françois did not need heated rivalry to be relevant. ppl remember him from a queer movie from 17 YRS AGO. they remember him from ONE epi of schitt's creek. he was a lead of a nbc show. hr may have shone a light on him but he didn't need it. he wanted to be on it so fuck off.
When François said that this was one of his favorite scenes, and that the line 'So I'm asking for what I want...' moved him and that we can see male vulnerability and non-toxic masculinity of holding in your feelings in this series, which is rare to see in the world we live in