Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams wereseen holding hands, sitting on each other's laps and leaving together from a Met Gala afterparty in New York in the early hours of Tuesday morning, prompting fresh speculation over whether theHeated Rivalryco-stars are dating. Both men, who attended the Met Gala on Monday for the first time, went on to a GQ-hosted event before continuing their night across Manhattan, according to multiple reports and eyewitness accounts.

The actors' appearance at fashion's biggest night was widely expected after the breakout success ofHeated Rivalry. Williams arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a custom Balenciaga look, while Storrie chose a sharply cut Yves Saint Laurent ensemble that left little doubt as to why his torso has become social media shorthand for 'gym goals.' Until this week, their off-screen relationship had largely been framed as easy chemistry between two suddenly very famous colleagues.

After the pair appeared inseparable at the GQ Met Gala afterparty, an invite-only affair attended by Chase Infiniti, Damson Idris, Blackpink's Lisa and Paul Anthony Kelly. One source quoted by Page Six said bluntly that 'the duo's bromance was impossible to miss,' a choice of word that sounds almost quaint once you hear what followed.

According to a second source, the night shifted gears when Williams wanted a cigarette. Rather than stepping outside into a scrum of cameras and party guests, organisers reportedly unlocked the building's top-floor terrace so he could smoke with a small, curated group. Olympian Alysa Liu was among those present.

'Hudson wanted to continue the night and wants to have a cigarette and talk about plans, but he didn't want to be outside because there were hundreds of people and a photo pit,' the insider said. 'They unlocked [the] top of the building and a small group went up and then [Williams] texted Connor Storrie.'

From there, the mood apparently softened. One person present described it as feeling like 'hanging around the bonfire in high school,' with Storrie and Williams glued to each other for most of the night. They were seen weaving through the room hand-in-hand and, at one point, sitting on each other's laps, laughing as if they were the only two people in the venue.

There is, of course, a long history of actors turning up affectionate for cameras and backstage witnesses before insisting it is all platonic. Nothing in the sources confirms they are in a romantic relationship, and neither Storrie nor Williams has publicly addressed the rumours. For now, any talk of dating is just that: speculation.

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What is not in dispute is that Storrie and Williams were among the last to leave the GQ event. One source put their exit time at around 3:30 a.m., saying that 'Williams and Storrie were among the very last to leave,' long after most guests had slipped away into waiting SUVs.

Rather than calling it a night, the pair headed on to Baz Luhrmann's bar Monsieur, a late-night haunt in the city. They arrived in the early hours of Tuesday morning, closer to dawn than last orders. By this point, whatever line separated a professional celebration from a hedonistic bender was looking fairly faint.

Source: International Business Times UK