SPOILERS: Sookie and Alcide, Sittin’ in a Tree…

With Magic Mike opening in theaters Friday, Joe Manganiello is making the publicity rounds and dropping a little True Blood scoop along the way. Here are a couple of interesting pieces of information for Alcide fans.

From TV Guide:

Also exploring his origins is Joe Manganiello, True Blood‘s resident werewolf. “I just worked with my ‘daddy’ till six am on Saturday morning and we’re having a blast,” Manganiello says about Robert Patrick, who plays Alcide’s father. “It’s creepy, it’s dark and it gives so much back story into why Alcide hates being a werewolf. It is so great!”

From E!Online:

lorrainecollins: So not feeling this out-of-nowhere Eric-Bill bromance, any Eric-Sookie action coming up on True Blood?
OK, how do we put this nicely? Ummm…No. There’s not going to be any Eric and Sookie lovin’ in this week’s episode, because little miss mind-reader is getting hot and heavy with someone else! Yup, you read that right, but this hookup may or may not be alcohol induced. Of course, we can’t tell you who it is, so please stop sending chocolates to the E! Online offices, we’re on a sugar overload right now. And speaking of sweet things, get ready for the most adorable scene between Bill and his teen vamp, Jessica. In fact all of the makers have some truly touching scenes with their protégés this week. Awww.

Based on that first quote, it sounds later in the season we’ll find out more of Alcide’s backstory and why he walked away from the Pack. And since we’ve been paying attention, deducing the smooching couple in E! Online’s spoiler isn’t a challenge. Does the possibility of an alcohol-induced hook up make you more or less interested in Sookie/Alcide?