Penn Badgley Reveals Who He Thinks Ought to Have Been Gossip Woman

Gossip Woman would have by no means been Dan Humphrey if it have been as much as Penn Badgley.

As followers recall, Dan was revealed to be the individual behind the titular character, who, till the present’s closing episode, was voiced by Kristen Bell and saved a secret.

Badgley appeared on the Wednesday, April 23, episode of Alex Cooper’s podcast Name Her Daddy, the place he chimed in on which character he believes ought to have been the one stirring the pot for the six-season collection.

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“It would not have made sense for anyone. All of us needed it to be Dorota,” stated Badgley, referring to Blair Waldorf’s (Leighton Meester) maid, portrayed by Zuzanna Szadkowski. Cooper agreed with the actor, saying, “For sure. Dorota would have slapped.”

Nonetheless, Badgley famous, “They wanted it to be a collection common.” When Cooper introduced up the thought of it being his on-screen father, Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), Badgley gave the identical clarification.

“Collection common,” he stated. “They wanted to be one of many core six. In any other case, no person cares.”

Whereas Badgley did not specify who the “core six” have been, followers can assume they embody him, Meester, Blake Vigorous (Serena van der Woodsen), Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass), Chace Crawford (Nate Archibald) and Taylor Momsen (Jenny Humphrey).

Talking earlier within the episode about his character, Badgley stated, “What he did was sociopathic simply when it comes to being Gossip Woman.”

He additionally defined how he discovered he could be revealed because the id behind Gossip Woman — one thing that he stated occurred “actual late.”

“I used to be within the hair and make-up trailer room. Do not keep in mind what I used to be sporting. JFK was not assassinated on that day. It was simply me being Gossip Woman,” stated Badgley. “However I keep in mind simply being like, kinda like, ‘Huh, okay.’ I am making an attempt to math it, it is powerful. Alright. And we have got a shoot tomorrow. Cool.”

Though Badgley was stunned to study that he was Gossip Woman, he beforehand informed PEOPLE that he understood a number of the motive behind it.

“It doesn’t make sense in any respect. It wouldn’t have made sense for anyone. Gossip Woman doesn’t make sense!” he stated, laughing. “However no, it made sufficient sense. He was a author.”

Govt producer and showrunner Joshua Safran additionally informed Self-importance Truthful in 2021 that it wasn’t within the unique plan to disclose Gossip Woman’s id.

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“We did not count on to even reveal who Gossip Woman was. It wasn’t even in our plans for a few years,” stated Safran. “So in fact it doesn’t line up as a result of it wasn’t like we began on day one and stated, ‘Dan is Gossip Woman.’ “