Roommates, y’all already know Rihanna is never afraid to set the record straight. She was quick to do just that, sliding straight into a content creator’s comment section who seemed to believe she was expecting her fourth child with A$AP Rocky after an alleged baby bump photo surfaced on social media.

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Rihanna Slides In Content Creator’s Comment Section To Address Baby #4 Speculation

At this point, fans stay on baby bump watch when it comes to Rihanna. Anytime she pops out, folks start speculating that she might have another mini-me on the way. Well, one content creator by the name of @everybodyhatekrissy was convinced Riri is pregnant after Vogue magazine allegedly dropped a photo of her with a baby bump on Facebook. Krissy even shared a video on Instagram saying she was excited for the singer and thinks living as a billionaire with four kids is a vibe.

Rihanna appeared to peep Krissy’s video and slid right into her comment section, asking her, “is the baby in the womb with us?” basically shutting down all the speculation. Folks also jumped into Krissy’s comment section right behind Rih, telling Krissy the bump photo is actually an old picture. Additionally, others hyped up the Bad Gal for clocking the tea and clearing up pregnancy rumors.

Fans Join Rihanna In Clocking Pregnancy Speculation

Fans continued to stand ten toes down behind Rihanna over in Krissy’s comment section. Peep more reactions below.

Instagram user @always_b3youtifulher wrote, “That pic is old, always getting stories wrong 😑”

Instagram user @_blubirdfli wrote, “As a woman policing another woman’s womb is crazy.” 

While Instagram user @mel_aniegoddess wrote, “Did she tell u all this ?😂😂😂” 

Then Instagram user @yonellbb wrote, “Spreading fake News and Rihanna stopped you right in your tracks 😂 Just sitting up here Assuming and lying 🤥” 

Another Instagram user @sexy_thickness__ wrote, “@badgalriri 😂😂tell them queen.” 

Instagram user @blessedlvve wrote, “I’m crying, Facebook is your source?” 

Then another Instagram user @stapuraliving wrote, “No fact checking. Just hungry for engagement.” 

Finally, Instagram user @maureenhairstylist wrote, “Rihanna is not pregnant get it straight you want views and likes some males. The woman is not pregnant.” 

Rihanna Previously Addressed “Baby Bump” Speculation: Here’s What She Said

Folks have been pressing Rihanna, assuming she was pregnant again not long after she welcomed her daughter, Rocki Irish Mayers, in September 2025. The Fenty mogul spoke with Dior during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, where she proudly spoke about her “little pouch,” finding fits that compliment it, and fully embracing her postpartum body.

“Favorite look? That’s impossible. I wanted the coats, I wanted the dresses…the skirts with a little bump right here at the stomach ‘cause I got a little pouch after having kids, so I’d love that.”

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Bold and the Beautiful brings Ivy Forrester (Ashleigh Brewer) and RJ Forrester (Brayan Nicoletti) trying to get both Will Spencer (Crew Morrow) and Dylan (Sydney Bullock) fired from Forrester Creations. But I kind of suspect it’s going to blow up in their faces spectacularly.

Ivy should definitely be shown the door if there’s any justice in this world and RJ may actually wind up in trouble as well. With Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) spilling the beans to Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace) this week, it is about to get unhinged and it won’t be proper at all. Let’s dive in!

RJ And Ivy Demand Ridge Fire Will And Dylan on Bold and the Beautiful

All right, so this week we had Ivy and RJ in the CEO office at Forrester Creations and they were basically harassing and bossing and bullying Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye), demanding that he fire both Will and Dylan over their personal lives and this isn’t going too well for Ivy and RJ because first of all, Ridge hates to be told what to do. Second, their demands are about personal stuff. It’s not work related.

And third, because Will had already come in and spoken calmly to Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), Ridge and Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and said he didn’t want personal things getting in the way at work and apologized for things being a distraction. I think they see that Will is behaving much better than RJ.

Bold and Beautiful: RJ Blows Up

I don’t know how Brooke and Ridge don’t realize that the hate spewing out of RJ’s mouth is basically him echoing how Ridge talks about Bill Spencer (Don Diamont). And yes, 100% Ridge’s hate of Bill is justified. But the way that RJ’s acting the same way about Will isn’t justified at all. RJ was going on about how Will is a sleaze and Electra deserves a stress-free life, so Will and Dylan shouldn’t be working at Forrester.

