Saturday, October 6, 2018

Saturday Evening Musings - The Ackles' NYC Tour de Farce and Jake's Got Friends


Normally in an OTP world, fans are ecstatic for any kind of sign that their two faves are really together in a particular location and time, right?  Wonderful thought and win one for the boys!  Well, Sept. 29 looked to be just that kind of moment for OTP Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles [barring the unpleasant but seemingly necessary presence of "bodyguard" Cliff].

Jensen and daughter JJ were Instagram'd at New York City's American Museum of Natural History.  Here is Jensen and a fan, with JJ "accidentally included" into the picture to verify her presence.



Of course, a commenter asks the Instagram poster if Jared was present and (after stating in her caption that Jensen is her "favorite actor") she replies to their question:
 

Which is a bit puzzling.  If Jensen is one's favorite actor, I would think the fan would have to be familiar with his Supernatural work and if so, shouldn't she know who Jared was and what he looked like?  Just kind of a strange answer.  Oh - and this Instagramer had one post on their account and this Museum post was it.

The inclusion of JJ in this picture is where Mgmnt made a questionable move since usually the children have not appeared in pictures taken with fans, not even accidentally as we're to believe this one was. 


It's interesting to wonder what JJ could be looking at so intently, not paying any attention at all to her father having his picture taken.  And it would seem that she is leaning on something - a ledge?  A railing?  That's really the key to this photo setting off alarms.   And is that the ceiling that Jensen's head is about to touch?  Hmmm....

Any J2 believer who was wondering about Jared's whereabouts soon had their curiosity satisfied.  Not really anything hinky about this photo - Jared looking excellent (as Jensen was!)



The only picture of Jared at the museum though, that we have?  Could be valid, but again - the only museum attendee to recognize Jared and get a photo with him? This tweet sighting elsewhere in New York City is hardly convincing:




Nonetheless a believer's mind can't help being excited, right?  Jensen and JJ at the museum....Jared (plus Cliff) at the museum.....

Jensen and JJ....

and Jared.....at the museum yesterday......



Why, it must have been a true Padackles family moment camouflaged by Cliff and separate pictures!  And as if this wasn't enough, we have lying "confirmation" by the fellas themselves later on at the New Jersey Supernatural convention.  It doesn't get any better than this!


 
Awww, "Uncle Jared".  So, het fans will squee over the "friendship" and "Uncle Jared" moment.  J2 Believers will squee over knowing that this was a now-rare moment when Jensen and Jared were publicly being allowed to nearly being photo'd together.  No money shot of course, but hey, close is close, right?

But sorry, no dice from this corner of the fan-verse, fellas!  There were a few other notes to take down:  watching Genevieve locate herself in Austin TX, although with no sign of the three Pada littles, and Danneel placing herself in New York City attending a One Tree Hill Lifetime network Christmas reunion which began with reuniting in the morning and a party in the evening.  With Jensen and JJ supposedly at the museum, one kind of can't help but wonder where the twins were.  Nanny?  Possibly.  [we'll find out later where the twins were!]

Beard Genevieve not being allowed on this particular Big Apple trip helps to fit the popular narrative that Jared and Genevieve are bitter arch enemies and have been in such a state for awhile now.



Or could it be that the beams of JJ and Genevieve don't normally cross?   Possible. Were Jared and Cliff really the ones making an appearance at the museum, hiding the fact that Jensen and JJ weren't really ever there, but instead were located wherever the rest of the family (i.e. the boys and the twins) was hiding out? Is this why Genevieve was kept in Texas?  That would keep the boys and Odette presumed in Texas as well.  Gotta keep the two sets of Padackles children separated so that no one would suspect that all six were really in NYC somewhere.  Together. 
 
Nonetheless, just in time to get everyone in an excited mood for J2 time at the New Jersey Supernatural convention, let's offer a Milk Bone to the believers and bro-fans. No picture of Jensen and Jared together at the museum, but the "clues" were put out there so fans could see them and "fill in the blanks".  Was that a good feeding for believers?  It was supposed to be.




Exactly.

