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Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams faces new swastika backlash as second photo surfaces

'There's no f**king way bro'

Daisy Phillipson
9th June 2026, 11:32
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Following the image of Hudson Williams with a swastika drawn on his face, another similar photo has emerged sparking a new wave of backlash against the Heated Rivalry actor. 

The first photo emerged over the weekend, showing Hudson reportedly at a campout event in Canada while he was in high school. As is often a graduation rite of passage, those attending covered each other in writing and drawings with Sharpie markers.

But what caused upset among Heated Rivalry fans is that Hudson had a swastika on his forehead. Sources close to the actor told TMZ that it was a case of intoxicated teenagers doing “dumb things.”

“The markings do not and have never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character,” said another, while one insider said “deeply regrets” the incident and didn’t know it had been drawn. 

Now, another similar photo has surfaced in which Hudson is seen at what appears to be a separate event wearing a different outfit, and he’s once again covered in Sharpie scrawlings. 

The image was originally posted by social media user ‘erinplowe’ on June 22, 2019, when he was 18 years old. Alongside this, a comment reads, “Kindest person ever.”

Netizens have honed in on the symbol in the middle of his forehead, with some believing it’s another swastika. However, as others have pointed out, it could also be a cross. 

Sharing the image on X, one wrote, “He did it again at 18 YEARS OLD,” while another said, “There’s no f**king way bro… What’s frying me is that he has a completely different tshirt and sweatshirt in my original tweet so this is totally a different party.”

A third added, “OMG! How dare he!! This just further proves that the first pic was junior year and the seniors wrote that shit on his face.”

But others were quick to jump in to defend the Heated Rivalry star, with one sharing other pictures from the same event. 

“That’s very clearly a cross, as was said in the same comment you cropped. And can be seen on the other kid’s pictures,” they wrote. “But you don’t care – you just keep trying to cancel and spread hate. It’s performative outrage with no morals.”

“It’s a cross, not nazi symbol. You people are f**kin obsessed,” said another, with a third adding, “Girl now that’s a cross, it says it in the caption on another post.”

At the time of writing, Williams has not publicly addressed the resurfaced image personally. Film Shrine has contacted his representatives for comment.

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