Heated Rivalry’s François Arnaud flustered after Kaia Gerbers ‘tops and bottoms’ quip
Heated Rivalry’s François Arnaud presented at the Independent Spirit Awards alongside Kaia Gerber. (X/CinemaBurst/Independent Spirit Awards)
Heated Rivalry‘s François Arnaud was left flustered after Kaia Gerber made a joke about tops and bottoms at the Independent Spirit Awards.
On Sunday (15 February), the 41st Film Independent Spirt Awards took place at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Actress and mode Gerber, daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, joined Arnaud to present the Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series category.
During presenting the category, Bottoms star Gerber made a quip about “tops and bottoms” that left Arnaud flustered.
“Who better to present a non-fiction award than two people who play pretend for a living,” Arnaud began.
“Exactly,” Gerber responded, adding: “And we understand that not everything can be about tops and bottoms,” before looking to Arnaud, who awkwardly responded: “Yeah.”
The Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series award went to Pee-wee as Himself, which follows the life and career or actor and comedian Paul Reubens.
Arnaud found overnight fame at the tailend of 2025 thanks to his role in steamy queer hockey series, Heated Rivalry. In the series he plays ice hockey pro Scott Hunter, who falls in love with barista Kip Grady, played by Robbie G.K.
He is keeping his new legion of fans fed by stripping off for his next big project, in which he is starring alongside Pascale Bussières in Someone’s Daughter, a nail-biting survival thriller movie which will see the actor’s character, Paul, kidnapped and left on a remote island.
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