What occurs in Stars Hole stays in Stars Hole. Alexis Bledel sparked a romance with Milo Ventimiglia on the Gilmore Girls set — however he’s not the one former costar she’s fallen for.

The pair portrayed Rory Gilmore and Jess Mariano, respectively, on the beloved 2000s collection. Their characters dated on and off all through the present, and in the actual world, the actors have been together for four years earlier than splitting in 2006.

Bledel ultimately went on to marry Mad Men costar Vincent Kartheiser in 2014. Three years later, when she was up for an Emmy for her work on The Handmaid’s Story, the This Is Us hunk proved the outdated friends have been nonetheless on good phrases.

“I’m very happy for her,” Ventimiglia advised Bravo’s Every day Dish. “She’s always been a great actor.”

Although followers have been pining over the Second Act star for years, he’s extra targeted on finding the perfect role than the proper associate.

“Everything is second position to work — everything,” he advised Haute Residing in Could 2021. “I’ve had friendships and relationships that definitely had a hard time with that. I’d get home from work and a girlfriend would want to spend time together, and I’d have to make sure I did spend time with her, sit down and eat, maybe turn on a movie for 20 minutes. But when my bowl is empty, I’ve got to go into my office and close the door and work for another two hours so my lines are spot on and I’m ready to be on set the next day, so I’m not wasting time for the crew.”

Ventimiglia continued, “You kind of have to dedicate yourself to it in a greater way, and some things are going to be sacrificed while others can run concurrently. … [In relationships], you have to give someone room to live their life to their fullest, and hopefully those two lives can just run on the same track.”

Gilmore Ladies might have resulted in 2007, however the forged still remains supportive of one another — and even reunited for a Netflix spinoff, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, in 2016.

5 years later, Bledel weighed in on the hot debate about which love curiosity her character ought to have ended up with — Jess, Dean Forester (Jared Padalecki) or Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry). Nonetheless, her reply didn’t give followers a lot closure.

“Jeagan?” she joked throughout an look on Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen, mashing up all three names. “I can’t single somebody out.”

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