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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I tried to fly a cheap plastic kite at the nude beach today. It was...an experience. #moshupbeach #marthasvineyard #massachusetts #gayheadpoint

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I just spoke with Sen. Mitch McConnell over the phone for 20 minutes. He's getting along great in the hospital. All the nurses there love him. One of the hospital staff even bestowed upon Mitch the Genovian Royal Order of the Rose.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Moshup Beach at Gay Head Point on Martha's Vineyard always has so much sights to be seen.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

#Eurovision hosts be like: "Since everything WAS going smoothly, the viewers want us to play a brilliant game mentioning songs titles!" "No, not playing with you. I'm not your Fairytale." "Nice. This will be my personal Hard Rock Hallelujah." "You should Diggiloo Diggiley." "Believe!" "Satellite."

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Many people have asked what "Bangaranga" means, and the word is a Jamaican Patois slang term for "Thank fuq that other country won't be hosting" #Eurovision #Bulgaria

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

#DanielZizka 's delegation during the #Eurovion recap making fun of #Czechia 's technical glitch is funnier than every joke #Austria 's hosts have told this year.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

#Czechia #DanielZizka You deserve better than that broken camera shot. Please perform again after the last song so we can see the gorgeous mirrored effect for real. #Eurovision #Českátelevize #Crossroads

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Someone please tell Australia's Delta Goodrem that the year of the circles was left back in 2024. #Eurovision

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Romania has made my lungs explode. The controversial song Choke Me was not on my radar as the Eurovision song to make me the most emotional, but, Alexandra Căpitănescu, you have broken me. 🇷🇴 FANTASTIC JOB #Eurovision #ESC

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It was revealed today the previously-undisclosed identity of a head foley technician for Heated Rivalry's intimate scenes. It was an amateur sound effects artist named Glen, who must love popsicles. Not much public information about Glen other than he's a pastor in a town of 5000 in Ontario.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Watching Sweden's #Melfest 2026, and I know my winner: Bara Bada Bastu. A second time. Nu kor vi, KAJ. #Melodifestivalen #SVT #Eurovison

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Okay, why am I actually psyched for this guy Lilla Al-Fadji winning first place in Sweden's #Melfest ? I'm not usually a fan of ridiculous humor songs, and I've never heard of him before, but this catchy Delulu tune is WILD. #Melodifestivalen #LillaAlFadji #SVT #Eurovision

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Watching Sweden's #Melfest on #SVT, why did I lowkey love Lilla Al-Fadji's song "Delulu" way more than I thought it would? It's smile-ly, it's emotional-ly, it's party. #Melodifestivalen #LillaAlFadji

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

If Hudson Mildred Williams does not pop his boring head into the fictional living room as the fictional next-door neighbor to interupt Connor Storrie & his fictional wine-mom friends at a fictional baby shower at #SNL on the 28th, I will riot. #NBC #HeatedRivalry #HudsonWilliams #ConnorStorrie

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Your favorite Heated Rivalry quote but it's an acronym Let's see if we can figure them out. I'll go first: HDSD? BA. SASAWBOP. #HeatedRivalry

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The difference between Hollywood and Heated Rivalry is that most movies will give you trauma and Jacob Tierney will heal it. #HeatedRivalry @hrnews.bsky.social

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

#Glitter by #Arwin is the best #Melodifestivalen 2026 entry — big upgrade from 2025's boring This Dream Of Mine. I wish Arwin's stage persona would take the performance seriously. Where's the emotion, the inner struggle, acharacter arc? Arwin acts pompous the ENTIRE time, hard to empathize with.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Well, was the A*Teens' catchy new song on Sweden's national final #Melodifestivalen the most creative ever? No. Was it brilliant? No. BUT IT WAS ICONIC. @svtnyheter.bsky.social #ATeens

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Is it weird to think Copacabana Boy by Junior Lerin is actually super catchy? That song was surprisingly good. #Melodifestivalen @melodifestivalen.se @svtnyheter.bsky.social

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The characterization in Heated Rivalry is brilliant because it never gives Shane autism. Shane just has it. And that's the difference. #HeatedRivalry

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

"Cinema should be seen in a cinema." I nod in agreement to Stellan Skarsgård's speech as I watch the Golden Globes on my phone in a Taco Bell.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I used to love how the hockey players on Letterkenny made up hilarious phrases, blurting out lingo too ridiculous to be real. Now Heated Rivalry has me listening to the Empty Netters hockey podcast claiming "Scoring dual hattys floor cheese is so swaggy." Maybe Letterkenny was pretty grounded.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

In Shane's defense, 2009 closeted me had no clue what "come" meant either. #heatedrivalry #hollanov

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

"I could marry Svetlana." "I could gift you a New Yorker subscription."

