Jared Padalecki has given fans an update on his condition, after his Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles revealed that the actor had been in a “very bad car accident”.

In a Twitter post on Tuesday (26 April) , Padalecki told his fans he was “on the mend” and thanked them for the “outpouring of love” since Ackles broke the news of the crash at a Supernatural convention on Sunday (24 April).

Ackles and Padalecki played on-screen brothers Dean and Sam Winchester on Supernatural for the entirety of the drama series’s 15-season run, from 2005 to 2020.

Padalecki, who also played popular character Dean on Gilmore Girls, is currently filming the third season of Walker, a reimagining of the long-running CBS show Walker, Texas Ranger, starring Chuck Norris.

He has three children with his wife, Genevive Padalecki, who guest-starred as the demon Ruby inSupernatural.