JENSEN ACKLES Explains the Drama Between JARED PADALECKI Over the SPN Prequel  

Seriously though lol

💯 agree with you

Jeffrey Dean Morgan with Dean and Sam as kids might work

@@kaitlynszmidt4605 only way I could see it working, solid idea. At this point I’m more interested in Jensen being in “The Boys” season 3 though.

that's ... quite true.

Facts 😂

True. In the show they always took issue with one hiding something from the other and the other one finding out from a demon “huh didn’t sam/dean tell you what he did? Interesting” then they seperate their ways for one episode but have to get back together because Bobby found about something related to main storyline which is bigger than them.

@@betulceyhan8519 idjits!

Honestely that staryed to become really repetitive on the show not gonna lie

Say literally more

Honestly as a young man, Im glad I get to have these rolemodels these days and not the olden toxic masculinity BS

Dean would be horrified

@@olafnilsen1641 naah, Dean and Sam were able to share their feelings, even though Dean had a wall of fake masculinity, which was mocked many times in SPN

@@smokeychickenwings1038 thats cringe , im guessing you were raised by a single mom . or a cuck dad. its ok , my uncle is henpecked af

only wahmen seek validation

@@donmab I'm pretty sure jared was just joking about his feelings being hurt. Or they twisted how he phrase or meant it. Like maybe he was disappointed he hadnt heard the news yet. That's is exactly what I meant they are usually not the type to jump to conclusion and dramatize everything.

yeah right 😂😂

@@nolamonahan8764 😂 😂

They was just in a virtual podcast last year.

@@RealTrey1491 I'm literally talking about their Smallville characters otherwise I'd have called them Michael and Jensen

@@bumdiggoryI know you are. It's been a very long time since then of the show.

That is a deep cut dude XD

Oh shit lol I totally forgot Jensen was on Smallville lol

so its the consumers fault?

@@loudd yes...

Singing in the shower does not count in the industry

@@loudd its complicated

Jared overreacted. He was a fictionnal brother, per contract. Jensen understands his moodswings, but come on ! No, you don't tell anyone before you close a deal, not even after if it's in your contract.

I think it was the fact that he didn't phone Jared before telling the public. Jared found out at the same time as everyone else and in the same way too. Jensen could have phoned him before posting about it on social media.

@@kiamercury7639 I saw the video I know. But I also know how time gets away from you, working, having to make statements and then having to make sure everyone in the loop knows before articles are.written and released. Its alot

@@kiamercury7639 You say this, but the truth is, not at all. Sure, Jared didn't know. But his first reaction was to tweet out. Why didn't he wait after he sent the message to Jensen? He needed validation. And to be fair, it's no one's job to give a grown ass man the validation he seeks. He rushed to his fans, cause fans - including myself - have the tendency to follow and listen. In any scenario, Jared was the one who made a mistake. Even in the crazy one, where they wouldn't tell him, because they didn't want him to know - he should've congratulated his so called best friend and offer his support - the way Jensen did so many times in the past, including certain put incident.

@@Gemenice "Why didn't he wait after he sent the message to Jensen?" He did wait for hours according to Jensen. And it was hours after the initial press release (as Jared waited for a response from Jensen) before Jared tweeted his disappointment. He was publically embarrassed by Jensen's press release when fans asked him what the hell that announcement meant. He didn't have an answer because he was never made aware that any such project even existed. And to top it off WB, the CW and Chaos made sure that the Deadline article was released moments before the new episode of Walker was set to air in order to maximize the SPN fans that would be online and/or watching the episode. Of course WB and the CW assumed that Jared was aware as did Kripke, Thompson and a host of other execs and producers. Imagine how humiliating that must have been for everyone.

@@Gemenice You're right. Jared is kind of dramatic. He knows he messed up otherwise he wouldn't have deleted his tweets later on. Jensen should have at least mentioned it to Jared though. Supernatural was a project for them both, not just Jensen.

Family doesn't end in blood... even in the real world

@nova.the.panda.4294 *FAMILY , Don’t End With Blood Boy* 🩸 👑

@@WendZeg-fn8wx thats what I just said

@@nova.the.panda.4294 thats what i just said too

@@WendZeg-fn8wx I said it first

RIGHT!

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The Flash is now our therapist

Dean: What's a P.A.? Sam: I think it's kinda like a slave.

