From Our Bleacher Seats Part 2: It's Another Summer of Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols - circa 2022

 Coming through!!

 

 

 

Hahaha, that's Jake taking the wheel of the family RV as the Gyllynichols started off on their annual summer vacay, whatever country(ies) that may be in this 2022. 😄 😉 ⛺

It's that time of year again.  It's possible the Gyllynichols take a couple of vacays now in the summer season, who knows?  But you can bet there's some ocean, lake or mountain action and with all of their kiddos at that backseat-squabbling age, a lot of chaotic bickering is going on,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gotta love it.  😉   While they're jet skiing or walking a boardwalk somewhere, we at Narnia thought we'd get out the throwback machine and catch up on what those two fellas have been doing since last we left.  Lots to catch up on, actually.

As mentioned in a previous post, Jake has invested in Just Egg (a product of the company Eat Just), a plant-based egg product.  It comes in a carton, in liquid form and you can bake with it.   3 tablespoons is the equivalent to one large egg. I found an interesting article on Just Egg, which discusses the ingredients, the pros and cons versus a real egg.   I don't have any issues at all with plant-based eggs; they look like scrambled eggs!  lol.  One word of caution that I have seen is the carton has a shelf life of four days, so either go on a baking spree or have a breakfast party so you can use the bottle up before the contents expire.  In the case of the Gyllynichols, Jake won't have any problem using up a carton in one meal.  😉  (Maybe Austin might want to pass along a complimentary carton to the Padackles Crew because they have just about as big of a crowd around their dinner table. 😏 ) Anyway, here he is scrambling and eating his eggs and we wish him lots of success with the investment.

 

 

With Jake's new sponsorship with Prada, that means another interview and in this one, we get more Big Sis chatter and Gyllenholland mentions.  Another day, another dollar.  So we are to believe that Magster is the inspiration for his latest trend of pink, pajama lounge pants, and bold colors.  

Really, the pointed finger can be directly aimed at his stylist Michael Fisher, who appears to have horrendous taste, but what do I know?  I'm from the Kansas 'burbs!  😳  There's no problem at all with evolving with current trends, but I don't know.  The pink suit was nice, just haven't been a real fan of much since.  Jake just looks so great in classic cuts.

But here he was at a recent Prada show at Milan Fashion Week - the jacket, T shirt and shades look great.  Classic Jake!

 

 

Things then kind of fell apart ...

 

 

Again, like the jacket!  The shades.  Loose and flowing seem to be key words for 2023 fashion, maybe.  And easy for a father of many, right?  Nothing binding, pull over the head, no tucking in, pull-on pants over socks, comfortable sneakers, throw-on jacket.  Quick and easy.  Jake doesn't have time for too much complexity.   I am out the door, gotta go to work, kids! Austin, don't burn down the house while I'm gone!  And who doesn't like comfort?  😊 ✅ 

Meanwhile, Austin was allegedly wandering around (the States, we are to assume?) with his own paper dog Otis, playing the guitar and splitting wood, while looking like Eddie Vedder.  

Hmmmmm, did Jared Padalecki inspire Austin to learn the guitar?  Or did he know how to perform already?  We know that Jared can play the guitar and piano, just like Austy!  Maybe they held a few jam sessions, wouldn't that have been something?  Too bad their people were so scared of them interacting, tsk, tsk, tsk...

I mean, it was Jared's show. And Austin a guest star for several episodes.  Then, his chosen director.  Both Texas bred and alleged residents.  Both big family men!  Both big book readers.  Both happy boaters on the Austin, TX waters.  Both CW alumni. Apparently both are dog lovers!  They share past co-stars/work acquaintances in common, like Jim Beaver, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Wesley, Sophia Bush, Danneel Ackles, Chad Michael Murray, and Milo Ventimiglia.  Goodness! But apparently, they do not want to be seen interacting at all.  😉

Here's Austin's latest activities,

Austin would make a paper bag look good

Here was Austin "celebrating Dads" back on June 1.  😉

memories of the John From Cincinnati wetsuit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austy likes those hammocks, doesn't he?  ha

 

 

And while Jake was in Milan, Italy on July 19th for the Milan fashion week and Prada show, Austin was allegedly making a travelin' man stop in Nashville to pay a visit to Jana Kramer's podcast.  Allegedly in real time, although there wasn't any topic mentioned which dated the telecast.

