India, Aug. 16 -- Jesse Metcalfe is not weighing in on the long-rumored feuds from Desperate Housewives - because, according to him, he did not notice them. Speaking at the Southfork Experience: Dallas Panel: The Ewing Heirs on August 9, the actor looked back on his early days on the ABC drama. Metcalfe played John Rowland, the teenage gardener who falls into a steamy affair with Eva Longoria's character, Gabrielle Solis.

The role put him on the map, and he admitted he was more focused on surviving as a working actor at the time than paying attention to any off-camera tension, reports 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...