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(Gossip Girl) Hey, Upper East Siders.
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Gossip Girl here.
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(Ball Park Music's "It's
nice to be alive" playing)
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It's exciting to look back in celebration
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of the last six years.
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You'd really go out with
some guy you don't know?
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Well, you can't be worse
than the guys I do know.
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(Ed) It's been a long, fantastic ride.
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Everyone's enjoyed it immensely.
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I'm Chuck Bass, and I love you.
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(Leighton) I could've never
expected that I would be able
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to play a character for six years
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that's so well-written and challenging.
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Haven't you heard? I'm the
crazy bitch around here.
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♪ Lovers need lovers, and I'm impressed ♪
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We're shooting in Manhattan.
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It doesn't get any better than that.
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♪ The goods out on display
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(Ivy) I feel a little
like Alice in Wonderland.
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(Blair) Manhattan'll do that to a girl.
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It was just such a love
affair with the city
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and everything that it has to offer,
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from fashion to food to music.
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New York has never seemed more perfect.
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There's an it girl on every corner.
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♪ Stop
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♪ don't get carried away
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We went into it really hoping
that this would make its mark
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as the new fashion TV series.
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And pop. (Laughs)
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The formula of the show
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was what made it what it is.
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Good morning, beautiful.
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♪ We dropped down from
some other dimension ♪
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♪ Just to be with you
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It was very surreal for me.
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I had people coming up
to me on the streets,
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telling me they hate me.
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(Michelle) There was literally 40 paparazzi
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and 200 girls screaming
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and gathered around our trailers.
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♪
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♪ Chill out, it's all right
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I think the storytellers are really excited
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to be bringing the story to fruition.
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♪ Chill out, it's all right
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♪ kiss me
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The feeling right now, it's...
it's a poignant one. It's good.
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♪ It's nice to be alive
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Not the sad, empty nest phase already.
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It's been a wonderful character
and I've enjoyed it thoroughly.
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♪ Kiss me how can you
say we weren't important?
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We were the only thing that matters.
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I am going to run down
Broadway naked with champagne.
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(Pops) Aah!
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It's gonna be sad not seeing everybody
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and seeing their face every day.
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♪ It's nice to be alive
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Think we oughta say a proper good-bye?
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It's gonna be really strange
to not have that every day,
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and I think we're all gonna
go through a bit of withdrawal.
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♪ Alive
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(Serena) You can let go now.
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(Dan) I don't want to.
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Spotted at Grand Central, bags in hand...
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Serena Van Der Woodsen.
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(Camera shutter clicks)
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I was coming off the end of "the O.C."
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And had very little interest
in doing another teen drama.
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And then I got sent the first book
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in the "Gossip Girl" book series,
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and I was like, "I may be ready
to leave high school after all".
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Don't ever go to high school, Dorota.
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The girls are spoiled,
stupid, and ungrateful!
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Stephanie savage is one of
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the smartest, most talented
people I've ever met,
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and she got really
excited about it as well,
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and we were off to the races.
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The setting in New York City
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and this elite Upper East Side society...
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that's, for sure, a world
that is really alluring.
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Are you following us or something?
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No. I... I... I go to your school.
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The books really laid it out very well.
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They're juicy and salacious and fun
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and everything is said
with a bit of a wink.
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What's that, your stripper money?
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"Sex and the City" had gone off the air.
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There was really nothing on TV
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that had that romantic version of New York,
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and I really missed that just as a fan.
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And then, of course, the
anonymous online blogger
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who was watching everybody's
moves and reporting it.
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Is that true?
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What? You were in jail?
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(Stephanie) That was
something that felt like
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it was a real hook to the show.
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And who am I?
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That's one secret I'll never tell.
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When Cecily wrote the book in 2002,
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uh, Perez Hilton and TMZ didn't even exist,
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so she had really kind
of imagined something
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that ultimately came to pass.
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Oh, my God. You'll never
believe what's on "Gossip Girl."
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Someone saw Serena getting
off a train at grand central.
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The tag line for the first season was,
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"you're nobody until you're talked about."
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It definitely was ahead of the trend.
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The lives that these kids were living
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was so fascinating
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that there was a web site devoted to them
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that they had to read endlessly,
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and I think it just
really captured the moment
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of the world we were in.
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♪
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It was really important to us
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that we actually shoot
the show in New York.
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That's the thing they say about New York,
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is you point the camera in any
direction and it looks good,
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not to mention this... the authenticity.
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(Girl) Hey, Serena. Why
don't you get a room?
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Oh, that's the plight of
the Manhattan teenager.
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No cars. (Chuckles)
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(Camera shutters click)
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A lot of shows are "based
in New York" but film in L.A.
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And so you don't get the magic
of walking down, you know,
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a street in Soho and seeing
all the things happening
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and all the cabs going
around in the background.
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It's very much one of the most
important elements of the show.
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Dan! Oh, my God! This is
what I love about this city.
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You're always bumping into people.
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Stephanie went and kind of
immersed herself in the, uh,
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in the girls prep school world.
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I stayed at the Carlyle
Hotel and I did research,
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talking to about a dozen girls,
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asking them questions about their lives.
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I reviewed your record.
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If Constance has a shining
star, it's Blair Waldorf.
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I know. I'm the perfect one.
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Stephanie is so involved
in every single detail.
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She typed out her own little essays
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of girls who lived on the Upper East Side,
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and they were even more
wild than the books.
