--- title: TV: Aaron Paul Apologizes for Fake 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff Tease description: “Can’t wait to tell you what this is all about." canonical: https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-16T16:02:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:15:09.116Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Aaron Paul Apologizes for Fake 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff Tease og:description: “Can’t wait to tell you what this is all about" og:url: https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1c2243ed8aa9d0d/698854b8e20a873252a8bda0/breaking-bad.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: breaking-bad og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Aaron Paul Apologizes for Fake 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff Tease twitter:description: “Can’t wait to tell you what this is all about" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1c2243ed8aa9d0d/698854b8e20a873252a8bda0/breaking-bad.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Aaron Paul Apologizes for Fake _Breaking Bad_ Spinoff Tease ## Video: 10 Most Iconic Movie Props Ever Sold [Watch (HLS stream): 10 Most Iconic Movie Props Ever Sold](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6TcJ3ReX.m3u8) (2:48)  _Published 2014-03-21. With Premiere Props Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XIII set to sell some impressive Hollywood memorabilia, TIME looks back on how much some of the most iconic movie props have fetched._ by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jun 16, 2015 4:02 PM UTC  Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) on Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) on Breaking BadFrank Ockenfels—AMC by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jun 16, 2015 4:02 PM UTC This past weekend, Aaron Paul teased a [“top secret” project to his Instagram followers](https://instagram.com/p/35EoshOIE6/?taken-by=glassofwhiskey): “Can’t wait to tell you what this is all about. It’s top secret for now but you all will know soon enough,” he wrote. “It’s a new gig that I am over the moon about. Thank you angel for sending this to me from across the country. Love you lots and lots.” On Monday night, the mystery was solved: Paul went on Periscope to tell his fans that a _Breaking Bad_ spinoff focused on Jesse Pinkman, his character from the show, was in the works. [The reaction was jubilant … until Paul said he was only making a joke](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mbvd/aaron-paul-said-his-jesse-pinkman-spin-off-announcement-was?bftw&utm%5Fterm=4ldqpfp#.uumNWn8ypD). > [](https://twitter.com/aaronpaul%5F8/status/610620581030043648) Paul’s followers were noticeably displeased. In a second Periscope,[the actor apologized](http://www.bustle.com/articles/90554-is-a-jesse-pinkman-spinoff-happening-aaron-paul-gets-breaking-bad-fans-all-riled-up) and offered to take everyone in Boston, where he’s currently filming a movie, to see _Mad Max: Fury Road._ Paul also tweeted the invite to his 2.47 million followers. > [](https://twitter.com/aaronpaul%5F8/status/610630714418184192) Paul has seemingly seen a lot of movies while on the set of _Central Intelligence_, which also stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson. Here was his reaction to _Jurassic World_. Periscope videos aren’t publicly archived, but Paul’s Monday night chat was captured on YouTube. Interested parties [can watch it over at Uproxx](http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/06/aaron-paul-breaking-bad-jesse-pinkman-periscope/). _This article originally appeared on EW.com._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/"},"headline":"Aaron Paul Apologizes for Fake Breaking Bad Spinoff Tease","datePublished":"2015-06-16T16:02:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:15:09.116Z","description":"“Can’t wait to tell you what this is all about\"","url":"https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/","keywords":["Television","breaking bad","Instagram","Aaron Paul"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1c2243ed8aa9d0d/698854b8e20a873252a8bda0/breaking-bad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1c2243ed8aa9d0d/698854b8e20a873252a8bda0/breaking-bad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"breaking-bad","caption":"Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) - Breaking Bad _Season 5 - Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels/AMC","creditText":"Frank Ockenfels—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/","name":"Aaron Paul Apologizes for Fake Breaking Bad Spinoff Tease"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Most Iconic Movie Props Ever Sold","description":"With Premiere Props Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XIII set to sell some impressive Hollywood memorabilia, TIME looks back on how much some of the most iconic movie props have fetched.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6TcJ3ReX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-21T23:59:31.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6TcJ3ReX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/","duration":"PT2M48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3922912/aaron-paul-fake-breaking-spinoff/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```