Francois Arnaud has purged his following list on Instagram and he has seemingly unfollowed everyone involved with Heated Rivalry.

The 40-year-old actor, who plays gay hockey player Scott Hunter, was following more than 1,100 accounts on Instagram at the beginning of the week. As of January 15, he is only following 213 accounts.

Among those he has unfollowed include co-stars Connor Storrie, Hudson Williams, and Robbie G.K., and series creator Jacob Tierney.

So, what happened?

Keep reading to find out more…

Fans are coming to the conclusion that nasty comments and online harassment has led to Francois limiting his social media presence, including disconnecting from the Heated Rivalry community for right now.

Francois has reportedly been receiving threats from people online amid rumors about his personal life. He was just photographed out traveling at the airport with co-star Connor Storrie!

In an interview this week, Francois joked about being ready to shut his Instagram down after a shocking follow.

“Oh, Helen Hunt… who not only followed me and other guys from the show, also commented on an old post of me, an old post. And she said, ‘You’re so good in this and everything else.’ I was like, ‘Is she going through my whole filmography?’ Yeah, I had to, I’m like, ‘Oh delete Instagram now. I don’t need to see anything else.’ Shut the whole thing down. This is how it should end. This is my happy ending,” he said on SiriusXM.

Read what fans are saying below.