And Ridge said, “Nobody’s getting fired.” Then RJ got even nastier about how Will should be with his own kind, the Spencers, not at Forrester. And that was when Ivy strolled in to agree and she joined RJ’s bullying efforts trying to get them to fire Dylan.

Somebody who made a great personal sacrifice to help Steffy and was put in danger because of Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada) coming after Steffy. So no, she’s not going to fire Dylan. Plus, Steffy honestly hates Ivy. So, while Ridge said he thinks that Electra is wonderful, he reminded Ivy and RJ that he and Steffy are the ones that make the decisions about who stays and who goes. But RJ and Ivy wouldn’t stop.

Even after Ridge reminded them Forrester is a place of business, RJ just kept getting more heated. He was trashing Will. And then Ivy started basically swooning over RJ for defending Electra and how he’s a prince. Of course, Brooke loved that, you know. And RJ’s talking about how Will brings chaos. He’s got to go. Dylan has to go. Ivy’s going, “Yeah, yeah.” and she told Ridge he knows what needs to be done only he’s not going to do what Ivy’s demanding nor RJ.

Daphne Tells Electra the Truth on B&B

So, at the same time this was going on we had Will begging Electra for another chance but she said he made his choice and Dylan moving out came too late. So, if it was too late was Electra still giving that ultimatum if it’s too late and she’s not going to get back with him. It’s none of her business who lives in his guest house. But I digress. So, Will caved to the ultimatum and then Electra’s like, “Oh, it’s too late.” He made it happen in the same day.

You know, they said when she got her first paycheck, she got it. Boom. She’s gone. And Will was clueless because Electra was going on about him choosing Dylan and not meeting her. And of course, Electra’s talking about the letter. But Will’s in the dark because he never saw the letter, and he kept asking Electra to just explain what she’s talking about. But instead of communicating what happened, you know, we get this writing where she’s throwing a tantrum about it being too painful.

Bold and the Beautiful: Will Walks Out

That’s when Will just walked out frustrated. Because Electra wasn’t just talking to him and she was in a full-blown tear stain meltdown. And even though Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) warned Daphne, “Don’t get involved.” After overhearing that, of course, she told Electra, “There’s something you need to know that’s going to change everything.”

So, Daphne obviously told Electra the truth. Because she went to confront Ivy, that’s gonna continue at the final episodes of this week. So after RJ and Ivy said all those nasty things about Will and Dylan, the explosive truth that Ivy is the nasty one is coming out and Electra demands to know where’s her letter and she and Will are both going to flip out and confront Ivy by the end of this week. That’s explosive.

Will Steffy Fire Ivy on Bold?

And from there, I suspect that Ridge and Steffy are going to make a decision to fire somebody. Neither Ridge nor Steffy want personal drama at Forrester. And Ivy stealing Electra’s letter is technically theft. I’m sure it’s against company policy. And they’re going to see Ivy’s a liar who intentionally caused major problems at work, riling things up between staff members.

So, I think that’s definitely a firing offense. And I suspect Steffy will fire Ivy because she never wanted her there anyway. And heck, Electra may even tell Steffy and Ridge she thinks Ivy needs fired, even if it cost Electra her job because it would mess up the jewelry line. Ashleigh Brewer may not be coming back after her maternity leave, you know, if indeed Ivy is fired and ostracized because it is the proper thing to do. But that all will facilitate her exit because I think at this point she’s probably had her baby and just hasn’t said anything because of the storyline.

What About RJ?

As for RJ that’s another issue. He bought what Ivy was selling hook, line and sinker and RJ was wrong to sling accusations at Will and trying to get him and Dylan fired. I don’t think Ridge would fire Golden Boy RJ. Brooke certainly wouldn’t let him. But RJ might get a sternly worded warning that he needs to stop the antics. Stop trash-talking. Will stop slamming him because of who his dad is. Learn to work peacefully or else. Honestly, RJ is an aggressively annoying nepo baby at this point. Ridge already had some words for RJ and told him to leave the personal drama at the door. And Ridge hasn’t even heard yet that Carter broke up a physical fight between RJ and Will, which is not okay.

