"Gilmore Girls" is full of questions — why did Lane marry Zack? Who is Rory's baby daddy? And why did April Nardini come on the scene? On Reddit, there's an entire thread devoted to understanding why people don't like April. One responded, "I think she's a very one dimensional character. She's smart, and is somewhat witty ... Her storylines didn't really add anything to the show." Another chimed in with, "The only 'interesting' quality that April has is her lack of tact. Which no one ever seems to address and I think we're supposed to find 'cute' or 'quirky' but instead just makes her seem like an a**hole." The thread is quite extensive, and some Reddit users pointed to the fact that April's character seemed like a failed attempt to make a Rory 2.0.
Vanessa Marano played the controversial character, and Marano knew that April wasn't beloved because of the Luke/Lorelai split. She told Teen Vogue in 2016 that she'd been a fan of the show before she was cast, so she knew just how much her character could disrupt things.
"I knew that this character was not going to be liked. Which kind of sucks, because April is a really cool, weird character," she said. "And I just liked the scenes with her and Luke, because they're both awkward. But I knew that that character was going to get that kind of reception."
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