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'Gossip Girl' Gray Romance Shocker!

by celebuzz on Jul. 7, 2008 04:27 PM / 2 Comments

Well, well, well.

Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley were pretty cozy with each other as they strolled through New York's Soho district, hand-in-hand and sporting matching gray wardrobes, between takes while filming recently.

Despite being photographed kissing while on vacation in Mexico in May, the pair have played coy about their offscreen relationship, with Badgely hedging, "we have to draw a line, at some point, with our personal lives" and Lively telling Teen People, "I try not to talk about my dating life. I want to, but once you start, it's all downhill from there."

Come on, guys; open up already. Acknowledging a real-life romance could boost public interest in the series. And you just might inspire other actors who've been carrying on clandestine romances to 'fess up and let their love flourish in an open setting. Perhaps other actors on your own show, even.

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“A fan takes a picture of herself in a Bladgley sandwich — one part Blake Lively, the other Penn Badgley.

The on-and-off-screen Gossip Girl couple was nice enough to stop for fans and take pictures with them and in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City on Monday.

Blake and Penn were later spotted gazing into each other’s eyes and walking hand-in-hand. How romantic!

Ms. Lively is wearing the Rag & Bone Peasant dress again! This time, in gray. She wore the blue one a few weeks ago and Cameron Diaz wore the white one a few days after that.”

Just Jared

“Gossip Girl's Blake Lively graces the cover of Seventeen magazine's August 2008 issue which is on newsstands now. The photo doesn't even really look like her!

Let's hope they have better pictures of her inside along with her interview where Blake dishes on NYC hot spots, tabloid gossip, and faking chemistry with her costars.”

Gabby Babble

“Blake Lively opens up in the August 2008 issue Seventeen and shares about the crazy things she does with friends, the hot gossip about her co-stars and what’s really going on between her and her GG boyfriend Penn Badgley.

Here are a few choice quotes from the article:

On her real-life high school compared to Gossip Girl: “Oh, my goodness, my real-life high school experience could not be more different than Gossip Girl. Burbank feels like a small town in the big city of L.A. So for a fun night out, we would go to school fund-raisers. I was very involved in school – I was class president! And all of my friends were good – nobody was too wild. The kids on Gossip Girl enjoy getting a great education, but they couldn’t care less about school itself. But I think at the core, everyone deals with similar things in high school: jealousy, people making up rumors, dating someone you shouldn’t, or wanting to be with someone who’s unattainable.”

On her most awkward moment on Gossip Girl: “Chace and I had to do that scene in the first episode when I’m sitting on his lap on the barstool. Then they call, ‘Cut!’ and I just have to sit on the lap of this guy I met two weeks before! And I’m like, ‘So, you want to get some pizza tonight or something?’ What do you even talk about?!? It’s not as romantic as people think it is.”

On playing Guitar Hero: “I play in tournaments in Brooklyn. I’ll cover myself in sailor tattoos and dress like a rock star. Everyone else dresses totally normally and must think I’m a complete freak!”

On being compared to a hotel heiress: “I once heard someone say that I’m similar to Paris Hilton – since I have a dog and blonde hair, that must mean we’re alike. “It’s a dumb thing to say. I dont think that makes Paris and me similar … I don’t go to clubs, I don’t party, I don’t dance on tables, and I don’t like sex tapes.”

On her relationship with her on-and-off-screen boyfriend and how actors fall for each other: “Penn [Badgley]does these silly dance moves, and he’s very witty and quick, so it’s fun to have sharp banter with him… When you’re saying these words [from the script] that people are making you say to one another, nothing about it is real or genuine. So if two people connect outside their characters, then that’s how they get together.”

On being passionate: “When I care about somebody, whether it’s my best friend or somebody who I would date, I give them all of my heart. I’ve just been so loved, and I’m used to really loving people and trusting them.””

Just Jared

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spiderpig 1 yr 4 mos ago
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they're hot together
bawwow 1 yr 4 mos ago
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I hate when couples start dressing a like. But they are so damn hot together, I'll let it slide