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

If the dictionaries had been patient until December 31st, they would know the true word of the year is "Cottage" #HeatedRivalry

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Petition to get Hudson and Connor to joint-host an episode of Saturday Night Live. Like ASAP. Their energy would kill it on SNL. #ConnorStorrie #HudsonWilliams #SaturdayNightLive #SNL #JacobTierney #NBC

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

WAIT, STOP, REWIND: Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney...was also Pastor Glen from Letterkenny, this whole time??? WHAT??? How did I not realized this?

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

And France wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the 77th time in like 5 years.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Now #Spain, #Ireland, #TheNetherlands, & #Slovenia are boycotting the #EurovionSongContest 2026 over today's vote in Geneva of the European Broadcast Union to let a genocidal, cheating nation continue competing. #Eurovision #ESC #EBU #Israel #RTE #RTVE #RTVSLO #AVROTROS #KAN #Austria

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

EBU, PLEASE do the right thing: get genocidal, cheating #Israel out of the contest next year. If the Israeli government tones down its war crimes, maybe they come back in 2027 no problem - but give them at least a 1-year break. #Eurovision #ESC #EBU #EuropeanBroadcastUnion

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Why does everyone fucking hate me? All I do is try to live life and not be rude and not get in people's way - but it's like every friend I've had doesn't truly care I exist, and everyone else I meet day-to-day doesn't realize if they don't become my friend I won't have friends.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

GENIE: "Now that you have your new car and a new boat, what's your third and final wish?" ME: "I wish to go back in time and watch the Rim Tim Tagi Dim music video for the very first time again." #BabyLasagna #Eurovision #Croatia youtu.be/xTBrVNZtnys?...

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Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim | Croatia 🇭🇷 | Official Music Video | Eurovision 2024

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Growing up is dumb because what do you mean I just pulled my shoulder muscle trying to squeeze my hand-sanitizer into the too-tight pocket of my jeans that may be the largest size I've ever owned but are still too tight?

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Remember: A man who is good to his date but rude to the waiter is not a good man. No politician may be *perfect*, but you deserve leaders who don't lie and lie and lie straight at your faces. #NoKings #NoTyrants #American

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Breaking #Melfest news: With over 8.29 million views, #BaraBadaBastu by #KAJ has just steamed past #Frans 's 2016 #IfIWereSorry to become the 4th-watched video of all time on #Melodifestivalen 's Youtube channel, after only 7 months. #Eurovision #SVT #Sweden #ESC #sauna

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

There is a special reservation in the Lake Of Fire for architects who build a Dunkin with two separate, single-occupant restrooms, then gleefully slap "men" and "women" signs on them.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

This is apparently what gays have to look forward to once they've been alive for 37 years. I'm 37. 37. #Grindr

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I swear, every old man only goes into the gym locker room to take off all their clothes and hang out naked, and every young man ever only goes into the locker room to put even more clothes on.

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Let me just say: I gave my votes to underdogs #Lithuania, #Latvia, #Luxembourg, and #Denmark. So those 4 entries definitely made it through to the Grand Final because of me. You're welcome. #Eurovision #ESC (I am so sorry, #Australia)

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I can't breathe. I have been waiting a year for this show #Eurovision

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

BREAKING #ESC NEWS: As of today, Thursday April 24th, #BaraBadaBastu by #KAJ now passes #Tattoo by #Loreen from 2023 to become #Melodifestivalen's 5th-most-viewed #Youtube video of all time. #Eurovision #Melfest #Sweden #sauna

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Michael Dean Gray @michaeldeangray.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I have a finished but unpublished YA contemporary Christian suspense novel (manuscript is 91000 words) looking for a good literary agent for representation. Just putting that out there. #MSWL #authors #literaryagent

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