Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35568687-20180512232820/@comment-35751112-20180601154953

I think his argument was that Rumple was just pretending to Snow and Charming and, in reality, had no intention of putting himself under the curse. And that he never had been under the curse to start with. Rumple is, of course, perfectly capable of deceiving others to suit himself.

I agree that the script writers appeared to have different ideas - I guess these details don't get discussed with the cast!