Honestly there’s no context for what she was actually asked so I’m sure there IS a reason she singled him out by name, but we don’t know what that reason might have been. We can guess and interpret however we wish, just throwing my 2 cents in because this issue bugs me every single time we get an “article” about anything with quotes.
(I”m getting massive horrible Colin quote flashbacks that were so far off base from what we ended up seeing and the interviewer was finally like “yeah I specifically asked if this was an option, it wasn’t something that he offered up”) so…take it however you wish but I highly question anything that doesn’t give context for what was asked and how, regardless of what information it brings.
No wonder this fandom freaks out over every article and then wonders why we didn’t get what we thought we were being promised! I blame the gazillions of articles that word things as sure things that aren’t even quotes, and the lack of context in all of it. I’m starting to hate reading these things more and more because of it, but I do in the hopes of getting some little nugget of something at least.
Sigh & *cookies* for all. Interpret however you like, just putting my 2 cents on the matter cause it doesn’t make much sense without the context. When did people stop actually putting their interview in there? Sometimes it’s bad enough when they weird their questions strangely but at least then we have that to try and make some sense out of the answer.
JMO in particular is pretty good about answering what is asked and keeping certain things close to the vest so in this case I feel like she was specifically asked about Neal which is why she answered that. It’s the times when a question has nothing to do with it and something is brought up instead that I think it means more, but again – we have no context here.
*Shakes fist at article writers that don’t bother with context* Why must they make life difficult and not give us the whole picture?!?
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