When the Mask FINALLY Slips: Blake Lively

TMC — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:18:51 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA3ipjxDwFk

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Blake Lively has spent the last year as the most-debated woman on the internet, and somehow, the actual conversation about her keeps getting buried in the noise. In this episode, I'm doing a full three-part breakdown of the "It Ends With Us" press tour, the Justin Baldoni lawsuit, and the very deliberate way Blake has moved through all of it. Whether you love her or hate her, the woman has a strategy, and most people completely missed it while they were busy arguing about her personality.

TV Stars Who Didn't Like How Their Show Ended: Penn Badgley and Chace Crawford

JamesG — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:03:36 GMT

"Gossip Girl", the CW's hit show about New York City�s young elite, ended on a shocking note: Penn Badgley�s character, Dan Humphrey, is revealed to have been the eponymous, anonymous blogger terrorizing his classmates.

Many fans felt that Dan got off too easy, and that the reveal largely did not align with the character they�d come to know across six seasons.

It turns out Badgley agrees, as he revealed in a 2021 interview alongside costar Chace Crawford, who played Nate Archibald.

Crawford reflected, "At the end of Gossip Girl the show, whatever your reaction is on whether it was smart to do that or not, that he�s Gossip Girl � it didn�t really line up with the character of Dan. Right?" Badgley agreed with that assessment.

In February 2026, on the final episode of his podcast Podcrushed, Badgley admitted to former costar Leighton Meester that he laughed while filming the moment where he discloses his identity.

�It was the most, like, absurd thing that you could possibly say.�

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When the Mask FINALLY Slips: Blake Lively

TV Stars Who Didn't Like How Their Show Ended: Penn Badgley and Chace Crawford