Jared Padalecki Blew Me A Kiss
So as I’m sure most of you know that there was a Gilmore Girls reunion this weekend in Austin, Texas at the ATX TV Festival. I being from Texas and a huge fan of Gilmore Girls decided that I absolutely needed to attend, but I am dirt poor at the moment so I decided to volunteer instead of getting tickets. (Volunteers get into any event as long as there is space available, and all of the people who purchased badges and tickets have been seated).
So I was working the event, doing some crowd control around the red carpet area. That’s so crazies like you and I don’t get all up in the celebrity’s business and hurt themselves or anyone else. And I knew going into it that there was no way I was going to be able to get in and see the panel because there was WAAAAYYYYY too many people in line. (Went around like two square blocks.) Knowing that I wasn’t going to get in didn’t bother me because I was literally like five feet from the red carpet so I got to see everyone, Jared included. Even Gen was there accompanying him, as I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures on social media.
So annnnyyyywayy when all the stars and guests were inside and seated myself and most of the other volunteers went into the lobby to cool off and get hydrated, because it was hot as balls that day. The volunteer coordinator came to tell us how grateful and thankful she was for all the help we’d given that day, but that unfortunately we couldn’t see the panel because the theater was at capacity. (There was no seats left at all, they had had to turn hundreds of people away at the door.) She did however tell us to stick around because she could maybe have us take turns sneaking a peek for a minute or two to listen in and/or take a quick picture.
So here comes the good part…
We’re all still siting on the floor in the lobby, exhausted, but getting hydrated. The panel had started probably like 15-20mins before because we could hear yelling and laughing and whatnot. So I’m sitting there talking to some newly acquired friends when I hear a voice thanking us. “Thanks for everything y’all are doing, keep up the good work.” This voice belonging to none other than Jared Padalecki. Holy Shit I hadn’t even noticed he had walked in to the lobby WTF, isn’t he supposed to be on stage?? He turns and is saying something to my volunteer coordinator and is about to leave and I react so quickly I wasn’t even thinking. (They had told us to keep cool and fangirl on the inside, but it’s fucking Jared!! I couldn’t just sit there, right???) So I yell, “Keep Fighting, Jared!” He almost immediately turns and looks for the person who said it. He notices it was me cause I waved a bit, I think. He looks me directly in the eyes and says very strongly, “I WILL!” Then keeping the eye contact blows me a kiss, smiles, says “Love you,” then waves at everyone and goes while I shout “Love you too!”
Holy Fucking Shit! My head was spinning and I started hyperventilating! Jared Fucking Padalecki just blew ME a kiss! JARED FUCKING PADALECKI JUST BLEW ME A KISS AND SAID I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
It’s a good thing I was already sitting on the floor because I just fell back. I fell back on to one of my new friends who I had already talked to about my love of Gilmore Girls and Supernatural. I was laughing and shaking uncontrollably while she held me, laughed, told me to calm down and breathe. I mean I’ve had celebrity encounters before but this was different. It was seriously one of the best days I’ve ever had.
Setting the kiss and the fact that he said I love you aside, which he probably does to all his fans, what hit me later was what he had said.
It meant so much, those two words. They had felt so powerful. “I WILL!” (Makes me wanna cry a little right now as I’m typing and remembering every detail of those few seconds of interaction.)
He knows that we know he’s going through a tough time and he knows that we love him and are worried about him. But the way he said it just said more to me. It was like he was saying, “Thanks for caring so much and even though it’s hard I’m always going to keep fighting and I WILL get through this, your support means everything to me.”
Family doesn’t end in blood, and he knows we’re there when he needs us. With the rough time he’s been having I’m so glad he took the time and actually came to the event, which he could have canceled last minute like other events over the last couple of weeks. I’m happy he came to the event, and I’m happy I was there to give him that support that he probably wasn’t expecting at that particular moment. This is what family does, they support each other through thick and thin.
Let us “ALWAYS KEEP FIGHTING” for ourselves and for each other. If you read to the end of this post thank you, I love all my Supernatural Family, and Gilmore Family and every other fandom family I’m in.
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