On ITunes:  Full Frontal w Austin Nichols - WhineDown with Jana Kramer

 

 

 

 

The podcast episode is also still available on iHeartRadio at this link.

There is plenty of interesting chatter from our guy in the interview.  Of course, the "Full Frontal" is a nod to Austin's scenes in HBO Max's "Minx", which is discussed at length, along with other topics like Austin's current activities (alleged traveling with Colorforms® dog Otis), directing on Walker (although host Jana Kramer really fast forwarded through this topic because she was in such a hurry to get to One Tree Hill chatter), and the main focus, which was reminiscing about their days on the CW soap opera series.  

No doubt, the main objective of Austin appearing on the podcast was made clear when Austin tells us that he is "in town", visiting Nashville on his nomadic trip with just doggo Otis at his side.  How do we know they were even in Nashville?  

Let's also not forget this "drop" by Jana, how she and Austin were initially "roomies" for a period during One Tree Hill filming.

And again with the "roomie!" drop:

LOL!!!

Anyone else remember Austin having Jana Kramer as his "roommate" in his early days of filming on the show?

No?  Yeah, we didn't either.  😲

Maybe they both can expand on this new bit of tea when they're both appearing at the One Tree Hill "A Celebration of Giving" in Wilmington, NC, on November 12, 2022.  [you know, November 12, otherwise known as the day after the 11th birthday of Austin and Jake's 11-11-11 Baby Tile??] 

That's a fortuitous coincidence, isn't it?  

smh, "roomie".  lol.  What will these kids come up with next?  A new fauxmance?

So, there we have it!  Another Summer of Jake and Austin!  🌞 ⛺  👬 💦🍉🍧 🎡 🏊

Pretty low-key this year:  the two dads are just too busy enjoying their fam before the Fall Season Back-to-Reality, Back-to-Work for a month or so, before disappearing again during the November - January Gyllynichols 4th Quarter Holiday hiatus.  LOL!

Imagine when they eventually retire from the biz to become full-time grand-dads, it might not be a whole lot of different. 😏

 

pic sources:  tenor, giphy, IHeartJake, reactiongifs

our playlist:   Holiday - The Other Ones

                      Summer Lovin' - cast of Grease

                      Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham

                      Through the Hourglass - Gizmo Varillas

                      Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone

                      Kokkino Garyfalo - Nikos Ignatiadis

                      Come Monday (Live) - Jimmy Buffet

Pandemic Quaranting OTP-Style - The Good, The Bad (II)

Well, we had a look at the Good from our Stay-At-Home OTP's and Faves. Click →  Right here was Pt I.  Now......some of the Bad.

lol.  Ugh.  Let's get to it because the following nonsense needs to be blowhorned, sorry!


• Liam's second "Home With Liam Payne" was very Good!  

It does look like Liam has Big Brother Sony as one of the show runners of his You Tube show though, as several tic marks were made, one of which was his congratulatory words on Zayn and Gee Gee's alleged "bun" in the oven.   

This was one of those hostage camera "They're treating me very well" kind of statements read from a teleprompter.  

Liam congratulating Gigi and Zayn for their new baby 🥺 pic.twitter.com/vBQZx7VCQB

— 1D Updates! (@With1DNews) May 3, 2020

And it was done so that Management could use rag sites to fill his social media timeline with a lot of tweets "praising" Liam for congratulating his band mate.  

Big Brother checked their next box yesterday with this one - having Liam bring up the subject of Bear, the now three-year-old boy belonging to Cheryl something-something-something-something-Cole, and who is supposed to be his "son". Who could forget, Bear (endure the) Payne? Enough said.

