For fans of The Devil Wears Prada, it might feel like the sequel has been moving at a glacial pace. The original movie came out almost 20 years ago, and rumors of a potential sequel have been running wild ever since. Now that the Devil Wears Prada sequel is officially in production, however, things are moving fast. So fast that you may have missed the news that Adrian Grenier is not returning for The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Adrian, of course, played Andy's whiny, chef boyfriend Nate Cooper, in The Devil Wears Prada. In the film, Nate acts as Andy's conscience, checking her when she gets in too deep at Runway magazine and loses herself in the fashion and the glamour. And while this behavior may have been charming in 2006, in the years since, Nate has emerged as enemy number 1. As a man who didn't support Andy when she had a very unreasonable job, he became the true villain of The Devil Wears Prada.

Needless to say, fans were not clamoring for his return, and now they don't have to worry. Two sources reportedly confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that Adrian is not involved in The Devil Wears Prada 2 and will not be in the sequel. Anne Hathaway, who starred as Andy, is returning, though, so I guess Andy finally realized that it takes more than puppy dog eyes and a good grilled cheese to make a supportive partner.

Adrian has not commented on the sequel news—he's busy appearing on a Prime Video reality show called Crypto Knights. (Yes, it's real. No, I cannot tell you more.) But he has discussed the character's fall from grace before.

“It hadn't occurred to me until I started to really think about it,” Adrian told EW in a 2021 oral history when asked about the backlash to Nate's character. “And perhaps it was because I was as immature as Nate was at the time, and in many ways he's very selfish and self-involved. It was all about him, he wasn't extending himself to support Andy in her career.”