Actor Jared Padalecki reflected on his time as Rory Gilmore's (Alexis Bledel) first boyfriend, Dean Forester, on the beloved '00s series, Gilmore Girls.
In a November 2025 interview withPeople magazine, alongside fellow Gilmore Girls star Matt Czuchry, who played Rory's college boyfriend, Logan Huntzberger, Padalecki revealed a sweet moment from the show's first season, which premiered in 2000, was real. In Season 1, Episode 9, "Rory's Dance," after Dean attends Rory's school dance at Chilton, the pair walks around Stars Hollow. Rory and Dean visit Miss Patty's (Liz Torres) dance studio and accidentally fall asleep on bean bag chairs.
While speaking to People magazine, Padalecki said that while the moment was scripted, he and Bledel were so exhausted by the long-shoot days on set, they genuinely fell asleep while shooting the Season 1, Episode 9 scene. He explained while the show's crew was setting up the scene, he and Bledel decided to "lie down on the bean bag" while waiting for the camera to roll. Unbeknownst to Padalecki and Bledel, they dozed off while the scene was filmed.
"We're like, 'Okay, we're ready to shoot.' Like, 'No, no, we shot it. Y'all were sleeping.' Like, 'Oh, really?' So the scene where Dean and Rory are sleeping on a bean bag at Miss Patty's, Jared and Alexis are sleeping," recalled Padalecki in the interview. "Like when they said, 'Okay, we're good.' They were telling us we were wrapped. We're like, 'Okay, we'll pretend to sleep.' Like, 'No, no, y'all were sleeping. We got it. Go.' It was wild. There were a few nights like that."
Jared Padalecki Confirmed He & Alexis Bledel Dated During the 1st Season of 'Gilmore Girls'
Padalecki, who appeared in the first five seasons of Gilmore Girls and an episode of its 2016 Netflix revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, confirmed he and Bledel dated in a 2021 interview with Glamour.
In the interview, Padalecki explained that he and Bledel met while filming Gilmore Girls Season 1.
"When Alexis and I met, we were both 17 years old and were both Texans and kind of in this new, strange city and I was like, 'Hey, want to go out to dinner?'" said the actor, who is married to Genevieve Padalecki.
He also referenced that Bledel also dated Milo Ventimiglia, who played Rory's troubled love interest, Jess Mariano, during the production of the show. The father of two clarified that he dated Bledel before Ventimiglia joined the Gilmore Girls cast in Season 2.
"It was before because he wasn’t on the show until season 2. I think we dated during season 1," said Padalecki in the 2021 interview.
In the November 2025 People magazine interview, Padalecki complimented Bledel's strong work ethic while filming Gilmore Girls, which had a seven-season run until 2007.
"She was sweet and hardworking and smart. I wouldn't say she was quiet, but she was always working," said Padalecki to the publication.
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