Hi i am new to this fandom and i have a question about Jensen. I know that his character Dean gets called bi or gay and you talked abour this already that his character is straight but now i have seen people saying that Jensen is gay? It confuses me because one side says he is straight and one side says the opposite.
I heard that he only married his wife to cover that but i doubt thats the case, i read a lot of stuff about their marriage. But yeah most of them say its because he never showed being really attracted to women or bc of his "loveless" marriage. But then again it comes off as oh if he was in a happy loving marriage with a women he isnt gay. I am not saying being gad is bad or anything dont get me wrong.
Just hoping that you could maybe clarify some things about this if not thats okay.
Whew, that’s a tough question there anon, but I’ll do my best to navigate those waters.
So ‘Jensen is gay’ rumors have followed him AT LEAST since he was on Days of Our Lives starting back in 1998. Possibly even before, back into his modeling days. Back on DOOL, there were rumors of a relationship with his friend/costar Austin Peck. Granted, there was no evidence of that. Just attractive young men being friends was enough to fuel the rumors and some unfounded bts stories.
He was in relationships with a few women during the next years pre-supernatural.
Then SPN started. Enter Jared Padalecki. As we all know, they had famously instant chemistry and became the best of friends out the gate. Jason Manns (who Jensen was living with in LA at the time) has told the story at cons about how Jensen came home after meeting Jared and couldn’t stop talking about him. I can’t remember if he said “smitten” or “a man in love” here. Though both have been used to describe early J2 talking about each other. Even though it was not intended to be taken in a romantic way.
That chemistry irl and on screen instantly led to not only the first Wincest fic being released mere hours after the first episode aired, but also Jared becoming the first Alpha in fanfiction and Jensen the first Omega. At the same time, the J2 tinhats started coming into existence and the gay relationship rumors between Jared and Jensen took off in full force. Once again, no true evidence. Just rumors and their undeniable chemistry.
Both were in relationships with women, during all of this. Eventually meeting and marrying their wives. The wives were both accused of being beards. The gay rumors were just as strong after they married as before.
Another thing you have to know about J2 is…..well, they really don’t help those rumors very much. Those two have a very unique male relationship. They are so close. They say they are brothers on tv and in real life. They are definitely more intimate than your typical bro’s are. Though they have never done or said anything inherently homosexual.
There are so many examples:
I found this one yesterday. This is Jared just caressing Jensen’s cheek in the Impala. I’m sorry, does Jensen’s reaction say “this is my brother” to you?
Anyway, when I say there are tons of things like this I mean there are tons. Find some J2 tinhat blogs and read up if you are interested.
Am I a tinhat? Technically no, but I like to joke that I keep on buried in the back of my closet because sometimes you see things like this and go “boys! What are you doing?!?!?” They make it hard not to want to believe sometimes.
As much as I don’t want to mention this, because it’s not my side of the fandom. To answer this question fully I do have to bring up the Cockles shippers. These are the people who think that Jensen and Misha are in a real life gay relationship. There is no evidence of this either, and it really seems that Jensen barely sees him as a work friend. The Cockles shippers are believers though. So if you want more information on that you can search for those blogs as well. Though take their evidence with a grain of salt and verify what really happened because they are known to edit things to go their way?
TLDR; Pretty boys often get called gay. J2 has a super intimate heterosexual relationship. (That’s my story and I’m sticking to it) Cockles shippers are ridiculous, but they exist.
Anyone feel free to add anything I may have forgotten about.