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The previous co-stars bought collectively to kick off Penn Badgley’s model new podcast, ‘Podcrushed’.
The place is ‘Gossip Lady’ to spill the juiciest Higher East Aspect information once you want her? It’s a great factor Dan Humphrey did for her. That’s proper: The actual-life Dan, Penn Badgley, 35, shared a photograph on Could 18 of him reuniting with Gossip Lady co-star Leighton Meester, 36, 10 years after the favored sequence ended!
#GossipGirl stars Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester reunite in new picture. pic.twitter.com/PMIGu3emZe
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 18, 2022
Within the image, the previous co-stars smiled for a snapshot to advertise Penn’s brand-new podcast, Podcrushed. Each actors seemed comfy, with Penn rocking a inexperienced tee and black denims with a grey sweater tied round his waist, and Leighton sporting a blue shirt, denims, and a inexperienced jacket. Leighton’s episode of Podcrushed, which is the premiere episode of the complete podcast, contains a variety of conversations, from the duo reminiscing in regards to the first time they labored collectively to “whether or not it’s time for Leighton to play Timothee Chalamet‘s mother.”
And if followers suppose Penn and Leighton’s first time working collectively was Gossip Lady, they’d be unsuitable. Within the episode, they revealed they first labored collectively in 2007’s horror movie, Drive Via. Nevertheless, Penn mentioned he doesn’t bear in mind truly assembly Leighton till they ended up at a celebration collectively after the movie had completed taking pictures, per Simply Jared. “I’m fairly positive we met on that film however I’d ended up at a Halloween social gathering or one thing at your home. I bear in mind ready in line for the lavatory and also you rotated and I hadn’t seen you earlier than,” he vaguely recalled, including that he doesn’t actually bear in mind their first interplay.
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Regardless, they definitely bear in mind engaged on Gossip Lady collectively, the present that launched each of their careers. Penn performed Dan Humphrey, the on-again-off-again boyfriend-turned-husband of Blair Waldorf’s (performed by Leighton) finest good friend, Serena van der Woodsen (performed by Blake Energetic). The present ran for six seasons between 2007 and 2012 and was rebooted in 2021. Leighton has gone on to behave in a spread of exhibits, most notably ABC’s Single Dad and mom and Hulu’s How I Met Your Father. Penn’s largest venture since Gossip Lady is Netflix’s You.
The official description of Penn’s Podcrushed present says it “explores the heartbreak, anxiousness and self-discovery of being a teen.” It focuses on subjects that appear to be impressed by conversations one might overhear at a center college lunch desk, akin to “childhood crushes, to battles with physique hair, to schoolyard scuffles.” It’s hosted by the You star, Nava Kavelin, who as soon as served as a director for a center college, and Sophie Ansari, a former elementary college instructor who has resided all all over the world, per Enterprise Insider.