“Let’s talk about my son” @LiamPayne talking about Bear is my favorite thing ever🥺🥺 pic.twitter.com/5taf7kolli

— justynka❯❯❯❯ (@ananasftluke) May 10, 2020

 

Check!

• The pandemic stay-at-home directive has brought the Ackles camp into turbo overdrive with all kinds of posts about their "crazy" domestic household.  But this bad example of "home" safe practice is when publicists 1) run out of ideas and 2) don't even think about their responsibility for viewer influence.  Get a load of this bit of ridiculousness.

Too stupid for words.  And is it possibly a photo shop?  Do you think Danneel is actually going to risk toppling over with no one standing beneath in case she should fall?  And how was she planning on getting down?  How did she get that far over?  She would have had to start out on the ledge and then continued to inch across.  Most regular folks would just have used an extended duster that is specifically designed for high ceilings.  

Here's a live look at Danneel and Jensen letting the Padackle Publicist Team use their images to do just about anything to sell familial domesticity and do-it-youself cleaning services during a stay at home quarantine.

Also, there's no way did Danneel actually position herself for that snapshot.  More like she posed with the vacuum against the floor and then the digital team transferred the image onto that ledge.  Just sayin'.

• Well, let's move on to some more absurdity. For the last couple of years, Jake's baby pictures have been robot'ed and passed around on Twitter like nobody's business.  Until one particular baby picture began to circulate as a meme for being "scary".  The trend disappeared for awhile, only to resurface this past week. Narnia assumes because Team Social Media is lacking for new ideas.  The over 2K retweets and 30K "likes"  would indicate one of those Jacquelyn Dahl-like "zillion" social media posts with "digital and social elements". 

"IS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN".   Really?  In what world is this ever funny? Or, kind?  Is this simply disrespect by a publicist team against their closeted client?  Narnia is just trying to figure out the exact angle because there are too many tweets like the one below to even think about posting.

This is from a similar "round", last April 2019:

It truly boggles the mind how Entertainment industry publicists have flooded social media with these kinds of cruel twitter memes on behalf of their own clients just for publicity or to remain relevant. Particularly, when the closet is involved and being hidden away for long stretches of time is the norm. But, then again, what did one of the first publicists, aka carnival barker, P.T. Barnum once say?  "There's no such thing as bad publicity."

And if they're not a bot account, the bullying encourages this kind of piling-on mentality, which in turn invites even more piling on.  This individual is a film critic, journalist and a member of Critics Choice and LA Film Critics.

In Jake's case, Mara's social media team is....just being plain mean.  No other word for it.   This author happens to think it's a very cute photo - always has.

With regard to Liam Payne's social media team (whoever they are), it is disturbing to notice how they are doing the same thing.  It's a belittling, disrespectful tactic to practice because it shows not only a lack of support, but a complete lack of faith in their own client.  With Liam, it's likely tied to Sony and therefore has a more sinister purpose.  Yes, we know Liam is not publicly attached to Sony/Syco, at least not officially. But, there is some kind of hold on him, as with all the 1D guys. Probably through image rights. But in Jake's case, his social media team simply is too lazy to promote him in a respectful way.  Or IS it also because he has no part of his real private life that he can show on social media? Other than his quirky pandemic sourdough starter, that is.

Yes, there are some funny pictures of reactions and quotes.  But these guys are way more than that. Looks like when you're in the closet your image is never your own.  Particularly, when so much of your real life is hidden away from public view.

•  And while we're on the subject of Jakers, there's the proverbial "I want to be a father, start a family someday" interview popping up.  It's like a roundabout, isn't it?

In this case, the interview is in this month's issue of Popular Mechanics -- What?  No, no, no, no, the interview comes via British Vogue.  Yes, that's right, yet another British publication, but used as a source by American sites like People.com and Just Jared.

 

Let's see, what was that again?