So, after everything goes down and Ivy’s exposed, I think Ridge may basically threaten RJ, give him a very stern warning and tell him this stops now or you’re going to go to Forrester International to work with Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson). I don’t think Ridge is going to put up with RJ throwing tantrums. I mean, Ridge has given his other son Thomas tough love in the past when he let personal stuff interfere with work.

Bold and the Beautiful: The Truth Comes Out

So, I don’t think that Ridge will handle it any differently with RJ, no matter what Brooke says. So, Ridge might actually write RJ a pretty harsh reality check, something that he needs to hear. Something like, “Just because your last name is Forrester and this is Forrester Creations, that doesn’t mean you get to run around bullying people, insulting them, talking nasty, starting physical fights, and demanding that his Daddy Ridge fire people that RJ doesn’t like.” That won’t fly. That is like top tier nepo baby activity. And RJ is just very unlikable right now.

Of course, another problem for him is that I’m sure Electra and Will are going to reunite when they find out that Ivy architected their breakup. And RJ might have a fit about that because he may be in denial that Ivy is the villain here, not Will and not Dylan. Because the truth bomb is kind of going to make RJ look like a big old idiot.

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil Season 2, Episode 5.To say that Daredevil: Born Again has had a rocky road to development would be a vast understatement. While fans had been clamoring for Charlie Cox to reprise his role as Matt Murdock ever since the original Netflix Daredevil was cancelled, the initial version of Daredevil: Born Again had to be completely re-shot and reconfigured as a result of creative changes. Although the series has pulled off some of the best moments to ever feature the characters, Daredevil: Born Again has also taken major swings where the consequences aren’t fleshed out. The decision to kill off another major character isn’t just a disappointing instance of a story choice being made purely for the sake of shock value, but it’s an indictment of the series’ troublesome depiction of its female characters.

Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) and his wife Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer) were at odds last season after Vanessa was involved with having Benjamin Pointdexter (Wilson Bethel) assassinate Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), and the threat of Bullseye has been prevalent all Season 2. Although Bullseye nearly manages to kill Fisk at his boxing match, Vanessa is the one who is caught in the crossfire when Fisk smashes a glass ornament with his winning belt, and the shrapnel from the glass fatally wounds her. Although Vanessa manages to successfully survive the surgery, she ultimately dies not long after she regains consciousness. While Vanessa’s death will likely turn Fisk into an even more ruthless figure, he’s already been acting recklessly leading up to the boxing match. Vanessa’s death isn’t just an unnecessary and derivative narrative point, but it also robs the series of one of its most complex characters.

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Didn’t Take Advantage of Vanessa

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When compared to the vast majority of other projects set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Daredevil has always had a fairly permanent sense of death, and doesn’t needlessly revive characters once they are killed off. Although Foggy’s demise was controversial, it’s not something that the series took lightly because it was important to Matt’s development into a darker, more conflicted figure. However, Vanessa’s death simply confirms a direction Fisk was already going in and undercuts her as an individual character. Considering that he is using the Anti-Vigilante Task Force as his own private militia, Fisk isn’t going to be reigned in, especially since he and Vanessa have been struggling with a growing rift between them. The assassination attempt on Fisk by Dex would already have been a convincing enough reason for him to lose control, but Vanessa’s death is a weighty moment that isn’t built up to in a compelling way. While she was once a character with dimensionality, Vanessa has become yet another sacrifice used to push along a male character’s development; this has been a consistent issue for the franchise, as Elodie Yung‘s Elektra was killed to push along Matt’s development.

What’s especially disappointing is that Vanessa has growing more powerful in the current season. Dex gives a powerful monologue to Matt when discussing the psychological torment that he endured while under her control, and Vanessa had also been making moves to legitimize her husband’s coalition by meeting with officials from the New York state government, not to mention running his criminal empire when he was gone from New York. She represented a different type of villain for the series because of her political connections, and could operate in the shadows in a way that made it more difficult for Matt to discern her plans. While the implication is that Vanessa was just as dangerous as her husband, albeit in a different way, her death seems to discredit that development by making her another sacrifice within the long game. It’s an unfortunate example of fridging, in which a female character is taken out of the story in order to further the emotional development of a male character, Fisk in this case.