@@mr.reese9254 Lamp Operator gives me weird Victorian images. I've worked film and tv, I get it.

Wait. Did you work the episode where they entered the real world?

"You are one hell of a P.A."

the rift is probably still there,but at least they handled it like adults. Plus Maybe Jared thought the prequel was actually about the brothers. But from reading the comments its not.

I feel like their babies call them Uncle Jared and Uncle Jensen it just feels like something that I feel I call people who are best friends to my mom and grandma aunts too so it's not uncommon

I agree, but still looking forward to it

I don't know why people disliked the character. Seemed fine to me. I don't exactly know what people were expecting from the character of Mary 😫.

Agree - I cant stand Mary. And I only liked John because of the charm of JDM.

I hated Mary by the end she was sooo selfish. Like she didn’t need to be an on the top mom but she could have shown a bit of interest

@@SuperMeg82 I disliked her from the moment when she kept pushing Jack's nerves, which resulted in her death and Jack being blamed for it.

Apparently, people are confused and take fiction for reality. They were coworkers. period. Friends, yeah kind of, if I called friends people who shoot me in the back Jared-style because they can't digest reality

@@auntisthenes2754 dude they worked for 15 years as a brothers in the set that normally developed to a brotherhood that's not just a normal coworker things. Jared was shock and a little bit hurt coz Jensen didn't even told him right away, gladly jensen knows he's wrong abt it though i love jensen but i understand jared if I'm the one standing in his position.

@@jamesboquiren3103 Just you wait until you're lucky enough to work way less than for 15 years in the same place. You think your friends will vote like you ? And what happy lucky job do you do to not have imperatives ? In production you shut your mouth ! As actors already, They barely can work properly because it's so secretive. I like Jared and my respect is real, being on the bipolar spectrum myself. Everything is tough. Moodswings are awful. Sociology says it takes 8 brownie points to come back clean from one Faux-pas. Treatments need to be tried and dosages perfected. And we can have such nice high without. Cocaine doesn't do a thing for me. Well, can keep me up and going home at 3 grams of alcohol.No psycho-effect that I don't have in "high mode" naturally.Wow, people take coke to be like me. When I'm high. funny, I take everything to slow me down. and like old school brews. If you like both guys, let them be. if things go well, jensen may give his a buddy a role later. For now, h's not small potato, barely a chick-pea and Jared on his ass ? Whoever leaked this is against them, but Jared is a catch of the day with ups and down. Litterally a tool.

@@jamesboquiren3103 Sorry jared was wrong period. He sent his fans to bully jensen and daneel. And later gave absurd apology - i was drunk. That's jensen's project which he doesn't have to know

@@xima7140 they're both wrong tho just like a common siblings misunderstanding

Exactly! I heard more Supernatural got excited and read it was a prequel, not even accurate at all. With some dumb ass explanation to why John is a hunter before Mary dies.

Sounds boring AF. No one wants this. I don't think anyone watched SPN for any other reason than the brothers. It's just a quick money grab and it'll flop after half a season.

@@olympic-gradelurkera money grab? A flop? Did you watch the last few seasons of Supernatural? They fist fought God! It’s over! There’s nowhere to go but back! If they listened to the fans like you guys you would get the garbage you pretend to worry about

Eat healthy, exercise, remove stressful shit if you can. Drink plenty of water, stay away from drugs…more or less take care of yourself.

Same here man… it’s been a minute since I was on track with my self and health, but since I started watching Supernatural, Jensen has become my role model and idol. Proper inspiration for my future, alongside Warren Kole.

I agree. It was addressed months ago. Don't know why everyone feeds on that kind of drama when it wasn't even drama to start with

@@thebeaverfamily1418. These fans probably already hated the other, and feel like now they have another reason to say why Jared or Jensen are bad people, and defend their favorite at all costs. So, if the J that they hate does something that was wrong in their eyes to their favorite, they’ll attack. Then, the fans of the other J will defend and attack those fans. Also add that they also saw the actions of one of the J as wrong, and it’s a whole shit show. At least, that’s what I got from experience.

I know they don't actually own the rights to spn. But everyone knows damn well that without them, any attempt to create a tv show or movie that has replaced these two as Sam and Dean will rain down armageddon. That's like giving Kim Jong Un access to the TSAR Bomba, how about you just fucking don't?