Here's sell-out Perez Hilton enabling Jake and his team, once again.  The lying is just Over The Top.  Perez Hilton knows Jake's situation are too well.  After all, he is an old timer who knew about Jake and Austin's relationship in its early days. 

And since this latest carousel of "wanting to start a family" interview mentioned Jake's beard, I mean girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, one's only conclusion would seem to run parallel with this fan's thinking:

Welllllll...let's see.  We haven't seen the beard since these pics were published, allegedly taken in NYC way back in March:

And she hasn't shown up as of yet, while Jake's been interviewing and singing from home... but there's always the next time.  😉


• In another show of the Bad, Jensen and Danneel Ackles seem to be taking their charade further and further to sell the "hunkered down in Austin TX" scenario.  First, they were enabling to help sell former co-stars (for both of them) Jeffrey Dean Morgan and his beard, Hilarie Burton.  Now, for some reason, the entire footage is no longer available on You Tube.  Isn't that interesting?

In what has become yet another "Look kids, Big Ben!" moment, Jensen tells the story of how they saw the potential for a mutual contract, no, no, no - lol.  He didn't say that.  We'll pretend we are buying their story, though.  And, let's just say when you have to keep re-telling this story AND you need to use Just Jared as your platform,

We won't even go into the whole "Jensen becomes an "ordained minister" just in time to 'marry' the twosome story.  Let's save that little gem for another day.

And then there was this moment in one of many recent pictures and vids used as more brick and mortar for the "Ackles Family Staying At Home in ATX" storyline.  Now they are using JJ Ackles to interrupt an interview (this time with enabler Jewel) and thus give Jewel a reason to say the word "parents".

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Jewel, who has Sean Penn in her "dating" history. You know, the same Sean Penn with the All-Star lineup of "girlfriends":

- Minka Kelly (SEE:  Jake Gyllenhaal) End of story.

- Charlize Theron (SEE: Brad Pitt, Alexander Skarsgaard, Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Renner, Keanu Reeves and George Clooney)

- Scarlett Johannson (SEE: Ryan Reynolds, Jared Leto, Jude Law and Josh Hartnett)

Jewel also has one of those "are they or aren't they" with Jean-Claude Van Damme, he who has Kylie Minogue (who has Prince Albert, Chris Martin, Lenny Kravitz and Michael Hutchens) and not sure about Tatum O'Neal but why does she have Michael Jackson and Prince Albert in her dating history?  Kind of interesting.

Jewel was married to Ty Murray, a champion rodeo cowboy and co-founder of the Professional Bull Riders Association.  Ohhhhh yes, did you know that?  He's a nine-time World Champion and inductee in the Pro BullRider Hall of Fame.  He was huge in the sport. And that company was sold to, who?  WME/Endeavor.  Oh, yes.  

We're told by the LA Times that these two were married for six years,  but were really together for an additional ten years.  Jewel's huge statement on their separation referred to as a "thoughtful and tender undoing" is here in the LA Times and it is a DOOZY.

This would be anyone after reading that thoughtful and tender thesis, lol.

M&M, are you sure you didn't write that for her?  LOL!!! In fact, when I shared this story with ol' M&M she said, they must either share the same publicist or are using the same closeted playbook as Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin because their "breakup" was splashed across headlines as a "conscious uncoupling."  Some might view this kind of description as just more pretentious hogwash from  entertainment elites. But upon closer inspection, something else is going on behind the curtain. All one has to do is pay attention to established patterns of closeted celebrities.

Anyway....not sure what Jensen, Danneel, Jared (because he's just as much a part of this) and their team will come up with as a future encore, but let's hope they don't continue to enroll JJ into the Ava Witherspoon School of Hard Knocks.

lol.  I'm still reeling from Jewell's statement up there.  Okay, I think I've caught my breath. Let's move onto the Ugly, aka The Fake-eroni.

pic sources:  People, Just Jared, tenor, gifer, Daily Fail, gfycat,
                     iwantmyname

Winter/Spring Musings - The 2019 Padalecki Pickle and Liam Payne Please, But Hold the Mayo Pt 1 of 5

It had been so long since I anchored this particular post,

that I had to do some major editing to the opening because it was about the anticipation of Thanksgiving.  LOL! Good grief.  It's almost like learning how to walk again.  Okay, it's not quite that bad.  Just feels like it.