This was just Kibbles 'n Bits compared to Monday, however.  With the first business day of the week, came Jensen's turn to once again appear on Kelly and Ryan Live™! And his guest spot from the moment he was out of the starting gate, was all about "married", "my wife", "my family with my wife", "life with my wife and family", and lightly sprinkled with a mention of his role in the 14th season of the show, Supernatural.  His introduction came as being one of the stars, but Kelly's first question was not about his acting/profession. Instead, she couldn't wait to ask about his recently becoming a father for the second & third time. [Imagine if she could have been allowed to say, for the 4th, 5th and 6th time, right? :o ]

The second obvious purpose of this visit was for further maternal reinforcement.  Daughter JJ (led by beard Danneel) was paraded across stage for the future purpose of Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter.  She and Danneel weren't brought out to join everyone during the actual interview, but instead were seen prior to and "off to the side".  And they were seen plenty. Social media made sure of it. We see Ryan Seacrest introducing himself to JJ before the show:

 
and then he does it again after the show in this clip while the five year old understandably reacts shyly under the attention.

Narrative moments are reinforced through Tumblr posts such as this, which showed the presence of the beard and JJ and indicated they were reacting to the interview conversation, but if they really were just off to the side of the stage as it appears, why was Jensen initially looking to his right when he mentioned Danneel's presence, "my wife is here" and then "Oh, there she is" after "spotting" her to his left?  This author is just asking!

The Ackles (and Padalecki's) just keep trying and trying on this maternal proof issue like Charlie Brown going after the football.  It seems to be pretty important... 




Kind of another Louis Tomlinson - Freddie (is he or isn't he my kid?) television moment?


  

Apparently, there must have been some board room discussion about accounting for the twins' whereabouts because we had an Instagram comment "by Danneel" on her own post, letting everyone know:




Who's going to argue that point, right?  And hey, they were with Grandma and Grandpa!! I'm sure Danneel missed those adorable 22 month-olds as she mentions above and hey, she was working 12 hours with former One Tree Hill cast mates for one of those days of this NYC trip.  

So what does she do when she gets home?  Goes out to the Austin City Limits for additional me-time fun-time.



With Jensen and Mr. Steve Carlson (who provided the enabling Instagram account) sending out their hanky signals, Danneel does her part to keep tongues wagging about her and Steve possibly being more than just friends.  Yes, that is musician Steve Carlson whose lap it appears she's practically sitting in and on her further left, the man who is supposed to be her "husband".  Was this one of those Steve Urkel "oops, did I do that?" gaffe on their part? Makes one wonder, doesn't it?


Let's just say when the tail keeps wagging in your face this hard, it becomes a bit hard to dodge, doesn't it?  LOL!  Subtlety is not in PR Teams' vocabulary.  *sigh*

Speaking of non-subtlety, Austin City Limits also seems to have provided opportunity for some lip-smacking testimony:


 

This story continues like one of those low-rated television shows which somehow seems able to avoid the Grim Reaper, also known as the cancellation notice.  And like highway rubberneckers, Narnia can't seem to stop watching and adding our two cents.  ;-)

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And in a case of Is It Real, Or Is It Memorex, after Narnia pointed out the flimsiness of Jake's penned love letter to Ryan Reynolds, this past week saw his team quickly get on the Bat phone to the Boston Globe and release this story about the relevancy of his relationship with Jeff Bauman, the biographical subject of his movie, Stronger.

Gyllenhaal, who played Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman in the 2017 local film said he’s still in touch with Bauman and that it has been easy to maintain a friendship. One year after the release of that film, they’re still texting and joking around.

“He is my friend,” Gyllenhaal said, of Bauman. “There’s a real ease and no force to our relationship, so we just are friends. I just [expletive] adore the guy. - The Boston Globe


Interesting timing of this quote; it supposedly comes a year later and when it really didn't have anything to do with the rest of the small blurb, which was about The Sisters Brothers and Jake's "absolute, rabid" feelings for his director-of-the-month, Jacques Audiard.  ;-)


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And Liam Payne has a new tune out called Polaroid - it's catchy and a collaborative effort with songwriter, record producer and DJ Jonas Blue and singer/actress Lennon Stella.  All of these One Direction members certainly have a wide range of professional contacts, don't they?  It's impressive.


However, it would seem that someone is trying to apply a "back story" to Liam's new single:  he's pining away over his "loss" of beard Cheryl as this article by Capital FM Music is implying.  But they seem to be missing the mark a bit since the lyrics are about ships passing in the night, in other words, more likely a one-night stand, not what is supposed to be a two-year "intimate" relationship with Cheryl Cole, one which was alleged to have produced stunt-baby "Bear". 

A weak attempt, as was this Daily Fail story this past week supposedly of Liam also being "sad" as he walked along the sidewalk.  The title rambled on as such:  "Liam Payne looks downcast as he steps out in London...amid claims ex Cheryl's new music will touch on their recent split".  


