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Connor Storrie & Ayo Edebiri’s Golden Globes Link-Up Is Going Viral
As one viewer wrote: “obsessed with how they matched each other’s energy immediately.”
Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie and The Bear nominee Ayo Edebiri met on the 2026 Golden Globes red carpet on Jan. 11 — and did shots together, because why not?
Fast Friends
Storrie and Edebiri started chatting on the carpet early on, but their conversation was cut short when Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn cut in, apparently hoping for a photo with Storrie. A video from Entertainment Tonight shows Tohn seemingly apologizing to Edebiri (a noted Heated Rivalry stan), with The Bear star replying: “Listen, I’m aware of the moment! No, I’m good.”
Fortunately, this wouldn’t be Storrie and Edebiri’s only interaction for the night; the actors later bantered while taking shots with CBS’ Gayle King. Storrie remarked that Edebiri’s glass was a little fuller than his own. “That’s interesting. Be a gentleman,” Edebiri said, and Storrie happily obliged by drinking the heftier share. (King, for her part, opted for Martinelli’s apple juice.)
“Cheers to new friends,” Storrie toasted.
“To new friends,” Edebiri and King agreed.
King then asked what they first said to each other upon meeting. Edebiri led the way by assuming a flirty persona. “I was kind of like, Oh, yeah, well...” she said, looking Storrie up and down, which caused him to break out in laughter. He admitted to playing things a little less cool. “I think I was just trying not to look like an idiot,” he said. (Edebiri agreed she was doing the same.)
The boozy interview ended on a sweetly sincere note, with Edebiri complimenting Storrie. “I just think you’re fantastic. I have no advice. I just hope we get to...”
“That’s honestly so crazy coming from you, because I’ve looked up to you for a little while now,” Storrie said.
Fans Can’t Get Enough
Viewers at home were obsessed with Storrie and Edebiri’s instant connection. “THE FREAK WAS MATCHED IMMEDIATELY,” as one fan put it on X (formerly Twitter). Another was “obsessed with how they matched each other’s energy immediately.” “connor and ayo having the coolest energy ever, both of them saying they didn’t wanna look like idiots yapping already and praising each other i love my life,” wrote one a third.
Cheers, indeed, to awards show season for bringing these two together!