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Has an Uneven Relationship With the Netflix Series

The other issue Daredevil: Born Again has run into is its revolving door of villains, as Mr. Charles (Matthew Lillard) and Buck (Arty Froushan) haven’t proven that they will have the same level of moral ambiguity. Vanessa was one of the rare female characters in Marvel’s television to have a position of authority and power, but there was still room to expand upon her history. When considering that there have been entire flashback episodes that delved into what drove Dex and Fisk to become more ruthless, Vanessa’s backstory has been shrouded in a degree of mystery that could have come to play in future installments in the series. It would be one thing if Vanessa’s death was part of the endgame for what Daredevil: Born Again had in mind, but another season is already in production. It’s disappointing that a character who was clearly being developed was reduced to being a catalyst for Fisk’s aggression, especially since Vanessa hadn’t had the chance to have confrontations with some of the other new characters.

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“The Grand Design” even included a flashback moment when Fisk discusses entering the art world with his former right-hand man, James Wesley (Toby Leonard Moore), which sets up why he meets Vanessa in the gallery back in the first season of the Netflix series. Vanessa’s death is not only an exhausting example of a show putting a ceiling on what its female characters are allowed to accomplish, but a decision that makes Fisk less interesting. The scenes of the Fisks marital issues in Season 1 offered a vulnerability to the character that made him more complex than how he had appeared in the original Netflix series. And as exciting as it will be to see Krysten Ritter pop up later in the season, Daredevil: Born Again hasn’t offered much for its female characters, especially since Deborah Ann Woll has been given little to do in the last four episodes as well. Vanessa’s death is a worrying sign for Daredevil: Born Again, proving that no matter how far the show has come, it is still prone to missteps.

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Sometimes an actor does such an incredible job in a landmark role that it becomes impossible to picture anyone else taking on the mantle. Characters like Batman or the Joker are almost designed to be passed down for each new generation, but others are defined by a single performance.

JK Simmons’ J. Jonah Jameson, for instance, is so fundamental that the MCU didn’t even attempt to recast the newspaper editor once they took control of the Spider-Man IP. Now, thanks to a report in Variety, we know that Lord Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes is ready to officially hand the villain of the wizarding world off to one of his esteemed colleagues.

Voldemort Lobbies To Gender Swap Himself

Specifically, Fiennes has pointed at Tilda Swinton as the perfect Voldemort, expressing “I think she would be amazing.” Fiennes famously portrayed he who shall not be named during the original run of the Harry Potter film franchise, reprising the role a total of five times from 2005 through 2011.

With a new HBO reboot series on the way, fans have been cautiously optimistic for casting news. Several names, including Tilda Swinton and Oppenheimer‘s Cillian Murphy have circulated, though none have been confirmed at the time of this writing.

Why Ray Fiennes Can’t Return As Harry Potter’s Villain

Performers that have been confirmed to appear in the new Harry Potter series include Nick Frost, John Lithgow, and newcomer Dominic McLaughlin. Fiennes claims that he would have loved to return for a time, but “that ship has sailed” now that so much time has passed. It makes sense that decorated actors like Tilda Swinton and Cillian Murphy would top the list for fan castings, since they both offer uniquely intense performances, impressive range, and slender, pale frames, similar to the build you’d expect from Hogwarts’ Dark Lord.

Casting Voldemort may turn out to be a make-or-break decision for the success of the Harry Potter show, since the series already has so many cards stacked against it. Promo images have been released for the inaugural season, though the style and design were torn apart by social media users. Likewise, the project has been viewed as radioactive to some fans, due to J.K. Rowling‘s polarizing online presence, particularly in regard to her outspoken stance against the transgender community.

The Politics Of It All

Casting a woman who self-identifies as queer in the pivotal role could be a lifeline for fans who disagree with Rowling’s views on transgender ideology, but it also runs the risk of offending her supporters. Any way you slice it, it’s a complete tightrope walk for the producers of the series.

That’s why it’s important to absolutely nail it by selecting someone as talented and capable as Swinton. As we’ve seen in the past, fans can move past casting choices quickly when the performances are truly undeniable. In 2026, nobody is complaining about Samuel L. Jackson’s turn as Nick Fury, or even Chris Pratt‘s straightforward delivery as Mario.

