you dating that you feel like all men are making you feel lesser? I feel like that's just you, you know, internalizing propaganda from culture. But also, if we are being real, there are gay characters in heated rivalry who are positioned as lesser, who are brushed over and get walked over in their relationships. Like, I'm sorry, that is not exclusively a man thing. That is not just some arm of the patriarchy that only Happens to women. Like, that is life sometimes that happens in relationships to women, yes, but also to men, which they showed on the show. So pardon me if I do not think that this is a real issue that women are dealing with. I think that that is something that you honestly have just made up in your head, that you always feel lesser when you are dating a man. Now, the part that I find even funnier about all of this discourse with heated Rivalry is that liberal women have built their entire modern identity and their political identity around hating men. And yet, at the end of the day, biology still wins. They are still attracted to these men because one of the main characters in heated rivalry is this, like, hyper caricature of masculinity. I would say, like, he's dominating, he's emotionally unavailable. He's definitely a little bit toxic. Like, he is everything that they claim to hate about men, about masculinity, about the patriarchy, and yet women are literally crying and drooling over him on social media. They are still attracted to it. At the end of the day, under one of those many articles musing about why women are so into this show, somebody commented this was on X and said, because men are terrible and the world is cruel to women. And yet you're sitting here still watching a show entirely about men. Like, genuinely, am I the only one seeing the irony here? You're saying all of this, and yet you're posting on TikTok relentlessly about how you are turned on by these men. And so from there, as I started reading all of those comments and watching the TikToks, I started to wonder, like, maybe that is the crux of the issue. Maybe that is actually what turns them on. The safety of the characters being gay and all of this feeling politically correct to them. Like, maybe this is just the newest social justice warrior trope and this gay romance maybe is their loophole. Like, I think this is what some would call having your cake and eating it too, except the cake is too jacked and attractive. Masculine gay gnocchi players. And you're eating it through a laptop screen while posting about hating the patriarchy and getting turned on by gay men. I feel like I'm going crazy. Am I not the only one who sees how ironic this is? Anyway, so I feel like we're just in this weird cultural paradox where it is not cool to be straight. It's not cool to have a boyfriend. It's embarrassing. People are saying, but these women still have desires. They are still attracted to men. Which, by the way, leads me to My next point of hypocrisy that I want to call out both on the right and the left, because I think this is something that we do need to talk about more. We. Myself included, and I want to include myself here, and I'm sorry if I focus too much on this, but like, we have ragged on men for years about their porn consumption. Rightfully so, I think, because it is an issue. Meanwhile, women have been just slipping right through our fingers. They're burying their heads in their spicy romance novels and binge watching rated R TV shows. I mean, that kind of content for women is an industry in and of itself, and yet it does not have the stigma that most traditional pornographic content that maybe men are watching does. I mean, there is an entire huge sub genre and community on TikTok solely dedicated to sexy pornographic smut novels. And the women who read them, like they are driving that industry. And I think that women kind of sit on their high horse and they're going, oh, well, no, it's not porn. This is literature. No, I'm sorry, your smut novel is not literature. Or they're sitting on their high horse saying, no, it's a big budget movie. It's a TV show. It's on Netflix. It's on hbo. That's not porn. I'm not watching this on pornhub. Well, my friends, I am here to tell you once and for all what you are watching these shows. It is porn. And I'll be honest, I'll raise my hand here. Like, I read that series 4th Wing as one of those, like, romantasy series. And while I do love fantasy, I've always loved fantasy novels. I like dragons. I thought the story was cool. Like, I was aghast at some of the scenes that I read. And apparently compared to other novels out there and other, like, smutty, romantic, whatever it is, apparently that series is mild. Like, some would not even consider that sexual at all. And I was sitting here, like, gripping my pearls, being like, oh, my God, I need to, like, put this away. But that is just the state of the world. And what women are reading and now, like, back to Hollywood, like, heated rivalries. It is porn, Bridgerton. Sorry. If you like it, that is porn. Fifty Shades of Gray is porn. These extremely graphic sex scenes, which take up a significant amount of time in the episodes of heated