Jared Padalecki, who played Dean Forrester in “Gilmore Girls,” is actually Team Jess in the best boyfriend debate.

“I'm Team Jess. Yeah, I am,” Padalecki told E! News. Funny thing is, Milo [Ventimiglia] is a buddy of mine, and we're Team Dean. Someone sent me a meme, and in his home office, there was like an Emmy nomination alert, and in the bottom corner it said, 'Team Dean forever. So I drew 'Team Jess Forever' in marker, too, and he was like, 'Same here, Milo, same here, but for you! ' And it was like, 'Same here, Milo, same here, but for you!'”

Padalecki was asked by a reporter where he thought Dean was today, and he replied, “Working at Doo's Market. He's hiding all the cornstarch”.

As actor Walker noted, this is not the first time he has made his feelings on the matter known. The anecdote he was talking about occurred around 2021, when Padalecki posted a photo on Instagram at the time holding a sign that read “I <3 JESS 4EVER" alongside a photo of Ventimiglia's "I <3 DEAN 4EVER" message.

”. Recently, “Gilmore Girls” actress Keiko Agena, who played Rain Kim, revealed that she completely agrees with Padalecki, telling E! News, “I've pretty much always been a Team Jess person. I don't think it will ever change,” she said.

In case you've read this far without knowing my story, in “Gilmore Girls,” Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) has had three main love interests throughout the show's seven seasons: Dean (Padalecki), Jess (Ventimiglia) and Logan (Matt Chukly). To this day, fans are torn over which of the three was the best boyfriend. Chukulis.