Actor Penn Badgley recalled his ‘Gossip Girl’ days and about co-star and ex-girlfriend Blake Lively. The show was a number-one hit during its time and aired for six seasons. Eleven years after the show has ended, Badgley now talks about his relationship with Lively which lasted for three years.
The duo started dating when the show first aired in 2007, but broke up after three years. However, they were on a good note while continuing the show afterward. And in a recent interview, he says how Blake had “saved” him.
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How Did Blake Lively “Save” Penn Badgley?
Penn Badgley has been doing press interviews for ‘You’ after the release of its current fourth season. During an interview with Variety, he recalls his former relationship with ex-girlfriend Blake Lively. Penn talks about the “dark undercurrent that would bottom out in my later 20s” and how Blake had “saved” him.
When asked if his dark times were related to substance abuse, Penn responded that he never struggled with substance. “Blake didn’t drink, and I think our relationship in some ways saved me from forcing myself to go down that road.” Badgley looks back at how his relationship with Blake Lively changed his life for the better.
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Penn And Blake’s Relationship
Penn Badgley and Blake Lively were a couple not only on-screen but off-screen too. The pair dated at the beginning of the show and were together for three years. Much like Dan and Serena, the characters that they portrayed, the real-life actors were also in young love.
Although many years have passed since, and both of them are happily married to their partners now. Penn is married to their wife Domino Kirke, who is a singer and doula, and have a son together. While Blake Lively is married to fellow actor Ryan Reynolds. The two have three children together.
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