rivalry, I might add, are no different than what the men of the world might be watching. And I've seen people out there comment things like, well, it's different because it doesn't impact women the way that it impacts men. Oh, bullshit. Like, please, like, let's be real here. The women have also lost their damn minds. We complain all day long about men objectifying and sexualizing women. Thanks to Porn brain, women are doing the same thing in their own way. I mean, just look at how these women are now acting at hockey games thanks to heated rivalry. Here's another. Like, I'm just sitting here and I'm watching these tiktoks and I'm like imagining the outrage if a man did the same thing. If a man posted a TikTok and was filming two female tennis players and was like, when are you gonna kiss? Are they in like a gay relationship? Like, when are you gonna get it on? Like, the airwaves would be full of feminist screeching. They'd be going like, get out of our sports. Misogyny is impacting women's sports, whatever it is. Meanwhile, of course, those same women don't actually care if biolog are impeding upon women's sports. They don't care about that, but they would care about this. Now what is even crazier and more out of pocket is the women going so far as sexualizing the hockey players. Warm ups. Watch this girl when I break you out. And guys, these videos are literally everywhere. They are all over the place. Hockey players fighting, getting up in each other's faces, warming up, doing this up on the ground, all with like sexy getting it on music in the background. Like, I'm sorry, but again, if a man was filming any female athlete warming up, doing something with a teammate and twisting it to be sexual for their own fantasy and fetish, they would probably be banned from attending those games. They would be tarred and feathered and canceled by the Internet. But this keeps going and they are egged on by the Internet. Like now women are starting to make edits of real young men on the ice. Real hockey players trying to make them out to be gay. So what they're doing is filming different players together, adding this romantic music, being like, oh yes, their arms touched. They're star crossed lovers. They're literally just on a team together. Like, have you heard of men having friends with men? Have you heard of teammates on a sports team? The top comment was Shane and Ilya in another universe. Like, why do people genuinely like women? Why are you being so weird? Why do we have to be so weird about this? And also now even the social media players for these hockey teams are jumping in on some of the trends. Can people just calm down and leave the men alone? This has just been blown totally out of proportion. Thankfully though, based on what I am seeing, there are some women out there that still have common sense and are not happy. This is a hockey fan and this is the TikTok that she posted. The text reads, hockey isn't like the hockey in your books. These are real people. You are not the main character. You are also making it harder for women who enjoy the sport. Do not make the players feel uncomfortable with posters because women are literally coming to games being like, kiss. Do you love each other? Whatever it is. She goes on and she says, coming from someone who also reads hockey romance books, like the whole thing, it's just laughable. It's so absurd. If you wanna watch the show, watch the show and let that be. I know that Amir is obsessed with it and it means a lot to him as a gay man who has his own coming out story that makes sense. Sense. Like not here to fight that, but like these women bending over backwards trying to rationalize why they are so turned on and why they love these quote unquote problematic men while simultaneously shitting on straight men in real life. And then to make matters worse, they are taking this public as they like sexually harass and objectify male athletes who are literally just trying to get on with their days and do their jobs. That's weird when men do that to women and it's also weird when the roles are reversed. That's it. That is the line in the sand. And again, probably the most important part of this episode is that that show, it includes porn. I got through two episodes and my thumb was exhausted from going, skip ahead, skip ahead, skip ahead. I'm sorry, but higher production values are coming out of a studio like HBO or being on Netflix. It does not mean that it's not porn. It doesn't mean that it's classier or less graphic. It simply means that it is porn from a big studio with a higher production value. It is as simple as that. Maybe it has a little bit more of a story to round out the sex, but it is mostly sex and it is driven by sex. Like one of the actors from Heated Rivalry even came out with a quote quote earlier. I saw it on Pop Crave on X and he was like, yeah, I mean, we use the sex to rope you in. Like that's really the goal there. Like they are open about that. And guess what, Hollywood, you can make interesting TV and tell unique stories about flawed characters and love stories without contributing to the rotting of America's brain. So please, let's try that next time.