{"id":328687,"date":"2026-05-03T22:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=328687"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:28:38","slug":"connor-storrie-introduces-olivia-rodrigos-latest-song-on-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/connor-storrie-introduces-olivia-rodrigos-latest-song-on-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor Storrie Introduces Olivia Rodrigo&#8217;s Latest Song on \u2018SNL&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/heated-rivalry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_heated-rivalry_1\" data-tag=\"heated-rivalry\">Heated Rivalry<\/em> star Connor Storrie <\/a>stopped by <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> to introduce host Olivia Rodrigo before she performed a brand new, unreleased song from her forthcoming album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe 26-year-old, clad in a denim-on-denim ensemble, was met with cheers from the audience as he introduced Rodrigo\u2019s latest track \u201cBegged\u201d through the May 2 episode of the sketch comedy show. The \u201cDrop Dead\u201d singer served because the host and musical guest for the episode; Storrie made his own <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/snl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_snl_1\" data-tag=\"snl\">SNL<\/em> hosting debut<\/a> earlier this yr, helming the Feb. 28 episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRodrigo sat upon a swing as she sang the mint track, which can be featured on her\u00a0third studio album,\u00a0<em>You seem pretty sad for a lady so in love<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cAll that I need is to know undoubtedly that you just just have eyes for me,\u201d the sang on the very top of the track. \u201cAll that I need is to take a seat here silently and watch movies on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEarlier within the night, the three-time Grammy Award winner performed her latest song \u201cDrop Dead,\u201d and was similarly introduced by a glittery special guest in Debbie Harry. Each tracks hail from her upcoming record that may drop June 12. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile Storrie didn&#8217;t appear in any of Rodrigo\u2019s sketches on Saturday night, the 2 each notably made their debuts as <em>SNL<\/em> hosts on season 51.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFor his own hosting gig, Storrie brought out his <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> co-star Hudson Williams for a sketch and to assist him introduce that week\u2019s musical guest Mumford &#038; Sons. The web had been speculating throughout the week if the 25-year-old Canadian actor would join his onscreen beau for a guest appearance. The pair have repeatedly spoken about how close the experience of constructing\u00a0<em>Heated Rivalry<\/em>\u00a0has made them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tStorrie\u2019s appearance is more likely to send fans of his into excitement for greater than just the glimpse on television. There\u2019s been no shortage of chatter online about whether Storrie or Williams could be making an appearance on the MET Gala, set to happen Monday night. During the last several months, Storrie has landed several coveted luxury brand ambassadorship gigs including Saint Laurent and Tiffany &#038; Co. The actor and his stylist, James Yardley, recently graced the quilt of <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2019s Power Stylist issue for his or her work together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe actor\u2019s <em>SNL<\/em> debut got here just months after his breakout role within the queer hockey drama, <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em>. Hailing from Canadian streamer Crave and airing on HBO Max within the U.S., the series centers on a fictional hockey universe based on popular romance books by Rachel Reid. <em>Letterkenny <\/em>alum Jacob Tierney created, wrote and directed the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> focuses on two rival skilled players \u2014 Canada-born Shane Hollander (Williams) of the fictional Montreal Metros and Russia-born Ilya Rozanov (Storrie) of the fictional Boston Raiders \u2014 as they navigate a near-decade-long situationship-turned-relationship. The show has made certified stars out of each Storrie and Williams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWithin the months because the show\u2019s premiere, the pair have presented on the Golden Globes, served as torchbearers within the 2026 Olympic Torch Relay and every booked post-Heated Rivalry roles. <em>THR<\/em> previously reported that Storrie was in talks to affix the ensemble solid of Molly Gordon and <em>SNL<\/em> author Allie Levitan\u2019s A24 comedy <em>Peaked<\/em>, which appears to have only recently wrapped filming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCrave renewed <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> for a second season early into the show\u2019s first season run. HBO Max has confirmed it should proceed to air the series. The show is slated to shoot the second season this summer \u2014 Tierney said it might shoot in August on a recent TV appearance. It\u2019s aiming for a spring 2027 release, Bell Media and Crave told <em>THR<\/em> in an announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tReid announced earlier this yr that she\u2019ll be publishing her seventh book within the <em>Game Changers<\/em> series, which <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> and its sequel <em>The Long Game<\/em> belong to. The book, <em>Unrivaled<\/em>, can be the subsequent chapter in Shane and Ilya\u2019s story. She announced earlier this week that she\u2019d be pushing the book to a 2027 release date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie stopped by Saturday Night Live to introduce host Olivia Rodrigo before she performed a brand new, unreleased song from her forthcoming album. The 26-year-old, clad in a denim-on-denim ensemble, was met with cheers from the audience as he introduced Rodrigo\u2019s latest track \u201cBegged\u201d through the May 2 episode of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20669],"tags":[15180,1338,8547,51304,7906,1884,45165],"class_list":["post-328687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","tag-connor","tag-introduces","tag-olivia","tag-rodrigos","tag-snl","tag-song","tag-storrie"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328690,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328687\/revisions\/328690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}