But speaking of post-holidays, it brings to mind a couple of actors who seem to have been on holiday most of this filming season thus far - Jared and Jensen.  But on that rare day when one of the OTP twosome is working, one could pay a visit to the Supernatural filming set and this could be a live spotting of Mr. Jared Padalecki:

Narnia wouldn't be surprised if he was always looking over his shoulder to see who's going to throw him off and then under that bus next.  Now, while we jest a wee bit, it's not that far off the mark, why?  Because a strong narrative like a "rotator cuff injury/broken arm" requires Jared to be given a heads up on what's coming around the bend.  And he and Jensen, because they're a package deal, sign off on these given narratives.  The latest "Jared skewered over the fire pit" roasting, without a doubt, has to be the crowning briquette in a stack of Kingsford narratives his and real life partner Jensen Ackles' team have heaped upon the tall, lanky actor.

 

















Listed in no particular date order, let's take a look at just a few of these briquettes.



• May 2012 - Jared cancelled his appearances at 1) Asylum8 Convention in Birmingham, UK, 2) AECON3 (Germany), AND 3) the Apocalypse Con in Paris, France due to:

"...being away from the baby has been tough and therefore, Jared is unable to attend the May events hosted by Rogue Events in the UK and Germany. While we are very disappointed at the decision we have to understand that Jared has just recently become a father for the first time and obviously this decision has not been taken lightly" [edit.] - source: thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com.

These cancellations would occur following Tom Padalecki's birthday which is supposed to be March 19, 2012.  And oh look, it appears that Jensen Ackles wasn't scheduled for Apolcalypse either. Hmmm...


•  April 19, 2013 - Jared vs. American Airlines.

• May 24, 2014 - Jared allegedly breaks his arm/shoulder/rotator cuff (depending on the source which anatomy part) during some "horseplay" amongst many of the celebrity guests, with the main "break-er" being Supernatural guest star, Osric Chau. Handler Clif Kosterman allegedly "re-sets" Jared's shoulder two times and the lead star is "unable" to fulfill the remainder of Saturday's events, although he is seen in a photo taken after a group dinner later that evening. He returns to the convention on Sunday with a makeshift sling made out of a stylish scarf.  Jared's abrupt absence on that Saturday JibCon morning sidelines him out of sight and allows a Cockles dominant panel to take place.

• August 10, 2014 - Jared rants on twitter to American Airlines (again) over a delay on his flight. (notice Jared suddenly became British "whilst" tweeting)  

• May 15, 2015 - Jared allegedly suffers a "mental breakdown"/exhaustion and flies back to the United States. His appearance at Jus in Bello (JibCon) 2015 is cancelled entirely and again, the weekend is heavy on the Cockles and "fun without Jared" theme, although Jensen adds an effective and teary musical "tribute" to his "fallen comrade".

^^ Remind anyone else of another fake "couple"?

Spiderman: Far From Home cast in Disneyland (California)💨 pic.twitter.com/76fpFCarU2

— trinn🐝♡ (@ariixwdw) May 8, 2019

 
Huh. Well, it seems the above tweet has been deleted now.  In fact, the entire account seems to have disappeared!  Well, fortunately, we still have the pictorial. ;-)

and...

[Two different anti-OTP narratives, folks.  Same tactics.  Same playbook.]

