There was a commotion in the Supernatural universe in July, when stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles looked to be arguing. Ackles had previously stated that he and his wife were working on a prequel to the popular series. Padalecki was evidently unaware of this, as he responded with a sarcastic and furious tweet. Padalecki informed the base the next day that things between them were fine. He has now clarified what happened a few weeks later.
Padalecki admitted in an interview with The New York Times (as reported by Deadline) that his pissy-sounding tweet wasn’t actually that pissy. He was only attempting to inform the public that he was not a part of the effort.
“It was just one of those things that because it was online, and people were assuming I was part of it, I really wanted to just say: ‘Hey, I’m not keeping a secret from you guys. I just don’t know about this,’” he told NYT. “And I should be old enough to know better than to put something out there and expect that people will understand.”
He admitted that social media isn’t always the best place for nuanced communication. “It’s hard to tweet a specific tone. If you write it online, it’s like, ‘Oh, he doesn’t know! They’re going to kill each other! The world is ending!’” he said. “And I’m like, ‘No, no, no.’ [Laughs.] I try to avoid social media as much as possible because of that.”
When he did speak to Ackles following the snafu, he got his answer. “He just kind of explained: ‘Man, it’s not picked up yet. It’s not even written yet.’ He knows and I know how much ‘Supernatural’ means to both of us, and it wasn’t a secret he was trying to keep, necessarily. It was just something that he didn’t feel really even existed yet,” the actor said. “But he has been like: ‘Hey, I’ll let you know what’s going on [going forward].’”
The Winchesters, the promised show, would not be about Sam and Dean, but rather about their parents, John and Mary, and how they met and fell in love. It will be told from Ackles’ Dean’s point of view. Will we finally get to see Padalecki’s Sam? Given that the project was still in its infancy a month ago, you’ll most likely have plenty of time to find out.
