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'Gossip Girl' Father Encourages On-Set Dating

by celebuzz on May. 14, 2008 04:38 PM / 6 Comments

These two young Gossip Girl stars make such a beautiful couple on-screen, it seems like a waste of their combined aesthetic talents for them not to continue their scripted relationship into reality. Their co-star Matthew Settle expressed just that sentiment at the Entertainment Weekly upfront party.

When Settle, who plays Penn Badgley's father on the CW series, was asked by People magazine whether or not Blake Lively and Penn should get it on in real life, he said, "They're a very hot couple. They look good together. And I think they're good for each other, so why not?"

Quite frankly being a "very hot couple" seems like quite enough. Any mention of an emotional connection as the basis of a relationship between these two seems superfluous—at least in Hollywood.

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“We spotted Penn and Leighton making their way in and out of TRL in Times Square yesterday. Penn was looking quite tan, gee I wonder if it was because he spent the weekend in Mexico with his real life girlfriend Blake Lively!! Yep, it's true, Serena and Dan are now an item off-screen as well. Too cute!”

“On-and-off-screen coupleBlake Lively (in Dolce & Gabbana) and Penn Badgley look positively sun-kissed at the CW Network’s Upfronts at Lincoln Center on Tuesday in New York City.

The Gossip Girl costars recently came back from a lovefest in Mexico this past weekend!

“It’s the first show we developed exclusively for the CW,” President of Entertainment of The CW Dawn Ostroff said of Gossip Girl. “It’s amazing the kind of press and attention that it’s gotten. We asked, wow, do we take that building block to build other franchises? We’ll be able to create a real brand with pop culture, buzz-worthy shows.””

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buzzbuddy 1 yr 6 mos ago
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Cute dress, Blake!
spyrus 1 yr 6 mos ago
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is that a tampon with lips?
rforrumor 1 yr 6 mos ago
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omg i love this show!!!! they're sooo hot together
shyam 1 yr 6 mos ago
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hi
mraniston 1 yr 6 mos ago
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they suck on the show, all they do is bitch and whine....we want the crazy serena back!
missamericandream 1 yr 6 mos ago
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shes so beautiful and seems so down to earth as does he- CUTE COUPLE