After Jared's distress signal tweets (and Facebook postings), his manager Dan Spilo issued this statement, which formed a rather similar explanation parallel to the 2012 cancellations:

"Jared wanted everyone to know he loves meeting his fans around the world and was very upset at having to cancel his trips to Rome and Australia.  Jared has pushed himself to his limits and is suffering from exhaustion.  His SPN family is so important to him, and he asks that they Always Keep Fighting.  At this time he needs to be home with his family.  He's doing better already and is excited about shooting Supernatural season 11 this July.   For now he's taking a break, but is so appreciative of his fans, and sees and feels their love and support." - eonline

• June 2015 - Jared vs. Verizon Wireless. Another social media blow up.

 
 
• Aug 2016 - This is the one where there was an alleged big blow-up at a hospitality employee following the Minneapolis Con.  An excerpt from one of Jared's Facebook posts: 

Hey BK at @ConstantineMpls you are the meanest human being that I have ever, in my adult life, been around. I hope you find your peace. Please know that I will never ever in my life be back at @HotelIvy or @ConstantineMpls in Minneapolis because I have never felt the hatred and spite and judgement that I feel from you.



• February 12, 2017 - Jared publishes a verbally abusive tweet to a an upper level hotel employee, one which features a photo of the alleged perpetrator to his personal well-being at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
 

• September 14, 2019 - Jared cancels a publicized, scheduled appearance at the Vancouver Whitecaps Charity soccer match.  Jensen still played and there was plenty of video and pictures to show this.  When Jared later showed up that same evening (via social media pictures), not at the soccer match, but at a UFC event held nearly across the street, there were several explanations pondered by fans for his RSVP cancellation, 

-  Well, he did "hurt his ankle" during the marathon in Switzerland
-  And well, it was the Whitecaps who promoted Jared as being a guest; Jared himself never "said diddly" that he was going to play in the game.  [I mean, really?]
-  Or this one.  Could the reason really have been this simple?  ;-)  Jared "really didn't wanna play soccer", but "has trouble saying no".
  
Another possible explanation was allegedly the real reason and provided by Jensen Ackles in a quote, via a "civilian fan"s twitter account that same evening. Winning the prize for Best in Originality":

Ohhhhhhhhhh...well,

Anyway, lol, long story short, as covered in a previous post, Jared was promoted to be in attendance at a charity event, but ended up looking like an uncaring cad instead, by attending another event across the street - as a spectator. 

Since at least 2013, Jared Padalecki has been portrayed on social media as uncontrollably temperamental, rude, "a dick", emotionally fragile, angry, selfish, and mentally unstable.  

Over the years, this self-assured, at-no-loss-for-words man,

"I can't do this without you...oh gawd Jared, come back please"~JA

Codependent!Jensen is so adorable 😂💞 pic.twitter.com/Aye1Mdvcyw

— “ᵂᵉ’ʳᵉ ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵒᵍᵉᵗʰᵉʳ” (@jrodackles_) March 29, 2017

became this Jared through at least the latter five years.

 

"Poor little fella" - cryptically posted by Jensen just prior to the 2015 "breakdown", that Jared was "tuckered out".

And more times with the beanie, than not, hiding the mane of hair that he had become known for, hence even given its own nickname, Padahair.

As pointed out in Narnia's post "Behold the Emasculation Proclamation!  Pt. 4 - Revelations", this is the same beanie that Jared couldn't seem to remove quick enough as soon as he exited the convention stage:

The loves of my entire life. #SPNNOLA #NolaCon pic.twitter.com/cg2Crq6OeG

— 🎄 Christmas Che(e)rie 🎁 (@cheriemorte) October 29, 2017

 

Jared is "incapable".  From Spn Goss, just one of many:

Re: J2 sighting - Sunday Night 5/7 - Post Con

Anonymous

May 8 2017, 12:16:13

 

• COLLAPSE

• Track

The leader? Your observational skills seriously suck. He does go rogue out of pure desperation sometimes, because the lies pain him. But Jensen is the one who ultimately makes the decisions. And he is the "shrewd one" if you can call either of them that.

Jared became Art "Norman" Carney to Jensen's Jackie "Ralph" Gleason.  Tom Smothers to Jensen's Dick Smothers.  The Barney Fife to Jensen's Sheriff Andy Taylor.

