Alexis Bledel was only 18 when she landed her most iconic role in the hit series Gilmore Girls. The CW show was Bledels first major acting gig and helped make her a household name. During her time on set Bledel formed several lifelong friendships including with her onscreen mother Lauren Graham Lorelai. She also found love more than once dating all but one of the actors who played Rorys boyfriends.

Alexis Bledel dated all of her characters boyfriends except one

Bledel played Rory Gilmore throughout Gilmore Girls seven seasons as well as the muchmaligned Netflix revival. Throughout the series her character has three significant relationships First with Dean Forrester Jared Padalecki then with Jess Mariano Milo Ventimiglia and finally Logan Huntzberger Matt Czuchry. As it turns out Bledel dated more than one of these actors.Bledel and Padalecki who played Dean Rorys first love on Gilmore Girls dated briefly for one year. The rumors of their involvement at the time remained pure speculation as they neither publicly confirmed nor denied them.

However the shows casting director Mara Casey spilled the beans years later to Life & Style Magazine confirming that Padalecki and Bledel were a thing during the first season. Padalecki also confirmed the story in 2021 telling Glamour that he and Bledel dated because they were both 17 years old and were both Texans and kind of in this new strange city [Los Angeles].But the most prominent romance in the Gilmore Girls set was between Bledel and Ventimiglia. Ventimiglia played Bledels characters onagainoffagain boyfriend Jess. When the actor joined the cast in 2002 he and Bledel fell for each other and began dating the following year. At the time he was 25 and she was 21.Ventimiglia and Bledel were serious and at one point even considered getting married. However after four years of dating the pair announced their split with Ventimiglias rep confirming the news to People. The former couple didnt explain why they broke up but the split appeared amicable.

Alexis Bledel didnt date 1 of her onscreen boyfriends but she did date a third costar

Ventimiglia and Padalecki werent the only Gilmore Girls actors Bledel dated in real life. According to the series casting director Bledel also had a shortlived romance with one of the guest stars on the show. Casey revealed that Bledel dated a young New York actor named Chris Heuisler after her romance with Padalecki ended and before dating Ventimiglia.Heuisler played a member of the Stars Hollow basketball team named Peter in season 2 episode 11. The actors character wasnt given a surname as he wasnt meant to stick around for long only appearing in the one episode. He and Bledel might not have shared much time on screen but they dated briefly in 2002.Given her past track record it seems natural that Bledel would have also dated Czuchry who played Rorys boyfriend at Yale Logan. However the two remained platonic offscreen. Czuchry joined the show in season 5 and like Padalecki and Ventimiglia came back for the revival.

Who is Alexis Bledel dating today?

While her relationships on Gilmore Girls didnt pan out Bledel later dated another costar which led to her marriage. In 2012 she and Mad Men star Vincent Kartheiser began dating. The two met on the set of the AMC show while Bledel was a guest star.Bledel and Kartheiser got engaged the following year and tied the knot in 2014. In May 2016 news broke that theyd welcomed their first child a son in 2015. The pair stayed married for nearly a decade but on August 10 Kartheiser filed for divorce from The Handmaids Tale actor. The divorce was finalized on August 26 2022.