What occurs in Stars Hole stays in Stars Hole. Alexis Bledel sparked a romance with Milo Ventimiglia on the Gilmore Ladies set — however he’s not the solely former costar she’s fallen for.
The pair portrayed Rory Gilmore and Jess Mariano, respectively, on the beloved 2000s sequence. Their characters dated on and off all through the present, and in the actual world, the actors have been collectively for 4 years earlier than splitting in 2006.
Bledel ultimately went on to marry Mad Males costar Vincent Kartheiser in 2014. Three years later, when she was up for an Emmy for her work on The Handmaid’s Story, the This Is Us hunk proved the outdated friends have been nonetheless on good phrases.
“I’m very joyful for her,” Ventimiglia advised Bravo’s Every day Dish. “She’s all the time been a terrific actor.”
Although followers have been pining over the Second Act star for years, he’s extra targeted on discovering the excellent function than the excellent accomplice.
“Every little thing is second place to work — every little thing,” he advised Haute Dwelling in Could 2021. “I’ve had friendships and relationships that undoubtedly had a tough time with that. I’d get house from work and a girlfriend would wish to spend time collectively, and I’d have to ensure I did spend time along with her, sit down and eat, perhaps activate a film for 20 minutes. However when my bowl is empty, I’ve bought to enter my workplace and shut the door and work for an additional two hours so my traces are spot on and I’m able to be on set the subsequent day, so I’m not losing time for the crew.”
Ventimiglia continued, “You type of should dedicate your self to it in a better means, and a few issues are going to be sacrificed whereas others can run concurrently. … [In relationships], it’s a must to give somebody room to dwell their life to their fullest, and hopefully these two lives can simply run on the identical observe.”
Gilmore Ladies might have resulted in 2007, however the forged nonetheless stays supportive of each other — and even reunited for a Netflix spinoff, Gilmore Ladies: A Yr in the Life, in 2016.
5 years later, Bledel weighed in on the scorching debate about which love curiosity her character ought to have ended up with — Jess, Dean Forester (Jared Padalecki) or Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry). Nonetheless, her reply didn’t give followers a lot closure.
“Jeagan?” she joked throughout an look on Watch What Occurs Stay With Andy Cohen, mashing up all three names. “I can’t single someone out.”
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