"My big, dumb friend" - November 5, 2019

"We all miss my big dumb friend" Jensen about Jared's absence

❤❤❤ pic.twitter.com/GnIhGUcSyG

— Aldi 🦇 (@madlyrk) November 5, 2019

 



"Jared - big dumb Moose, Jensen - smart squirrel"

"He is my brother
He is my best friend
He is a big dumb emotional Moose
Sometimes the smart little squirrel has to tell him what to do"
~ Jensen about Jared ~#J2sDay pic.twitter.com/OkBwDIuEUL

— Winchesters Forever #Jib11 (@DeanSamFreak) September 3, 2019

 
 

Someone who needed petting and soothing:

And while this 'soothing' was part of their convention stage schtick and intended to be humorous,

There were times when they were used on the heels of fandom drama:

And again.

(Wondering if that helps Jensen to deal with him publicly abandoning Jared???)

And apparently, again at the last con in Jacksonville FL, on stage:

https://jarpadxmasjensens.tumblr.com/post/189342055667/feeling-grateful-for-a-decade-of-j2-moments-vid

And don't think this narrative of about-to-fall-apart-at-the-seams-Jared is not further enforced as well on tumblr posts, on Dreamwidth's Spn Gossip and in group chats by "I heard"s  and "anonymous friend or social media mutual" or someone in a convention Meet and Greet.  Someone who "happened" to witness a moment at a convention autograph table and has the twitter or tumblr account to spill all of the details.   

Jensen was given the unproblematic beard, Danneel Ackles.  Jared was given the beard with all of the negative backstory, Genevieve Cortese; the one who rubbed many in the Supernatural/J2 fandom wrong nearly from the beginning of her introduction, with frequent tales of using the children as bargaining chips against Jared, a frequently sour facial expression and high visibility on social media (although now Danneel poses a worthy rival in that department).   

Jensen was also given a meard by the name of Misha Collins, who appears to have a guaranteed role in the show and is given the off-leash park to play his mearding games every year at Jus In Bello in Rome while Jared is either sidelined or has had his beard shadow him, like she did in 2016.  And in what is mostly fandom-contained, Jensen has another meard - Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the man who plays father John Winchester and stars in The Walking Dead.  [But in this particular case, this author believes the history with JDM is more complicated because there does look to be undeniable signs he carries with him a legitimate carry-on bag.   Jared has perhaps just put up with that mearding being pushed into his face by the insensitivity of his SO]. 

Nonetheless as we bring ourselves back to the present 2019, it is Jared who, while left to his own devices in Austin, TX, was suddenly arrested in Austin, TX on October 26, after getting into a scrape-up with a few individuals who were employees at the very bar, Stereotype, that he is allegedly a part investor of.  And then he was filmed being resistant to police in a video that looked more like the shooting of a Winchester Brothers scene than a real scuffle.

#Supernatural 'SUPERNATURAL' STAR
SAM ARRESTED AT HIS AUSTIN HAUNT ...
Drunk In Public & Assault
Jared Padalecki Arrested at His Go-To Austin Club https://t.co/Zsmfbrjol2 pic.twitter.com/QqFnhMnN7x

— Brightly (@Brightl36034096) October 27, 2019

03.08.20 - Well, it seems this video is disappearing on twitter at this point, as evidenced above as this tweet is now gone.  *hmmmm*  Here's a screen shot from The Sun's tweet, which still has the story.

The story broke on TMZ, posted at 12:42 PT, which translates to 2:42 pm Central Time (my time zone).  TMZ tweeted the story at 2:46 pm Central Time.  And someone posted the story from TMZ at 8:06 pm UTC on Spn Gossip, the open blog for J2 chatter.  Several hours later, the story was already being tweeted by People.com.

The story took awhile to break (for some reason???), but once TMZ had published and tweeted it, the story spread like a wildfire for the rest of the day.  E!Online, LA Times, New York Daily News, The Daily Mail, Yahoo News, Just Jared, Buzzfeed, MSN, The Hollywood Reporter, ComicBook.com, Fox News, Deadline, US Weekly...

