Gilmore Girls’ Jared Padalecki Weighs in On Rory’s Boyfriend Debate

Gilmore Girls is more than just a show—it’s a lifestyle, a religion.

Which is why decades after the show premiered in 2000, fans are still debating which boyfriend of Rory’s (Alexis Bledel) is best for her: the bad boy Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia) who stole her heart with a shared love of reading, fellow Yale student and grandparent-preferred choice Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), or her first love Dean Forester, played by Jared Padalecki.

But as it turns out, Jared himself has a take that might surprise fans.

“What team am I?” the Supernatural alum teased to E! News at Steel City Comic Con. “All right, I’m Team Jess. I am.” (For more from Jared’s interview, watch E! News August 12.)

Yet, he isn’t the only former Gilmore Girls boyfriend who has an unexpected opinion.

“Funny enough,” Jared continued, “Milo’s a buddy and he’s Team Dean. Somebody sent me a meme, when he got in his office in his house, he has his Emmy nomination alert letter and on the bottom corner, it’s like ‘Team Dean forever.’ And so I drew my own ‘Team Jess forever’ with markers, like same Milo, samesies but for you.”