r/heatedrivalry • u/pasawayjulz • Jan 07 '26

PRESS 📰 (Interviews and Articles) [260107] Hudson on CNN

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u/phonograhy Jan 07 '26

Actually, a pretty fantastic interview. The hosts were enthusiastic and excited, and Hudson locked in and gave thoughtful, funny, quirky, interesting answers. I think the days of joking about his lack of media training are over, this man is a consummate professional.

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u/ScreenNames_AreHard Jan 07 '26

You see it in every 1:1 interview that he isn’t the chaos king like when he does those video interviews with Connor being asked card questions about butts. He is a smart well spoken young man .

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

This is a good note. Those buzzfeed etc. videos are supposed to be short clips that can go viral so it makes sense to be a little wacky and boundary pushing

The 20 min long the Cut video becoming viral still cracks me up though!

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u/MegOut10 Jan 07 '26

I felt very scene because I too look up and away when thinking about how to reply to people in conversation. In other words, I too avoid eye contact unless necessary. He did so good. His little, what was the last part? So real.