Amber Glenn teases ‘Heated Rivalry’ homage on Dancing With The Stars
Amber Glenn has teased that she'll honor the hit gay hockey show 'Heated Rivalry' during her Dacing With The Stars tango.
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Olympic figure skater and three-time defending U.S. national champion Amber Glenn seems to be poised to pay homage to the hit gay hockey show “Heated Rivalry” on tonight’s episode of “Dancing With The Stars.”
Glenn shared a post on Instagram featuring herself and “digital creator” Lena Lemon that has lots of people speculating that there will be some nod to the gay hockey TV show.
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out this one.
“Y’all ready for tomorrow nights tango?” Glenn asks in the caption of the post.
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The video features Glenn and Lemon in the fictitious jerseys of “Heated Rivalry” characters Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander.
Hashtags on the post from Glenn include shoutouts to the show.
The not-so-subtle nod was first noticed by the Instagram account Skating Stan:
Here’s that music video from earlier this summer, inspired by “Heated Rivalry.”
And now with an Instagram post Tuesday afternoon, Glenn has given us another insight into the nod to “Heated Rivalry,” the Harrison remix of “All The Things She Said”:
Amber Glenn loves Heated Rivalry
Glenn has been effusive about her love of the gay hockey show, saying previously she’d love to star in a women’s version of the show.
Of course, we can only imagine she also wouldn’t mind being cast in a role for Season 2. It seems that casting has been underway, but no word if Glenn got her wish fro show creator Jacob Tierney.
Season 2 of “Heated Rivalry” is currently set to air in Canada and the United States in April 2027, on Crave and HBO Max.
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Glenn is teamed up with dancer Pasha Pashkov for this season’s “Dancing With The Stars.” They survived the double elimination of week 1, and now for “Viral Hits” night it seems Glenn may have chosen the most viral of all the viral hits she could have picked from.
The award-winning reality show airs on ABC, Tuesdays at 8pmET, with the 2026 season finale airing just before Thanksgiving.
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