@@kassye1624 Very well said👏👏👏

yes, exactly. I've been saying the same thing

They're ex colleagues. How many of your ex colleagues do you want to talk to on a regular basis?

@@aelius93 If I spent 15 years working and bonding with them, then I’ll always talk to them even if we stopped working together.

@@aelius93 Not all costars on long term shows are friends in real life, that’s true. The only two people who know what type of friendship they have are Jaren and Jensen themselves. Fans will see what they post on social media and just assume that they aren’t close and it’s annoying whenever fandoms CREATE drama and force the actors to speak about it. *ranting about other shows here in case you don’t want to read lmao* There would be nothing wrong with them not being close despite working together for a long time. An example of that is the main stars of the show Pretty Little Liars. Lucy Hale never seemed to be close friends with the other main girls. Fans picked up on it throughout the years (because of the other girls hanging out together often, attending Troian’s wedding while Lucy is with her friends somewhere else or doing some other project, etc) and Lucy (and the other girls) has had to address it many times. Basically what she said is that they just aren’t always going to hangout together and they have different interests and different lives, all of that. She didn’t need to address it either and neither did the other girls but fans were whining about it because they expect them to be best friends for life just like their FICTIONAL characters. Fans of any major show or film franchise always act dramatic and extreme when it comes to the actors and their personal lives. Don’t even get me started on the drama with the fans in regards to Nina Dobrev and her ex boyfriend and costar (and fictional love interest on The Vampire Diaries) and how far fans STILL go with that. They still harass Ian’s wife Nikki Reed and it resulted in Ian being negative and bitter about “Delena” in the later seasons of the show and he just wouldn’t promote it, spoke negatively about it, and that’s probably why Damon and Elena had such a lackluster reunion in the final episode and the characters of Elena and Damon didn’t even say a single line to each other, it was just a montage basically. Nina and Ian weren’t the problem, the fans were.

@@miranda13c Exactly.

@@la9102 Jensen has his brewery plus the production company to get started, a role now and then to get money in and stay in touch with his acting career.Busy. So is Jared, but he bugled in camp supernatural followers that he was miffed. And although it's not the first time, I doubt it's the last. He knows his fans will react poorly and than Jensen has so far accepted his moodswings. Ex coworkers and friends yes, ideal brothers they are not.And if the community can't get it, they'll soon be ex-coworkers

Same. I can get with Jensen, which is why, unlike some fans I wasn’t so shocked or offended that Jensen didn’t tell Jared. Some of the fans, even if they were rational, thought that Jensen was in the wrong. And, I respect that. But, personally, I wouldn’t be offended about it because I’m the same way. So I get where Jensen is coming from.

@@kassye1624 Yeah but once it was greenlit he could have shared. They do know each other for more than 15years

Yeah, but here's the thing... Supernatural belongs to Jared just as much. Don't tell anyone, but the co-star of the show you're trying to make a prequel to should kinda know lol

That's smart. As the saying goes "Don't count your chickens before they hatch". Better to not get peoples' hopes up if it doesn't work out.

@@lex_rodriguez do you have ANY idea how many spin offs they tried to make? there's probably HUNDREDS of shut down ideas from pretty much everyone. it's only natural to keep your mouth shut until the studio says "yes you can Start to think about it" it's not like they were in the middle of filming and Jared had no idea...

Honestly, Jared should have been discussed with about anything involving Supernatural. He might be busy with Walker, but Jared put 15 seasons into Supernatural just like Jensen did.

@@Renagade2332 he should have. Get a very solid feeling that part of all this was they didn’t want Jared involved (the networks and what not) as he is the known problem child/diva. It probs started as superstition when idea was first thrown out there so Jensen didn’t talk to Jared about it then. But the fact he didn’t say anything to Jared after things really started picking up and what not is likely because they studio and shit don’t want Jared involved in it.

@@TheKnight212 I think you nailed it! That's exactly my take.

I felt like Jensen should I ask Jared to build it with him you know

@@TheKnight212 I knew he was the more sensitive of the 2, but didn't realize he was a problem child or diva. Do you have any examples?

yes, I'm so happy that they got over it! And it pains me to see the hatred online against one or both parties, misunderstandings happen, I just wish the people who're pitting them against each other would let go too

I absolutely read nothing about them, unless it comes from them! I get being a fan, I'm a huge fan. Everybody has a right to their own opinion but some really take it way to Far!

