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- Jared Padadecki sat down with ipromiseyoumedia for this 12 months’s Sexiest Man Alive concern to mirror on his time enjoying Dean Forester on Gilmore Ladies
- He and his spouse Genevieve Padalecki have proven the sequence to their 8-year-old daughter Odette
- Whereas Odette enjoys watching the present, Jared reveals that she would not wish to see scenes the place he’s kissing Alexis Bledel’s character Rory Gilmore
Jared Padalecki’s daughter is his greatest fan — most of the time.
The actor, 43, is beloved for enjoying probably the most iconic TV boyfriends: Dean Forester, Rory Gilmore’s old flame in Gilmore Ladies. He lately spoke to ipromiseyoumedia for the 2025 Sexiest Man Alive concern, and divulges how the function has impacted his skilled and private life since its premiere 25 years in the past.
“I really feel like I can not actually go wherever with out any individual splendidly developing and saying, ‘I like the present. My mother and I watch,’ or ‘I power my boyfriend to observe it,’” he says. “So it has been humorous, particularly since COVID, persons are like, ‘Oh, here is a feel-good present. Let’s stream this. We love the music, and we love the setting and the characters and the writing.’”
Whereas he has supporters all around the world, Padalecki says he additionally has a fan membership at house. His spouse, Genevieve Padalecki, typically watches the present with their 8-year-old daughter Odette, who has nearly all good issues to say about it.
“Odette loves it, aside from when Dean and Rory [played by Alexis Bledel] kiss,” he laughs. “She would not comprehend. She’s like, ‘Why is dad kissing any individual else?’ And Gen, who’s an actress as effectively, is like, ‘Properly, as a result of he is enjoying a personality and that character and this character are in love, they usually’re kissing.’ Odette is like, ‘Hmm.’ She digs her ft in: ‘Dad ought to solely kiss mother.’”
“I do not wish to upset Odette,” he quips.
For extra Sexiest Man Alive content material, together with cowl star Jonathan Bailey, choose up the most recent concern of ipromiseyoumedia on newsstands Friday.
Jared and Genevieve met in 2008 on the set of Supernatural whereas filming season 4 of the long-running tv present. They tied the knot in February 2010 and went on to welcome three kids collectively: Thomas Colton, 13, Austin “Shep” Shepherd, 11 and Odette Elliott, 8.
In Could 2017, Jared opened as much as ipromiseyoumedia about changing into a lady dad after having two sons, gushing over his relationship with Odette.
“It is a actually cool expertise, and I am actually excited for her to develop and hopefully have a Daddy’s woman,” he stated.
He additionally admitted that having a daughter generally makes him really feel “actually nervous and susceptible.”
“With boys, you are like, ‘Go pores and skin your knees and go break your arms like I did,’” he defined. “However with a lady, you are like, ‘If any individual ever touches her, I am going to go off the deal with!’”
The household of 5 at the moment resides in a farmhouse in Austin, Texas, not removed from Padalecki’s hometown of San Antonio. He and Genevieve first put down roots within the Lone Star State in 2010 earlier than totally transitioning from California for its “slower tempo.” Together with their three kids, in addition they have a flock of chickens, canine, miniature horses and even a beehive.
