{"id":55008,"date":"2013-10-13T02:24:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T02:24:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-13T02:24:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T02:24:45","slug":"dawson-leery-would-annoy-james-van-der-beek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/pop-culture\/daily-whisper\/dawson-leery-would-annoy-james-van-der-beek\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawson Leery Would Annoy James Van Der Beek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\">\n<div>\n<p>All of us love&nbsp;<em>Dawson&#39;s Creek<\/em>. That&#39;s not even a blanket statement &#8212; we all do. We all grew up with Dawson, Joey, Pacey, and the gang, so even if you&nbsp;<strong>hated<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Dawson&#39;s Creek<\/em>, you still have an affinity for &#39;90s and early 2000s nostalgia in your heart because this is who we are as a generation.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#39;s the thing: Dawson Leery was&nbsp;<strong>the worst<\/strong>. He was whiny, and overly emotional, and he blamed everyone else for his problems. Also, remember when he cried? Like, really cried? (On that dock. And yeah, I get that Joey broke up with him, but calm down for the love of all that is good &#8212; at least until you get inside.) Anywho. James Van Der Beek a.k.a. Dawson had a recent revelation: according to <em>Us,&nbsp;<\/em>he would be annoyed if Dawson Leery was his friend.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Dawson was sweet, but would probably get on my nerves and end up as one of those people I found myself making excuses to not hang out with,&quot; he said. &quot;I liked Mox [<em>Varsity Blues<\/em>], he was a pretty solid dude. I think I&#39;d avoid Sean Bateman [<em>Rules of Attraction<\/em>] at all costs. I like Will<em>&nbsp;<\/em>[<em>Friends With Better Lives<\/em>], though. 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