Yes they were always good. They squashed it that same day and moved on but the media ran with it and blew it out of proportion. As always. 😕

Yeah the main problem is Jared, period. Like how his wife and him promoted a random book the same day Misha came out with his, and how Jensen and Misha are always promoting each other, but not Jared. Plus Jared wasn't asked to be involved. I'm sure Jensen and Jared are cool even after Jared blasted him publicly on twitter, but Jared is a problem child.

Yeah the media and something fans are very toxic, you just have some people who like to blow things out of proportion especially if they don't like one or the other. But anyway Jensen is so hot, can't wait to see more of him on my screen.

Yeah it starts like that. Ackles was completely wrong here. Yes he’s capitulating and giving excuses but you gotta wonder if there was a bigger reason why he didn’t tell the other guy aside from what he’s saying here. Perhaps they’re not that close.

@@rayleigh8 I can see why you would think that, and I can't speak on how well you know both of these men. However, for someone who has been watching both of them for years now, on and off the show, I can tell you that they are really that close. They are quite literally brothers and I have never seen or heard anything to prove that wrong. Yea they have fights and stuff like that but think about how many times you have had bad moments or spats with your own family. There was wrong done on both ends, they talked about it, they validated each other's feelings, and they moved past it.

@@rayleigh8 I actually had the exact gut reaction as you. There's clearly more to this story, but the little Jensen told makes him look awful. But if you consider there might have been a really good reason for not wanting to have Jared involved, maybe even a studio decision, then things get more complicated. Because how can you break that down to Jared? Almost an impossible task.

@@rayleigh8 Except they are, lol.

@@rayleigh8 and unicorns fart rainbows !

What did he even say

@@John-Doe-Yo he said he was disappointed to learn about this news on Twitter. He would have prefered to learn with a phone call

@@aedftiftouf3724 he should have put that tweet where his mouth his. Coz he did exactly what jensen did which means tweeting.... instead of reaching out first to jensen and waited for his reply. He has no legs to stand on

@@xima7140 that's why he said later his reaction was not the best. But he was angry and not thinking straight. So he knows that he should have reacted differently.

He seems to be having issues. Not carefree anymore

I agree, always been baffled why it was a project with Daneel who had basically nothing to do with the show as opposed to working with any number of other people that had been part of SPN. What's done is done I suppose. Glad they are still buddies.

@@mrs_marvellous Exactly and ya know what you said here "Glad they are still buddies." is 100% right because that is way more valuable than a Super Failure Spin off.

Let's hope his work on dark angel inspires him. James Cameron was onto something and pain in the ass that he is, there was flair in bringing Jensen back.

Humble, lol. Dude charges like upwards of 10 grand for a meet and greet.

I remember the first time I heard both of them.. They do/did an amazing job on SPN

Watch the early episodes of SPN and then the later ones. His voice was higher in the early episodes and got deeper as the series went on.

Especially when he's playing and voicing either Robin, Nightwing and even Batman in the Batman cartoon movies.

That grumbly thing he does didn’t start until around season 4 and just got worse every year.

I agree. Can’t imagine how hurt Jared must have felt. I get the feeling they didn’t want him involved. In terms of characters, Sam would love to know the whole story of John and Mary and learn about what she was like and how she would have been as a mother when they were children.

exactly! jared was well within his rights to react the way that he did. it is a natural reaction. both he and jensen were a part of supernatural and for jensen to be a part of a prequal and for jared to NOT be included; yea.....that would hurt

Jensen seems like hes lying

Maybe because Jared was not a very good actor....

@@dragonchr15 huh? What does that ridiculous claim have anything to do with writing a script?

Except he says that Jared DID reach out privately. In this interview.

@@jayess83 yes but he also tweeted....the world watches your tweets. I guess that isn't needed when you're family. Anyways, I love them both. J2♡

why does jared have to be a sensitive person or not confident in himself to send out that tweet. You don't know the man and last I checked, he was well within his rights to send out that tweet and feel a certain type of way! I mean anyone would've reacted the same way. I mean both he and jensen were BOTH on Supernatural playing leading roles and there is word of a prequal and jensen is part of it and not jared? Yeah, anyone would've reacted the exact same way and be hurt RIGHTLY SO if that had happened to them!s So you mean to tell me, if you were part of a show with an actor and THAT actor got the part for a prequal or sequal or anything regarding that show that you BOTH were on and you were NOT included or was even told about it; you wouldn't be upset or hurt by that? smh.