The Harry Potter series is due for a Christmas premiere later this year. As that date draws near, we’re bound to keep getting casting updates.

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Normally, I’m not one to gush over vampire movies, but I’m a “never say never” kind of guy when it comes to my media consumption. While I admit that I had my reservations about checking out 2022’s Day Shift after punishing myself with 2005’s infamously terrible BloodRayne, I’m a fan of Jamie Foxx in most applications, having thoroughly enjoyed White House Down (2013) and They Cloned Tyrone (2023). Both films technically function in the buddy comedy wheelhouse, and the humor lands exceptionally well thanks to Foxx’s ability to play the straight man in increasingly ridiculous situations.

Day Shift brings that energy into the world of vampire hunting, where there’s payroll, union rules, and a code of conduct that needs to be followed for the whole machine to work in the shadows without too much collateral damage. With that dynamic in mind, Day Shift gets its laughs from constantly breaking those rules as an ancient, undead evil threatens the world as we know it.

Stuck On The Day Shift

When we’re introduced to Jamie Foxx’s unfortunately named Bud Jablonski, we quickly learn just how unfortunate every other aspect of his life is. Separated from his wife Jocelyn (Meagan Good), he does everything he can to provide for his daughter Paige (Zion Broadnax). Posing as a contract pool cleaner, Bud moonlights as a rogue vampire killer, collecting their teeth so he can pawn them off for extra cash. Facing mounting financial pressure because Jocelyn is threatening to sell the house and move out of town, Bud realizes what he has to do: rejoin the vampire hunting union.

There’s just one problem. Union boss Ralph Seeger (Eric Lange) doesn’t want him back because he has a long history of violating protocol. Don’t worry though, because we need Bud to rejoin the union for his movie to work, so Snoop Dogg’s Big John Elliott, a well-respected veteran vampire hunter, helps convince Seeger to allow him to work in an official capacity again.

Seeger, not exactly thrilled to let Bud back into the mix, forces him to work with Seth (Dave Franco), the most by-the-books union supervisor to ever walk on God’s green earth. Seth eats gluten-free muffins, speaks fluently in policy, and is tasked with clocking every single one of Bud’s infractions during his probationary trial before he can be fully welcomed back as a full-time member.

Right off the bat, Bud and Seth butt heads, but Seth warms up to his unconventional approach to vampire hunting when he sees the results. As their friendship forms throughout Day Shift, we learn what’s really at stake in the form of our antagonist, Audrey San Fernando (Karla Souza). Audrey has it out for Bud, who in the film’s opening sequence murdered an elderly vampire woman in her home who just so happens to be her daughter.

Stuck trying to do things his own way without getting the book thrown at him, Bud now has to worry about Audrey hunting down his family, who have no idea about his extracurricular vampire activities, for revenge.

Bloody, Buddy Cops

Not only does Day Shift offer an emotional throughline through Bud’s family dynamic, the buddy cop aspect of the film is what really sells its premise. Seth constantly getting sick to his stomach and soiling himself every time Bud and his vampire hunting friends rack up a body count becomes a recurring gag, and much of his character’s evolution comes from realizing that rules are sometimes meant to be broken when there’s a greater good at stake.

Fortunately for Bud, who’s racking up countless infractions while on probation, Seth’s knowledge of the employee handbook is so comprehensive that he knows all the loopholes they can lean on when things get dicey. Seth also learns that there are more important things in life than following protocol, like family, which is why Bud is so hellbent on getting his job back in the first place.

Bud’s heart and chaotic charm are perfectly foiled by Seth every step of the way, and as they become fast friends while facing their immortal enemies, they turn into an unstoppable force of nature, exactly what you need when an ancient evil posing as a real estate agent is trying to wipe out humanity one pre-fab housing development at a time.

While my mileage varies on most Netflix Originals, Day Shift holds its own by taking an inherently absurd premise and matching it with a tried-and-true buddy cop formula. It’s not high art, but it’s a wildly entertaining trip through a San Fernando suburb plagued with vampires and daywalkers alike.

