'Desperate Housewives' star Jesse Metcalfe opens up about the feud rumors; recalls feeling oblivious: 'I was just happy to have a job...'

Jesse Metcalfe, the ‘John Tucker Must Die’ actor, recalled the time of his ‘Desperate Housewives’ era and the longstanding rumors of the off-camera feud. While the gossips persist, the actor believes that he was too happy having the job to look into the problematic matters.

Jesse Metcalfe opens up about feeling oblivious

Metcalfe, the actor who played the role of the gardener boyfriend of Eva Longoria’s Gabrielle Solis, opened up about his experience on the 2004 show that lasted for eight seasons. The series starred Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, and Nicollette Sheridan, who left the series post the fifth season due to issues with the creator Marc Cherry, according to People.

“I was just happy to have a job. I went through an entire pilot season, I didn't book anything, and I tested for Desperate Housewives, which was a recast, right at the end of that pilot season, and ended up booking it," the 46-year-old said, adding that the show put him on the map and was riding along the way.

“Matter of fact, there's a lot of stories about all the drama on that set between some of our lead females,” he said, before adding, “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.”

Money, Acting, and Cage

Furthermore, Metcalfe discoursed that for someone who had minimal acting experience, it was enthralling to receive money for a significant acting job, and the lifestyle he had after working on the series, he said in a 2020 interview with Variety. Meanwhile, the actor also revealed that he felt ‘caged’ after feeling the pressure of constantly doing scenes without his shirt, in an interview with i-D in 2021.