Nice touch with the all-black ensemble, Mr. Payne.  ;-)

Liam has no control over the excessive spoon-feeding, so we see the trashing tabloidism for what it is and instead will simply turn up the volume on "Polaroid", no backstory required.  After all, he is Liam Payne.



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Good luck to several ball clubs playing in the MLB playoffs, especially to Mr. Mike Moustakas, who has been doing quite well with the Milwaukee Brewers thus far.  We also want to wish everyone an enjoyable upcoming Sunday whatever your plans may involve.



pic sources:  gfycat, superfloraluk, Daily Mail, pinterest, reaction
                     gif, Giphy
our playlist:  Polaroid - Liam Payne, Jonas Blue, Lennon Stella
                     With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
                     Theme from the Courtship of Eddie's Father - Harry
                                 Nilsson

7 comments:

prairiegirl said...

I'm sorry, but I watched that Live with Kelly & Ryan interview and then scoped Tumblr & Spn Goss, finding these excessive, so-obvious videos & "Instagram Stories" all showing JJ with "her mom" on the set, off to the side, etc. Ryan talking to JJ and she was staring at him as he asked if she heard them talking about her. Wasn't that what she was supposed to be smiling about during the interview? Why was Ryan asking her if she heard? And she was looking at him silently. Why did Ryan introduce himself two times to her? Once before the show and then after the interview? Why did Jensen look to his right when he was saying how his wife was there "somewhere"? Poor acting? Why did he do that?

Strategic twitter accounts of this whole set-up on "Live" with Kelly and closet case Ryan Seacrest. Both of them humongous enablers and more than willing to help out with the whole narrative.

What a mess.

JJ is only five years old - she's about at Tom's age. Notice they don't pull this kind of nonsense with Tom much anymore. I think most of his photos "with Genevieve" are photo shopped. There comes a time when the children just get too old, too knowledgeable and too big of a risk. Which is why live television is dangerous as well. And I don't have the indisputed proof that JJ and Danneel were within visible, shouting distance of Jensen, Kelly! and Ryno as that conversation about the 4th Baby and "my wife" was taking place.

These are just my thoughts and observances. They keep taking it a bit further and further, in my eyes. One has to ask why it is so important to them to keep parading the beards, I mean "wives" around. Why the repeated pounding home that they are the "moms".

prairiegirl said...

I don't know what this Steve Carlson/Danneel Harris Ackles "are they or aren't they" hinting is all about, but it's about as subtle as a brick to the face.

And if it's this obvious, then there's a reason for it to be and that means they're all up to no good. Nah, they're doing it on purpose.

Because it makes Danneel look like a cheater and why would Mgmnt be okay with that? Well, they would be if she has something to hide as well, and hey, this makes Danneel definitely look heterosexual, doesn't it? She is just bearding Jensen on the side, come on!

Bullshit. That certainly ain't it.

Methodical Muser said...


Excellent post, PG. It is truly head shaking material when one looks at all the "wife" "family", "mother" reminders that are being pushed night and day by Jensen now. Almost as if he is a newlywed and first time father. How revealing that didn't happen the first six years of their "marriage", but somehow needs to be at the front and center of their social media uploads and the shows they are booked onto these days. Then again Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest have their own secrets to keep so i'm sure they were happy to oblige. Reminds me of Michael Strahan's, "from one father to another" crap with the public push of Louis Tomlinson as a "daddy" in August 2015 on "Good Morning America". Ol' Michael Strahan. Another guy, with his own secrets to keep.

And, I see Endeavor is trying to push that Jake actually has a friend. Even though the one year later Jeff mention was completely out of place with the ridiculously short article that was supposed to be about his new movie. We all know that Jake uses his male co-stars when he promotes his films. They are suddenly the best buds ever. They cook together, eat together, laugh together. Then afterwards, all you hear is crickets. It's so obvious that Jake's PR team is desperate to make it seem that he actually has a life. Or let's say a life they deem to be suitable for public consumption. Hence, the reason for the sudden resurfacing of the Ryan Reynolds "friendship" now too. This time two years later. Too bad for Austin and the kids. They simply don't compute in this closeted equation. Maybe we will hear soon about Michael "Mike" Pena. He and Jake were lifelong bros as well. At least seven years ago, when they made "End of Watch". Since then, not so much. What a surprise. C'mon Endeavor. Do your job. Surely, you can conjure up an "unseen" pic or two to document these renewed friendships. Maybe Jake can be seen hugged up or sitting on one of their laps, uproariously laughing. I'm waiting.

prairiegirl said...

