SNL’s Connor Storrie Monologue Pokes Fun At Donald Trump’s Misogynistic Joke

Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams became huge stars following their hit show about two closeted hockey players, Heated Rivalry.

SNL’s Connor Storrie Monologue Pokes Fun At Donald Trump’s Misogynistic Joke

Connor Storrie (Image via Everett Collection, Screengrab via NBC)

In Short
  • Connor Storrie made his SNL debut with a monologue that humorously addressed Donald Trump's misogynistic joke.
  • The episode featured a surprise cameo from co-star Hudson Williams and included musical guests Mumford & Sons.
  • Storrie's monologue highlighted the achievements of women's hockey while poking fun at the men's team's historical context.

The Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie made his Saturday Night Live debut with a monologue with the Hughes brothers, Hillary Knight, and Megan Keller. The 26-year-old, welcomed with a roaring applause, also included a surprise from his co-star Hudson Williams.

Williams’ cameo came pretty early in the episode, with the 25-year-old coming on during a sketch played out at the 30 Rink. His appearance was speculated all throughout the past week since Storrie was announced to appear in an episode of the show. The pair later came together to introduce the musical guests of the episode, Mumford & Sons.

In the highlight monologue, Storrie started with a joke, introducing himself as someone they might have seen on the show Heated Rivalry. He explained that it was “a show that’s taught a lot of people about hockey, and it’s taught a lot of straight women that their sexuality is actually gay men.”

He then brought out Jack and Quinn Hughes, who were part of the gold-medal winning men’s hockey team, who then admitted that they hadn’t watched the show yet. The younger brother of the two even highlighted his chipped tooth and asked Storrie whether that happens in the show. Storrie, quick on his feet, quipped a double-entendre, “Metaphorically.”

Soon enough, Keller and Knight joined the three, coming on with a thunderous applause that kept roaring for seconds. The girls told Storrie that they had indeed watched the show. Knight then said, “It was going to be just us, but we thought we’d invite the guys too,” poking at Donald Trump’s controversial and misogynistic joke. In the call made to the men’s team after their gold-medal win, the disputed president framed inviting the women’s team as a compliance issue, that is avoid an impeachment.

Keller added that “we thought we’d give them a little moment to shine.” Later, when Storrie said that these two teams had won gold at the same time, Quinn reminded him that the men had done that 46 years ago. Knight quickly scooped up another quip, pointing out that she and the women did that just two Olympics ago.

Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams have become instantaneous stars after their show aired four months ago. The Heated Rivalry revolves around the ten-year-long relationship between two men, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, who play for rival hockey teams. The steamy romance touched upon several aspects, including the stigma of homosexual men in the professional sporting sphere.

The show, initially introduced by Canada’s Crave, has been released in over a dozen countries. Based off the Game Changer series by Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry will return for a second season next year in April.

The NHL, as predicted don’t see any spike in viewership following the Olympics

The National Hockey League (NHL), as predicted, didn’t see much of a spike in viewership following the Winter Olympics. The game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning saw a dip in viewership, with only 428,000 eyes for the broadcast on TNT.

Nikita Kucherov (Image via @TBLightning on X)
Nikita Kucherov (Image via @TBLightning on X)

The Boston Bruins and the Florida Panthers game, ahead of the Olympic break, recorded 614,000 viewers. After the 4 Nations Face-off earlier this year, which saw similarly high viewership in the States, didn’t translate into viewership for the NHL. The structure of the Olympics also doesn’t help the NHL, as they can’t utilise the feeds or reels of their players in the tournament for their commercial marketing purposes.

On the other hand, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) had a spike in in-game attendance. The Seattle Torrent broke the all-time US record for highest attendance for a women’s professional game with 17,335 fans filling out the Climate Pledge Arena to watch the Toronto Sceptres. They surpassed the previous record set by the Montreal Victoire, who faced the New York Siren in January, watched by 17,228 fans at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

The Sceptres ended up defeating the Torrent 5-2 yesterday. Overall, there was a 17 percent increase through the first 61 games for the league’s third season.

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