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‘Desperate Housewives’ Star Reveals He Was ‘Oblivious’ to Costar Drama

Jesse Metcalfe steered clear of the feuds between his female costars.

Even though Desperate Housewives was rife with feuds—especially between his female costars—Jesse Metcalfe said that his life during filming was devoid of the theatrics. “I was just happy to have a job,” he admitted. The actor’s character, teenage gardener John Rowland, experienced quite a few plot twists throughout the eighth season show, including an affair with Eva Longoria’s Gabrielle Solis. But off screen, Metclafe said Saturday that he wasn’t caught up in the squabbles. “There’s a lot of stories about all the drama on that set between some of our lead females,” he said during a panel at the Southfork Experience. “And I was like, I was oblivious to it, basically, you know, because I was just so thrilled to be on a show and just so in the moment.” Along with Longoria, Metcalfe starred alongside Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, and Nicollette Sheridan, who exited the series after Season 5 due to issues with creator Marc Cherry. Metcalfe said he was happy to just “ride the wave” and that he was “very grateful” to work alongside his costars. He once told Variety that his experience on the show was “everything I thought it would be and more.”