@@mobprincessxoxo5758 To be honest…children act like that, IMO. Adults act professionally and take the conversation to a private space. Instead he vocally criticised his friend, got upset and just reacted without thinking. Lashing out on a public forum as a grown adult is not the mark of self confidence. Especially not with the amount of followers he has. All it did was exacerbate a situation and create a divide, when it could have been solved with a private text instead. He knew Jensen was working on The Boys at the time, and likely busy. They’ve known each other for 15 years or more, and he didn’t really give Jensen the benefit of the doubt, just started complaining loudly on social media and riling people up on both sides. But it’s all in the past and they’ve moved on. And as Jensen said, Jared had had a few drinks so that certainly didn’t help.

@@ManicMuppit I work with a lot of supposed ‘adults’ who 90% of the time live up to the title, and then you catch them unawares and the mask slips. We’re all human, and to be honest, Jared has addressed his anxiety and chronic depression often. I’m nowhere on his level, but I have my own moments; a simple flare of insecurity can cause more trouble than you anticipate. Like me, Jared is fortunate to have people in his life willing to take the time to step back and help him assess the situations as they arise. And to be honest, it was a moment for Jensen as well. Just proof that you don’t have to have any diagnosis to experience moments of poor decision.

@@mobprincessxoxo5758 Love this! I remember a time at work early in pandemic when a coworker made remarks in chat that were completely hitting me wrong. I called my supervisor in near tears about the situation; I’m still thankful to this day that I had the presence of mind to admit I felt the situation was out of context but I was not in a mental state to sort it out. My supervisor listened to me, gave me time to regain my composure, and then approached the coworker. Before the day was out we had the situation resolved and the coworker and I are still good friends. The Supervisor? That woman is responsible for my own growth over the following months and years and my steadily improving confidence.

@@ManicMuppit It's not a drinking problem, it's a mental health problem. Not his fault. Not Jensen's either.

he’s 40 something ofc he’s mature lol

@@sammy-dg1zr yeah but age doesn't always automatically guarantee maturity, I have seen grown ass people act immature and literal kids act mature, so it goes both ways🤷‍♀️

Nah, he’s lying through his teeth

Robbie Thompson was the showrunner for "The Winchesters," so of course he was clued in. Can't run a show (and be lead writer) if you don't know you're a part of the project. Jared wasn't involved for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the fact he's busy producing 2 shows of his own (and starring in one of them).

Yes he does.

@@Uhohlisanope

Definitely did, lmao. Stop kissing his ass and realize he’s human and when he fucks up, he does need to apologize and explain.

they decided to do Supernatural later together. And Jared had his own thing with Walker and Jensen was in lockdown and wanted to do something with Danneel.

That’s not really an excuse lol. From the get go this was getting big in pre-production. There was plenty of time to loop in Jared as this is what was always promised. It could have waited till after covid to give more time for collaboration. This was something he wanted to do on his own. Not to deliberately hurt Jared, that probably wasn’t taken into account tbh, but a project he wanted for himself otherwise he wouldn’t worry about the superstition of exposing the project too early. It’s just the sh* hit the fan when it all came out because it wasn’t intended to come out this way.

I miss Crowley so much lol he needs his own show

Maybe they should run the show until the end of days and the literal apocolypse will be the finale.

That's my biggest issue. I know WAYYY TOO much about them to get behind the idea of a prequel. Look at Red Dead when they did their prequel. It worked because the original story only mentioned snippets of John's past with his gang, forsure never got hours of screentime following past events. With SPN.. They've given so much that there's next to nothing left to the imagination. Seriously throughout all of SPN's history.. no other hunters ever did anything worth following?.

He can't be in it. It's a prequel, he's not born yet. I hear what you're trying to say though but sometimes life just gets busy.

@@maddsluiz1296 Life can be busy, but it doesn’t take long to send a text message or give a call. Jensen made supernatural to what it is just as much as Jared. Anything supernatural related should involve the both of them imo.

@@dunkirito8308 Did you not just listen to what he said?