Well, Jake has friends, of course he does, but it’s hard to tell who the real ones are. I think he and Jeff did get close and Jeff would be a great influence because he’s a civilian and I think civilians are good for these guys. Unless they’re hanger-ons, civilians are likely going to help keep it real and call you out when you need it.

I wonder if Jake and Austin now have a whole new life overseas. New neighbors, new acquaintances whom they see out and about. Hard to say. Or do they live away from spying eyes so the kids aren’t seen much and only the parents go into town? I doubt it. The kids have to have normal interactions or they’re going to be all kinds of messed up.

Anyway, Go Chiefs!

prairiegirl said...

Some folks may see me periodically tweeting pictures of an "AT&T Update" screenshot. This is sent to my flip phone and it is not sent by AT&T.

This is sent by an intern from Jake's team - we have absolutely no doubt. None. It began when M&M and I began using a flip phone exclusively to talk. We had to leave my smart phone behind because his team was listening in on our conversations. This is not some pie out of the sky, henny penny kind of claim.

And I may have even talked about this on the blog already, but since they've been sending them lately, someone may not be aware and think I'm claiming AT&T is harassing me, which they are not. This is all Jake Gyllenhaal's team.

So we went to the exclusive use of a cheap flip phone and it wasn't even barely a couple of weeks probably before they realized we weren't using that particular phone # anymore and they began sending this "AT&T Update" to the flip phone.

We talked to AT&T and they confirmed that they didn't send it and by the number of times I've gotten it, told us that this was someone trying to hack the phone. The "Update" has a link in it and so that's how the malware could be installed. Flip phones are a lot harder to hack into because they've not had WiFi or bluetooth on them, but now they do, or at least the newer models do. We never used this phone for anything but phone calls between us - never anyone else, never used any of the internet, camera, there's nothing installed on it, plain and simple. Zilch-o. Squat. Playschool phone. Little Tyke.

Yet, whenever we talk on the phone, usually as soon as I hang up the call, there's the update. Now, this morning, the intern thought they'd try something different, and they sent it as soon as the phone had been turned on. Bc I don't even leave the phone on anymore. It stays off and I only turn it on when her & I talk on the phone.

They know by this time, I'm not clicking on anything and it's pointless. But they still do it, usually more often when we put up a Narnia post they don't like or I tweet something that pisses them off.


prairiegirl said...

It's pretty much just harassment at this point because they're pissed off. But this is pretty much their own doing and their troll/intern drove us to Narnia.

They spammed OMG so much, it drove the blog into permanent moderation and killed the conversation. So we opened up Narnia which is a closed commenter's community and they can't get in. It hacked them off, but it's all their own doing. We never would have left OMG if they had left us alone, so they can sit in their own mess. All their own doing. They caused the opening of Narnia and took away their own access.

They hacked into our emails. M&M and I are now using an email provider that they can't intercept. Again - their own doing.

He harasses me on Twitter so I've blocked him and will block anyone that the troll intern tags in his email. If I interact with the idiot, it's of my choosing.

And finally, the phone. They had access; tapped into our conversations no doubt through malware sent via a link in a twitter DM or through a photo/video, who knows. But they did it and I don't want to re-set my smart phone to get rid of it, so we went to a flip phone. Again - they've lost access.

And so I am documenting every time they send those spams because you never know. If we ever have to go to court due to something being taken too far, we will have records of this. That's why I tweet those screenshots and I've got pictures of them dating further back, only now are they being tweeted since it provides a back up.

prairiegirl said...

My last day with the kitties - I’m really quite sad. I always hate leaving them, but I’m always ready to come home. LOL. They run around at night and play like crazy little things. I must wake up 4-5 times at least per night. I could never own a pet - I love watching them, but I can’t own one. You don’t get good sleep. That was bad English, I know, sorry.

There are a few publicists right now working overtime. Dakota Johnson’s and Busy Phillips’. Anyone else notice? Good lord, every time you turn around, it’s something. Busy will attend anything. You would think she’s represented by WME/Endeavor, but she isn’t. Maybe it’s all just to promote her book. She is a real turn off now - remember when she used to hang around Jake and was funny on her Instagram and liked to bake cakes?

Don’t look now, but she has become a real bulldozer of a person.

Lunch hour is over - I came over here to chat since no one will talk to me on Twitter, ha ha. I feel like such an outcast! And yet people like to keep following me, it’s weird. Ah well. Back to work!