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The Women Leaving Their Husbands After Watching Heated Rivalry
Elle ^ | Sept 2, 2026 | Brittany Kooienga

Posted on 09/08/2026 3:34:19 PM PDT by fwdude

It was Christmas Day when Annie decided she was going to leave her husband. There had been no blowout fight, no infidelity, not even a borderline offensively thoughtless Christmas gift. But Annie had seen something she couldn’t unsee. “Episode Six: The Cottage. That was the turning point,” says Annie, a 38-year-old teacher. “I remember just sitting there thinking, This is so far from my reality.”

Nine months after it aired in the U.S., where it averaged over 10.6 million viewers per episode, the influence of Heated Rivalry has only grown, so much so that it has begun to infiltrate a new and unexpected domain: divorce court. Over the last several months, dozens of women have taken to fan forums and social media to talk about how Jacob Tierney’s gay hockey romance inspired them to leave their husbands or long-term partners.

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To: ClearCase_guy

“It’s not a lie, if you believe it.”


21 posted on 09/08/2026 3:57:15 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MeanWestTexan
Male gay couples are actually the least violent.

That depends on whether you want to sift through the definitions for a glimpse at reality. "Bi" men are essentially homos, so are "transgender women."

From the hyper-gay friendly Human Rights Campaign:

Among men, a third of bisexual men (37.3%), versus a little over a quarter (29%) of heterosexual men, had experienced IPV in their lifetime; gay men were slightly less likely than heterosexual men to experience this (reported by 26%). Transgender people experience IPV at rates even higher than their cisgender peers; an analysis of the 2015 United States Transgender Survey found that more than half (54%) of all trans and non-binary people have experienced IPV at some point in their lifetimes.

So, when you factor in the rest of the alphabet of perversion, much higher.

22 posted on 09/08/2026 4:01:39 PM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: fwdude
...a 38-year-old teacher.

I stopped reading here.

23 posted on 09/08/2026 4:02:10 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: fwdude

Bi” men are essentially homos


“Heads - I want hairpie....Tails - Balls across the nose!”


24 posted on 09/08/2026 4:02:46 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: rlmorel

OK. That takes care of any post I might make. Good job.


25 posted on 09/08/2026 4:03:23 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: fwdude

Is this what’s on TV now?

I don’t have one. Sounds icky.


26 posted on 09/08/2026 4:04:43 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: rlmorel

Exactly. “My reality” and its cousin “My truth.”


27 posted on 09/08/2026 4:08:32 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: A strike

are you ok with men that vote democrat? Or is it just the women?


28 posted on 09/08/2026 4:10:22 PM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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To: fwdude
Why were normal women watching a “gay hockey romance” in the first place?

Good question... A better one... Why would anybody watch it???

Two junior hockey players sucking each other's dong... That's a concept that only an ultra-woke lunatic could conjure up. Not sure who greenlighted this project, but they should have their head examined. As for the vast viewership for this nonsense... I'm pretty sure that's been 'conjured' up as well.

29 posted on 09/08/2026 4:11:18 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Read this book it will tell you the opposite!

Where Death Delight: Adventures in Courtroom Medicine
by Marshall Houts

The author a pioneer in forensic medicine. He will tell you that he can tell by the level of violence presented in a murder scene if it involved gay relationship jealousy. Higher the violence the more likely to be true!


30 posted on 09/08/2026 4:12:38 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

I don’t doubt male gay domestic violence particularly awful when it happens.

It’s just a more rare occurrence, in raw numbers.

Basically, we’re talking about two different things: (1) how bad it is when it happens (what you posted) vs. (2) how often it happens (what I posted).


31 posted on 09/08/2026 4:20:10 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan
“Why were normal women watching a “gay hockey romance” in the first place?”

Somewhere in the mix, I think, is the idea that since the men actually are gay, they would never approach a woman. It's a form of distancing. It parks the sex somewhere off in fantasy land, where it might feel safer.

But people who get addicted to fantasy can lose sight of reality pretty fast. There are increasing numbers of men, especially young men, who have substituted online porn for the risks and effort associated with actually trying to meet women irl, and maybe even try to build a relationship. Women can do the same thing.

32 posted on 09/08/2026 4:20:24 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: fwdude

Screw all the future cat-lady bitches. And I sincerely mean that. These vile, wicked women will destroy lives over fictional BS that they’ll be “happy”.


33 posted on 09/08/2026 4:22:06 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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To: fwdude

As a society, we need to start talking about how women have gone crazy and are destroying it.


34 posted on 09/08/2026 4:22:19 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: BenLurkin

> Why were normal women watching a “gay hockey romance” in the first place?

Speaking as a normal woman, this show has never interested me, although some of the bubbleheads I know say that I *must* give it a try.

My instinct is that I wouldn’t find a gay hockey drama very interesting. I prefer to watch actual hockey.

/Go Sharks!


35 posted on 09/08/2026 4:42:30 PM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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To: A strike

> Repeal XIX !!!

You better have your affairs settled before you take my ballot away. I’m a conservative woman and you should believe I know how to protect what’s mine with all the means that are Constitutionally available to me.


36 posted on 09/08/2026 4:50:21 PM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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To: fwdude

Don’t believe a bit of it.


37 posted on 09/08/2026 4:57:30 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: fwdude
Haha! This is hilarious. Delusional women unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality decide to divorce because of a TV show.

I noticed that none of the women seemed to evaluate their own behaviors in their relationship - it was all entirely on their husbands/significant others failing to live up to a (gay) TV ideal. Whether they themselves actually loved up to an ideal never crossed their minds.

Their husbands/significant others are better off.

38 posted on 09/08/2026 4:58:01 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: fwdude
Honestly, probably 80% of women are nuts. These obsessions with fictional
characters are mind numbing. "Fifty Shades of Gray" was another crazy
obsession. The continual navel-gazing is sick, sick, sick.

A good man, a good home, lovley children isn't enough for these bitches and hoes.

39 posted on 09/08/2026 4:58:25 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: dfwgator

Yikes....I could have lived the rest of my life quite well without that image rattling around in my head.


40 posted on 09/08/2026 5:00:11 PM PDT by xp38
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