Chace Crawford attends a portrait session for the You Vote Campaign at the Palace Hotel on Sept. 19, 2008 in New York City.
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CelebNews@Usmagazine.com! - Chace Crawford: My Gossip Girl Character's Been "a Bit of Whore"

Chace Crawford says his Gossip Girl character, the preppy Nate Archibald, has been playing the field -- a lot! -- this season.

"He's a bit of whore this year," he tells The Insider.

After his character hooked up with an older woman, "there wasn't positive feedback from my parents," Crawford, 23, joked.

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He previously admitted he can sometimes be uncomfortable by the show's racy undertone.

"Is that a weight on my conscience?" he said in an interview with London's The Independent. "Well, yes, I think it is. I come from a moral background, and I can see the power of the show, and imagine my old school teachers cringing, or my grandparents thinking, 'Oh, my God,' when they see me, say, having sex on a barstool. But you have to remember, this is not a reality show. It's supposed to be pure entertainment."

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Sometimes he said he'll put a limit on how much skin he'll show. Recently, he convinced producers to let him keep his shirt on.

"I never actually said I disliked having my top off; it was just that on that occasion it didn't make sense," he said. "Nate was supposed to be waking up, hungover, on his buddy's couch. So why would he be in his boxer shorts?

"I don't actually mind taking my clothes off most of the time – it's why I go to the gym," he said. "As an actor, you pick and choose your battles."

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