People, Daily Fail, TMZ, US Weekly...these are some of your bigger rag sites and when you see them all running with the same story angle, it's not because they had raced to the scene in the news van.  They were all fed the same story to release.  

While waiting for the given court date of December 13, Jared missed another convention, this time the guest appearance was to be at the Washington DC Supernatural Convention on Nov 1-3.  The saloon and street "dust-up" occurred on Oct 26 and Jared's cancellation was announced within days, on Wed, Oct. 30.  Amazingly, Creation was able to make a quick recovery:

UPDATE! October 30, 2019: Unfortunately, JARED PADALECKI is unable to attend the Supernatural D.C. Convention.

While we will miss Jared, we are pleased to welcome two new guests to the show: Alexander Calvert (“Jack”) and Jake Abel(“Adam Milligan”)! Alex and Jake will be appearing on Sunday for a Q&A, 30-minute meet and greets, photo ops and they will both be signing complimentary autographs for Gold and Silver, as well as for those with their a la carte autograph tickets. We will also be giving the Gold and Silver patrons a pre-signed photo of Jared Padalecki.

We've also added some Jensen Ackles photo ops on Sunday!  More solo Jensen ops are now available plus more Jensen/Misha duos have just been added to these long sold-out items.  And check out the new Jensen duo with Rob Benedict and trio with Jensen, Misha & Alex!  These photo ops are in limited quantity and available on a first come, first served basis at registration. - Prepared just like Boy Scouts

JibCon on stateside soil.  So within the past five (5) years, we've had three (3) very similar instances when:

a) Jared's had to change his fan convention RSVP to "sending regrets" due to personal reasons/melodrama and either partially or fully missed appearances - JibCon 2014, JibCon 2015, and DC Con 2019.  It's not that far out of the realm of sense to add JibCon 2016 with an asterisk, as that was the convention when Jared's beard, Genevieve Cortese was added to the guest lineup and served as his weekend attachment.  (With this kind of established pattern, Narnia strongly side eyes the entirely-missed 2013 Jus In Bello 4 with the stated family emergency involving Genevieve's sister.)

b) Jensen has looked to abandon him by "plunging on ahead" as solo "J1".  In 2014, he "plunged on ahead" with the Saturday panels, which featured the infamous fake makeout with meard, Misha Collins during their panel. Both men then were portrayed for the remainder of Saturday evening, as having some "we" time, aka a date night.  And even though Jared joined the group dinner, he was assumed back in his room afterwards, convalescing.  Meanwhile...

In 2015, while Jared was portrayed as fleeing home under psychological or emotional duress to be with his family, Jensen "carried on" at JibCon and then on the way to Australia for another con, all the while having his moves documented via Cliffy's Instagram as they all swam, hot-tubbed and toured the sites.

  












And in the fall of 2019, while Jared was poking fingers into burly chests and flashing dollar bills to public safety while appearing to be having "another moment", Jensen was seen on his social media plugging his upcoming cd collaboration with enabler Steve Carlson and posing as Batman in a Halloween portfolio.

 

 








All for a narrative of "Jensen doesn't care" during Jared's times of "distress and crisis", only to be followed soon with a full body hug of support.  What a "brother".  What a friend.

And yet by the time the Jacksonville convention rolled around, it looked like both men were back in panel-form.  An amazing return to status quo.

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To be continued in Pt 2 of 5, along with Liam Payne, Six Degrees w/ John Mayer and Shawn Mendes, Jake and Austin's Fall/Winter2019-2020 and Spring Break2020 Hiatus, plus Stunting in the NFL?  Tell me it ain't so!!  And more.

 
Pic Sources:  positiveexcellence, IHJ, Entertainment Weekly,
                     giphy, gfycat, The Crooked Pen
Our Playlist:  Where's the Love - Hanson
                      Kick in the Head - Dean Martin
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