François Arnaud responds to online harassment amid Connor Storrie dating rumors

Pagesix reports François Arnaud is responding to online harassment he’s endured amid rumors he’s dating his "Heated Rivalry" co‑star Connor Storrie. The actor, 40, told the Toronto Star in an interview published Saturday that "in general, fans have been incredibly positive and respectful."

Arnaud said hostile comments have tended to come from "a lot of younger fans who don’t really understand the difference between reality and fiction," and the harassment is said to have included death threats. He encountered the backlash after he and Storrie were snapped jetting out of JFK following their press week in the Big Apple, an appearance that sparked dating speculation and prompted some fans to argue Storrie should instead be involved with co‑star Hudson Williams.

Arnaud unfollowed cast and crew in a social‑media purge — per Just Jared he trimmed his "following" from over 1,000 to 213 before adding them back, the outlet confirmed — and told the Toronto Star, "What’s happening is that I’m unfollowing everyone, and Instagram won’t let me do that all at once." He said a middle‑finger composite with Williams was "completely" unrelated to the harassment, though "mostly unrelated to that," and that the abuse has him considering moving: "So yeah, I’m moving into a building with a doorman."

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