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Netflix is gearing up to introduce the world to the next generation of reality stars from the fancy Los Angeles suburb in the new series “Calabasas Confidential.” While pop culture lovers are likely familiar with the city thanks to the long-running reality show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” this new crew of unscripted television stars is sure to make a splash by spilling all of their tea in season 1, coming to the streaming giant in May. But before the first batch of episodes premieres, here’s everything fans should know.

‘Calabasas Confidential’ Will Premiere On Netflix On May 29 And Showcase A Dramatic Group Of Friends, Rivals, And Exes

According to Netflix’s Tudum, their new show will follow a close-knit group of high school friends, romantic partners, and foes who recently returned to Calabasas after four years away.

The show’s description reads, “Fresh out of college, they’re plunged right back into the drama they thought they left behind. As they settle back into their families’ sprawling mansions and slip into the familiar circuit of parties, La La Land catch-ups, and beach hangs, these young adults are forced to reckon not only with who they were but also with who they’re becoming — in the town that raised them.”

Who Is Part Of Netflix’s New Series Set In Calabasas?

The entire first season of “Calabasas Confidential” will air on Netflix on May 29. The episodes will showcase the cast navigating life after college while also dealing with shifting dynamics in their hometown.

“New flames, old feuds, and unexpected secrets don’t stay hidden forever behind the gates of LA’s most envied zip code,” the show’s synopsis said.

Speaking of the cast, season 1 of the show will include Alexie Olivo, Ben Favaedi, Dylan Wolf, Emilie Nelson, Emma Medrano, Hercy Miller, Jemma Durrant, Jodie Woods, Kimora Lewis, Nicole Sahebi, Preston Pippen, Raine Michaels, Sterling Retzlaff, and Suede Brooks.

‘Calabasas Confidential’ Is Part Of Netflix’s Plan To Bring Back A Certain Genre Of Reality TV

Based on some of the show’s early access press photos, it appears to have a similar feel to OG reality shows set in California, such as “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills.”

Jeff Gaspin, head of unscripted at Netflix, told Deadline that “Calabasas Confidential” is part of the streamer’s plan to bring “some of that magic back” of the original series.

“When someone in their 20s comes to visit Los Angeles, there’s two places they want to go, and it’s not Disneyland or Universal: It’s Calabasas and Erewhon,” he said in 2025. “I’m not a Calabasas native, but I moved here when I moved to L.A. in 2001. It used to be a pumpkin town and everyone would say, ‘Why are you moving all the way out there?’ But then, of course, a certain family moved in [to Hidden Hills] and put Calabasas on the map.”

Before the cast of “Calabasas Confidential” officially makes its grand entrance, another Netflix reality show, “Temptation Island,” has been the talk of the town.

According to The Blast, the show follows four couples struggling with personal issues and places them in a luxurious villa to tempt them with hot singles.

The show is dramatic, salacious, and scandalous, but for host Mark L. Walberg, it’s “real.”

“It’s real for me, and I don’t know how to detach or phone it in,” he said in a previous interview. “Having done it for years and years now, I can tell you that the people who come on [Temptation Island] really do get answers to their questions.”

Is ‘Temptation Island’ Scripted?

The over-the-top theatrics have also raised some eyebrows, prompting viewers to ask whether the show is scripted or 100% authentic.

According to Kai Stone, everything happened exactly as they were shown in the episodes.

“It’s not scripted like people think—no one’s telling you what to say—but it’s definitely engineered,” Stone said, per The Blast. “The producers know what they’re doing. You’re put in situations that are going to bring stuff out of you—good, bad, whatever’s already there.”

While the show’s cast may have been placed in uncomfortable situations, Stone said everyone has to own their actions.

“But what you say and how you react—that’s on you,” he said.

Of all the crazy things to happen on Supernatural, one of the most bizarre occurred smack in the middle of the series’ epic 15-season run. If you ever wondered if Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) was dad material, wonder no further. Season 7 was an odd one for the show, introducing the Leviathans, killing off main characters, and stripping the Winchesters of their iconic Impala for a time. But one of the weirdest additions to the show’s ever-evolving mythos was when writers Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner gave Dean a daughter after he slept with an Amazon. Not only did the elder Winchester produce a child of his own, but that very same daughter later tried to kill him. It doesn’t get much stranger than that on Supernatural.

