

After retiring his messenger bag, he starred in Easy A with Emma Stone.

“And the truth is, it was so special and such a unique, amazing experience, but no, I wouldn't wanna go back to it, I was a kid!”Īs Dan Humphrey, or “Lonely Boy,” Badgley played an intellectual hipster type whose Brooklyn address made him an outsider to his uptown peers. “A lot of the questions that come from it are: ‘Do you miss it?’, ‘Did you love what you wore?’ And I understand that, but-and I say this with nothing but love-it is like saying, ‘High school was an amazing time for you, do you wish you could go back?’” she said. In 2018, Meester talked to PorterEdit about the Gossip Girl era and whether she would ever play Blair again. She has one child, Arlo, with husband Adam Brody, whom she married in 2014. She released her debut album, Heartstrings, in 2014 and also had popular dance hits like “Somebody to Love” and Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Go Bad.” She also spent time on Broadway in Of Mice and Men before returning to the small screen with roles in The Last Man on Earth and most recently in ABC’s series Single Parents. Aside from continuing her acting career, Meester spent time pursing music post- Gossip Girl. Blair, best friends with Lively’s Serena, disguised her insecurity with a mean girl façade. Meester played a true force to be reckoned with as “Queen B” Blair Waldorf. Here, we’re giving updates on all the major players and where they’ve been since they were last spotted on the steps of the Met. Several members of the original cast have cemented themselves as superstars, while others have opted to fade into obscurity. But what happened to them after Gossip Girl sent her final text? Only one original cast member is confirmed to be in the HBO Max reboot (premiering July 8).

Fans obsessed over the mystery-tinged drama and the iconic fashion, and the series turned its cast into the full-fledged celebrities, at least for a time. It was a chance to live vicariously among “Manhattan’s elite,” a crew of uber wealthy teens who had New York City as their playground-and it became a mega-hit. In the realm of the original Gossip Girl, every outfit was runway ready, every secret was a bombshell, and every episode left you wanting more. Most weeks from 2007 to 2012, viewers could tune into the CW and escape to a world far more dramatic, far more lavish, and (dare we say) far more exciting than most ordinary lives.
