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François Arnaud is responding to the web harassment he’s endured amid rumors he’s courting his “Heated Rivalry” co-star Connor Storrie.
“Usually, followers have been extremely constructive and respectful,” the actor, 40, told the Toronto Star in an interview printed Saturday.
“For those that aren’t, I feel it’s a number of youthful followers who don’t actually perceive the distinction between actuality and fiction,” he mentioned of the harassment, which is alleged to have included death threats.
“I actually want they might simply rewatch the present, as a result of it doesn’t appear to be they obtained its message,” he added. “Listen extra intently. Did we watch the identical present?”
Arnaud, who performs Scott Hunter within the hit Crave/HBO Max sequence, encountered the harassment after being snapped jetting out of JFK airport with Storrie, 25, on Wednesday following their press week within the Massive Apple.
The looks sparked courting rumors between the pair, and a few followers assume Storrie ought to as a substitute be concerned with Hudson Williams, 24 — Storrie and Williams play onscreen rivals and secret lovers Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, respectively, within the present.
“They should depart this mild king alone,” one particular person on X remarked as the web drama escalated.
In the meantime, Arnaud unfollowed “Heated Rivalry” cast and crew members, together with co-stars Williams, Robbie G.Ok. and Storrie — and sequence creator Jacob Tierney — in a social media purge over the previous week.
Per Simply Jared, he trimmed his “following” checklist from over 1,000 to 213 — however then added them back, Web page Six confirmed on Friday, together with a composite photo of himself and Williams flipping the center finger.
Arnaud addressed the mass unfollowing in his interview with the information outlet, as effectively.
“What’s taking place is that I’m unfollowing everybody, and Instagram received’t let me do this all of sudden,” he informed the Toronto Star.
“You possibly can solely unfollow a certain quantity of individuals over 24 hours, which I didn’t know on the time,” he added.
Arnaud additionally claimed his center finger selfie had little to do with the web harassment he’s skilled.
“It’s fully unrelated to that,” he mentioned.
“I imply, ‘fully’ perhaps can be a lie, however principally unrelated to that. I’ve performed these ‘spot the variations’ posts for a very long time, and I simply thought it was good to do one thing with Hudson, and that’s it.”
The Los Angeles-based actor confessed that the harassment has him contemplating transferring.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, perhaps somewhat bungalow with avenue entry, not on a gated property, shouldn’t be the perfect factor,’” he mentioned “So yeah, I’m transferring right into a constructing with a doorman.”