“The Slice Girls” Officially Gives Dean Winchester a Not-So-Little Girl of His Own

In the show’s seventh season episode, “The Slice Girls,” which takes place not long after the death of their surrogate father, Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver), the Winchesters find themselves in Seattle investigating some pretty strange murders. Each of the victims had their hands and feet cut off and bore a symbol carved into their chest, which is about right up the brothers’ alley. Additionally, each of these victims had engaged in one-night stands at a local bar, The Colbalt Room, which they only discovered after Dean first had a sexual encounter of his own with a woman named Lydia (Sara Canning). Soon after, Lydia becomes pregnant and gives birth to a young girl named Emma, who ages rapidly into a teenager in less than three days.

As Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean try to figure out their next move, they discover that Lydia is one of the Amazons, a group of warrior women (not unlike Wonder Woman) who were blessed by the Greek goddess Harmonia with the ability to conceive and give birth quickly for the sake of amassing their armed forces. As the Amazons continue to build their army, they do so by traveling from place to place every few years, only to bear more children, kill their fathers, and move on to the next town. With Seattle as their current locale, Sam and Dean put two-and-two together, recognizing that Lydia was an Amazon and that her rapidly aging daughter Emma (played later by Alexia Fast, who had previously played Missy Bender in the fan-favorite “The Benders”) is actually Dean’s offspring.

As Sam is jumped by an Amazon elsewhere, Dean is confronted by Emma, now at the end of her rapid-aging process. Though Sam and Dean thought that Lydia would have come to kill Dean, Sam discovers that the Amazons assign their children to commit patricide as a rite of passage into their ranks. While confronting Dean, Emma pleads with her father to help get her out from under the Amazonian cult, and tries to appeal to their familial ties, but it’s all a trick. Emma had been briefed by her superiors on her father and uncle’s profession and had prepared to deceive Dean into letting his guard down. By the time Sam gets back to the motel, Dean and his daughter are engaged in a standoff, forcing Sam to be the one to ultimately pull the trigger.

Emma’s Potential on ‘Supernatural’ Was Instantly Cut Short

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The idea that either Sam or Dean would have children while Supernatural was in its heyday is something that the showrunners would never have allowed to happen. After all, it would drastically change the tone of the show and introduce character dynamics that wouldn’t conform naturally to the way the series had been set up. Supernatural was always meant to be a horror road show, and because of that, for the first seven and a half seasons, the Winchesters never had a base of operations or a home to call their own. While Season 8 would change that by introducing the Men of Letters and their Lebanon, Kansas-based bunker, Season 7 was still firmly set on the open road. It’s not surprising then that the rest of Supernatural essentially forgets about this moment, never mentioning Emma again after this season.

Nevertheless, “The Slice Girls” exists, and Emma is legitimately Dean’s only known biological child. That’s not something you see every day, and for a character who struggles with living under a deadbeat dad of his own (we still love you, John Winchester), the idea that Dean would have a daughter is a fascinating concept. Considering that Emma was an Amazon like her mother, it makes the concept all the more engaging, knowing that Dean’s only confirmed child isn’t even human. We have to remember that, at this point in Supernatural, Dean was rarely merciful to monsters. If anything, he would go out of his way to make sure more were put down properly. Sure, he and Sam let a few go over the years (provided they didn’t kill humans), but earlier in Season 7, Dean had been responsible for killing a monster friend of Sam’s from his childhood, one who only killed to save her own son. Sam was furious with Dean then, and his killing Emma allowed him to return the ill-gotten favor.

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Carry on my Winchester brothers.

But what happened to Emma — a girl who, had she survived, we might have come to know as Emma Winchester — is a tragedy. Not only was Dean’s Amazon-born daughter brainwashed by the Harmonia-centric cult, but she also showed no remorse about killing her own father. If Dean could have saved her, if he could have convinced her to leave with him (or at least go their separate ways), it’s possible we could’ve had a very heartfelt father-daughter Supernatural story down the road, which might’ve changed the elder Winchesters’ outlook on the opposite sex. More than that, it might’ve been a more natural way to change Dean’s mind concerning monsters in general, rather than how the following season did so with his time in Purgatory.

