This is upsetting. After we got all excited by his Instagram and everything... He captioned the below "Can't wait to tell you what this is all about. It's top secret for now but you all will know soon enough. 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."
Needless to say, the comments flew in, mostly along the lines of "CONGRATULATIONS, BITCH". Then he went on to Periscope...
LIVE on #Periscope: Top secret not so top secret anymore..... https://t.co/J2R9izBnxr
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) June 16, 2015
People saw this as him being a little less cryptic about the "spin-off"
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I WENT ON THE AARON PAUL PERISCOPE AND HE JUST SAID THERES GOING TO BE A SPIN OFF FOR JESSE PINKMAN AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
— F yz H q (@faayza) June 16, 2015
Twitter responded appropriately...
Was watching the Aaron Paul on Periscope. He mentioned there's going to be a Breaking Bad spinoff featuring Jesse Pinkman.
— Norm Gregory  (@NormGregory) June 16, 2015
Aaron Paul's character on BB (Jesse Pinkman) is getting his own spin-off series! Awesome! #BreakingBadSpinoff #JessePinkman
— Seth Draven (@seth_draven) June 16, 2015
Whaaaaaa?!?! #BreakingBad star @aaronpaul_8 just announced on #Periscope he's getting his own #JessePinkman spinoff!!!! 🙀😻
— ∆ M B E R (@AmberPlaster) June 16, 2015
AARON PAUL JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE A SPINOFF FOR JESSE PINKMAN!!!!!!!
— Margie (@theforger_) June 16, 2015
IM CRYING AARON PAUL JUST SAID JESSE PINKMAN IS GETTING A SPIN OFF
— just ghost (@helloimness) June 16, 2015
As it turns out... he was just having a larf (for some reason)
Sorry for the joke everybody. I love you all so much. Hugs and kisses.
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) June 16, 2015
So, again, twitter responded appropriately... Mainly rage.
Aaron Paul jokes about Jesse Pinkman spin-off, world is not ok
— April (@aprilsalud) June 16, 2015
I love Aaron Paul but he can't play with my emotions like that and just announce a fake Jesse Pinkman spinoff
— Mike Clifford (@MikeClifford44) June 16, 2015
.@aaronpaul_8 just trolled 3,600 people on Periscope announcing that there will be a Jesse Pinkman spin-off. Just kidding! #breakingbad
— DJ Booth (@djbooth007) June 16, 2015
@aaronpaul_8 horrible joke
— BestPlayerInTheWorld (@TB12FAN) June 16, 2015
@beepbeepamanda @aaronpaul_8 what was the joke??
— Martin Macias (@Martin_Mac10) June 16, 2015
.@aaronpaul_8 *unfollows*
— Jeremy Niederheiser (@JeremyKwae) June 16, 2015
@aaronpaul_8 that was actually pretty shitty bro
— Major Bonghit (@happytobehigh) June 16, 2015
And the one that sums up pretty much everyone's thoughts this morning...
@aaronpaul_8 are you still alive.
— Aziz. (@AzizSaidThat) June 16, 2015