Canada’s Drag Race winner Aurora Matrix opens up about dating Heated Rivalry star
Canada’s Drag Race Aurora Matrix and Heated Rivalry’s Matthew Finlan. (Ryan Emberley/Harold Feng/Getty)
Canada’s Drag Race star Aurora Matrix has revealed details on their “fairytale” love with Heated Rivalry actor Matthew Finlan.
Twenty-six-year-old Matrix, the stage name of Anton Ling, competed on the fourth season of Canada’s Drag Race and won the first season of Canada’s Drag Race All Stars.
Matrix uses the pronouns she/they in drag and they/them out of drag. They are non-binary and queer.
Speaking to NowToronto, Matrix shared that dating someone outside of the drag community was a challenge.
“You’re dating me out of Drag, and then you’re dating Aurora Matrix,” they explained.
Matrix shared they’d been dating Finlan, who plays the bartender Kyle Swift in the popular hockey series, “for a little bit now”. They add it’s “truly the best thing in the world”.
“He understands my world and the arts, but he’s not necessarily involved in the drag. It’s a great balance. I feel like it’s kind of the best thing and what I’ve been wanting my whole life,” they added.
‘We’ve been together, and it’s been a fairytale’
Matrix jokingly claimed they were “non-committal” after appearing on Canada’s Drag Race. However, when filming All Stars they realised they missed Finlan.
“Before I left, I literally told him, ‘You’re not a priority. I have to focus on Drag Race. I can’t be giving you my attention right now.’”
Matrix explained: “I was gone for a little bit, and I was like, ‘wait, I kind of miss him a lot. This might be a serious thing for me.’”
Their relationship was on and off for two years, but when arriving back in Toronto, Matrix shared their feelings with Finlan, and the pair have been blossoming since.
“Since then, we’ve been together, and it’s been a fairytale,” Matrix said.
However, they do have some stipulations for their partner. “I need someone who is just as obsessed with me as I am obsessed with them,” Matrix noted.
“I feel like it’s part of the whole dating scene. You go through all of that before you find what works for you, and find what you’ve been missing,” they said.
“So have I ghosted a little in the past? Yes, but that’s my way of finding my prize at the end,” Matrix shared.
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