Emma’s Story Is Tragic, but Dean’s Reaction Is Even More So

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There’s no denying that what happened to Emma here is a tragedy, even if it’s an understandable one. Here’s a girl who died for no reason simply because she was ordered to kill her father by a group of cultic warriors. According to Emma, she had no choice in the matter, though Dean (captain of “Team Free Will” over here), of all people, knows that everyone always has a choice. Dean’s inability to convince Emma of her own autonomy is heartbreaking, and while we’re not meant to sympathize with his psychotic Amazonian daughter, it’s not hard to see why Dean himself would want to. At the end of the episode, Sam accuses Dean of not being able to pull the trigger, which Dean adamantly denies. But the truth is, Sam, might be right. Dean saw Emma as his daughter, his only daughter, and for that reason alone, we can’t help but feel for his strange loss.

To make matters worse, the Amazons get away in the end. As far as we know, Emma’s mother, Lydia, was with them, likely furious at the fact that her daughter didn’t return from her mission. But, because Supernatural never acknowledged this episode beyond a brief reference in the very next episode, “Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie,” Lydia is left in the wind. Though the show treats it as a standard monster-of-the-week story, it feels much more than that, and given how other episodes this season would be followed up on in the future, Supernatural‘s decision to ignore the Amazon story seems like an oversight. It’s unlikely that Lydia wouldn’t want to avenge her daughter’s death, just as it’s strange that the Amazons wouldn’t attempt to kill the Winchesters after Sam first killed two of their own. Instead, this is just yet another one of Supernatural‘s many loose threads.

This Isn’t the First Time ‘Supernatural’ Teased Dean Winchester’s Offspring

Of course, this isn’t the first or only time that Supernatural teased the idea of Dean being a father. As early as the show’s third season, Lisa Braeden (Cindy Sampson) and her son Ben (Nicholas Elia) were introduced in “The Kids Are Alright,” and immediately the show made us believe that Ben was the result of a hook-up between Dean and Lisa years earlier. Though Lisa denied it, Ben’s aesthetic, choice of music, speech patterns, and physical appearance made many believe otherwise. After Sam was trapped in Hell at the end of Season 5, Dean went to live with the Braedens and became Ben’s surrogate father. By the end of Season 6, Dean had Castiel (Misha Collins) erase Ben and Lisa’s memories after the pair were nearly killed by a demon, but not before that demon revealed Ben was indeed Dean’s son.

Naturally, Dean (and Supernatural itself) framed this as just another lie the demon was trying to tell, and so Dean left his makeshift family behind forever. This all took place just before Season 7, when Dean had his encounter with Emma, making her not the first, but the second child of his that he’s walked out on (or worse, in Emma’s case). It wouldn’t be until the show’s final few years that Dean would have one more chance to redeem himself as a surrogate father figure with Jack Klein (Alexander Calvert), the estranged son of Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino). Dean, Sam, and Castiel helped raise Jack (who is a Nephilim) into a stand-up young man, one who ended up being vital in saving the world. While things between Dean and his only confirmed biological child might have turned sour, the elder Winchester proved himself to be worthy dad material by the end. No wonder Sam later named his own child after his brother.

Supernatural is available for streaming on Netflix.

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Release Date

2005 – 2020

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Network

The WB, The CW

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Showrunner

Eric Kripke

Directors

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Philip Sgriccia, John F. Showalter, Kim Manners, Thomas J. Wright, Charles Beeson, Guy Norman Bee, Richard Speight Jr., Mike Rohl, John Badham, Steve Boyum, Amyn Kaderali, Jensen Ackles, Tim Andrew, Eduardo Sánchez, Jeannot Szwarc, P.J. Pesce, Nina Lopez-Corrado, James L. Conway, amanda tapping, J. Miller Tobin, Stefan Pleszczynski, John MacCarthy, Jerry Wanek, Ben Edlund

Writers

Meredith Glynn, Davy Perez, Raelle Tucker, Cathryn Humphris, Brett Matthews, Nancy Won, John Bring, Ben Acker, Daniel Knauf, David Ehrman, James Krieg, Trey Callaway

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