@@maddsluiz1296 I did read it, but just because his character isn’t in it doesn’t mean he still can’t be involved behind the scenes or given a heads up that they plan on making a spin off.

@@dunkirito8308 but why? Let's say you worked at a restaurant and you had a colleague who worked with you for 16+ years. You decide to open your own restaurant. Are you obligated to bring that person with you? No. Would it be nice to ask them? Yes. Are you going to say anything to them before everything 8s in order? Probably not. Why should it be any different for Jensen just because they have a dedicated fan base. In the end Supernatural was a job and he is an actor getting into producing and directing, why would he draw attention to it until its a done deal. Having said that, if I have an issue with my friend/colleague I will call them and talk to them. I'm not posting about it on social media until I know what their side of the story is. That's called maturity.

The comment section is the worst, people understand jensen and looks like many are biased towards jensen and it works well for jensen too. People are bashing jared.. I mean I know you bias one person but opinions are also very biased.

@@peacebees3556 they’re wrong, opinions don’t matter in this. It’s a factually true statement to say dean is nothing but an overused side character 90% of the show

his claim he dint want to jinx it, of course Daneel(she might have a hand in this) his wife has a say in it as well. i think its kinda bs since rowena, trickers, bobby, and OF jack were reprises as guests. sounds like he and his wife wanted the series all to themselves.

@@thehantavirus money

The execs I could get but I really don’t think Jensen would f over Jared like that. They really have been best friends for over 15 years now. In each other weddings. Uncle to each other kids. Etc. whatever the execs wanted would be separate from Jensen. And if the news of the spin-off was leaked and Jensen had to panic post something, then I could totally see him either not having the time in the moment or forgetting to reach out to Jared.

What why wouldn’t they want Jared ?

@@katerina9159 aalso curious

@@katerina9159 its obvious.. jensen made it a family business.. himself, his wife and his production company.. looks like he did it for money... cuz the show is bad.. he literally thought people like the show for action.. cause last time I remember.. its sam and dean.. not a one man show.. idk how much of it is true.. jensen accepted higher pay than jared for whole of spn.. I don't think that is fair.. how both equally important characters get such different plays like 50k more..

Jared knew about the prequel before, there are literal videos of them talking about it from a year ago.

Those are just things people say. Like when Kim catrall said working with the great SJP. Who even cares? Come to think of it, why am I even here? The last thing in the world I care about is some BS mainstream media show that didn't have the balls to make their subtext text in 2020. No offense. This is just ain't my bag.

Voiced Jason Todd in Under the Red Hood as well

Your mom must be. But they're just human beings, some are deeply flawed, some absent...

this is the corniest shit i’ve ever read

Maybe in your world.

@@JoolzThePirate in situation where they try to make a better world. My mom is not traditionnal.She worked her ass off to secure my future. I get that. My father didn't and drank himself silly. People weren't kind. the man is tthe man and women need to know their place... I think not. My avatar comes from a comic book where the horse is the brain of the affair...just the hero's horse, but he sees clearly while others do not. Parents aren't perfect. my mother is not maternal, all loving, but she had the backbone to throw my father out despite deeply caring about him. the all-loving kind let abusive husbands or addicts rule their family life. it's no good to anyone. just tradition.

some run away, give you up for adoption, etc..because they are not supernatural and don't think they can deal with what is expected. For starters, fathers are part of the deal but not always good news

I think Jared’s thing is why wasn’t he involved at all. I don’t think he cares whether he knew about it or not, but he wanted to actually be involved in someway and he should have been not sure why he isn’t. I under Jensen wanted to do his own things and he should definitely he shouldn’t have to involve Jared in his projects. However Supernatural is both of their things, they should both get a piece of it after 15 years as far as I’m concerned.

@@nicoblac9368 I don't think it was entirely Jensen who didn't want Jared involved but likely the studio.

Actually it only had an ok . No script, no crew, no actors, no directors,, no pilot.You don't brag about something that may never happen its pointless. Also it's Jensen and Danneels money going into this so it's their livelihood.

Think more... he involved his wife and his production company so the money goes to himself... if he had involved jared he might had to pay him too.. and worse.. he wouldn't have agreed to this crap storyline

Jared is already executive producer of two shows (and starring in one). He's pretty busy. Why not have Danneel be one of the executive producers?