The handsomer, who is 24, told Andy Cohen on upcoming episode of SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, airing tomorrow (Jan. 8). “It’s definitely the people who reach out, somewhat anonymously, who are like, ‘I’m still a professional player still and I’m still in the closet,’” Williams said in clip released ahead of the episode.

Williams says he’s heard from closeted hockey, football and basketball players when Cohen followed up. ”They’re reaching out to Rachel Reid, our author, who will then relay these lovely anonymous emails. Sometimes they’re just reaching out privately, through like Instagram,” he said.

“Those ones are the ones that really just hit you and go, ‘Oh, so this is a fun show and it’s celebratory, but also sometimes it’s just hitting people right in the nerves,’” he continued.

Williams also touched on commentary that the show is helping dismantle toxic masculinity, sharing his frustrations with some of the assumptions people can make. “What’s always been something that’s frustrated me, not even with like other men, but also just there’s a lot of taboos around exploring physical intimacy with people you admire and love without people, especially in western culture, being like, ‘Oh, they’re fucking, they’re doing this,’” he said.

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Williams made his debutb tonight (Jan. 7) on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.