Jared Padalecki’s rare update about life as a girl dad may be the cutest thing we’ve heard today.

In a recent interview with People for their 2025 Sexiest Man Alive issue, Padalecki spoke about how his time playing Dean Forester, Rory Gilmore’s first love in Gilmore Girls, has impacted so many (and how his daughter feels about it)!

“I feel like I can’t really go anywhere without somebody wonderfully coming up and saying, ‘I love the show. My mom and I watch,’ or ‘I force my boyfriend to watch it,’” he said.

But what does his daughter Odette feel about it? Well, he said, “Odette loves it, except for when Dean and Rory [played by Alexis Bledel] kiss. She doesn’t comprehend. She’s like, ‘Why is dad kissing somebody else?’ And Gen, who’s an actress as well, is like, ‘Well, because he’s play

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