Thursday July 3, 2008
Gossip Girl co-stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley make their real-life relationship public while vacationing together in Mexico on May 8, 2008.
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Gossip Girl Blake Lively is dating co-star Penn Badgley.
How does an actress fall for her co-star?
“Maybe when they kiss off the set — because it’s definitely not romantic on the set, that’s for sure," Lively, 20, tells August's Seventeen. "When you’re saying these words 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.”
And it certainly wasn't tough connecting with Badgley, 21.
"Penn does these silly dance moves, and he's very witty and quick, so it's fun to have sharp banter with him," Lively says.
See photos of other stars who have hooked up on-set.
Co-stars Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen and Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford (who recently denied gay rumors) make her day job a little easier as well.
See photos of the Gossip Girl cast on the beach.
“Everyone is really funny and has such strange things that they do," Lively says. "Like Leighton does amazing voice impressions, and she can impersonate anyone’s face.
"Chace does an amazing impression of Scott Stapp from Creed.
"Ed is always singing," Lively adds. "Taylor is just so adorable, I just want to bake her a cupcake."
See before-and-after photos of the Gossip Girl cast.
Lively also revealed her secret passion: Guitar Hero!
“I play in tournaments in Brooklyn," she says. "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!”
Lastly, she says she tired of constant comparisons to Paris Hilton.
"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," she tells the magazine, according to an excerpt in the New York Post.
"It's a dumb thing to say," she adds. "I don't 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."
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