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I've been drinking on an empty stomach.
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I heard you didn't do that anymore.
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Special occasion.
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Oh.
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I don't know exactly how I tune in
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to that kind of upbringing or lifestyle,
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because that's not how I was raised at all.
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I'm from South Florida.
That's not what it's like.
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(Scoffs) I cannot believe that
daddy decided to stay with Roman
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instead of having tea
at the Carlyle with me.
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It was taken people into a rarefied world
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and a world that is seductive
but also problematic.
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So you're actually hiding him?
He tries to take his own life,
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and you're worried it's gonna
cost you mom of the year?
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Serena, as happy as I am to have you home,
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you have no idea what it's been like.
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We really wanted this idea of,
like, family and relationships,
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all these things that
are so universal to, uh,
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any coming-of-age story, to be true here.
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We deal with the same
things, at the end of the day.
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♪
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At first, we didn't have a
lot of access in New York City.
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It was like, "well, what
is this show? I don't know."
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But very, very quickly,
I think people recognized
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that if you were on the
show, it was a good thing.
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(Amplified voice) Welcome,
all, to the McKittrick Hotel.
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At the beginning, that was great
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because every... every new location
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was somewhere, you know, we
hadn't maybe seen before...
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the backroom of some cool bar, you know,
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and "oh, I wanna come back here."
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We always saw the show
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as a real love letter to New York City.
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Now there are "Gossip
Girl" tours of New York City
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where you go by the locations
that the characters visited.
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When Mayor Bloomberg was here,
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and it's like, "oh, my
God. That's amazing."
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Therefore, I, Michael R. Bloomberg,
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mayor of the city of New
York, do hereby proclaim
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Thursday, January 26th,
2012, in the city of New York
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as "Gossip Girl" day.
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Congratulations. X.O.X.O.
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It's been everything we hoped it would be.
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(Ed) Without quite sounding
arrogant or anything,
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it's like the show's
become one of the things
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the tourists like to come to New York for,
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and I just find that
remarkable, you know. It's...
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in the beginning, you have no
idea or expectations that large
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'cause you can't really relate.
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All right, Dan, Jenny. Humphrey hug.
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Aah!
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Eric and Lily, get in here, too.
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(Sighs) (Dan) Aw.
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Mm.
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Hey.
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When's the party?
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Saturday, and...
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You're kinda not invited.
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♪
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Josh and I are psychos about casting,
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and we really did feel, with "Gossip Girl,"
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that we had something special.
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At the time, I was living in L.A.
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And I was auditioning
every single day for pilots.
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And automatically, I
was like, "I love Blair."
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I wanna play that character."
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So I auditioned for it
probably, like, 20 times.
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(Chace) It was, like,
probably my number four read.
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Wow.
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I kinda sit in this little
swivel chair, and... (Chuckles)
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this girl just kind of swivels around
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and, like, cute as a button,
and it was Leighton, obviously.
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Thank you.
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And she had the headband
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and just she was like, "hi."
And, oh, you know, I'm like,
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if this girl can act, she's got the part.
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- Uhh! (Chuckles)
- Break a leg.
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I think I just did.
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More than anything, I just wanted to work.
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I could've never expected
that I would be able
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to play a character for six years
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that's so well-written
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and really challenging and great.
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We really believed in
all the various pairings
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and the chemistry and that, you know,
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Blair and Serena feel like best friends.
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I still miss Dan sometimes.
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The only thing lamer
than dating Dan Humphrey
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is mourning Dan Humphrey.
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The Humphrey family, we felt,
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had this great warmth, chemistry.
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She might be a tad overwhelmed
by the glitz and the glamour
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of the Humphrey lifestyle.
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Nate Archibald is this
kind of lost rich kid.
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Do you ever feel like our whole
lives have been planned out for us?
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And, you know, Chuck Bass who, at the time,
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was pure villainy.
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I love freshmen.
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Anything about her on "Gossip Girl"?
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Nuh-uh.
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Hmm, till you're done with her.
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♪
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When we shot the pilot,
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we all lived in the same hotel together
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for those few weeks.
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And New York City... oh, it
was the most incredible place
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in... in the world.
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It was a fantastic feeling, you know,
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because everybody felt
equally, um, as excited,
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um, and probably a bit nervous.
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You know, you felt like you were
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kind of thrown into something together.
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It basically is, like, the
best of all possible excuses
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to be in New York and live in New York.
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It was so fun to see these kids
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who kind of showed up in, like,
their uggs and in their hoodies
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figure out this world.
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(Josh) We're shooting at the Palace Hotel.
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Nobody really cares. No
one's stopping to watch.
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And I remember it was
such a difference, like,
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the day after the show had premiered.
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And then suddenly, like,
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there were people standing
around, kinda watching.
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And we were like, "oh. This is cool."
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There was, you know,
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a fair amount of press and expectations,
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and we didn't do that well.
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13 episodes into our order,
the writers' strike happened,
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and, you know, all production stopped.
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And everything was repeating,
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and a lot of people watched
"Gossip Girl" in repeats.
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We're actually trying to work things out.
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Today's our first day
hanging out together alone.
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We actually came back with a great audience
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and sort of wider interest
than we had had when we started
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because that sort of
"addictive" quality of the show
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had kind of kicked in.
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(Man) Please welcome Blake Lively!
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(Cheers and applause)
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"Gossip Girl" was invited to do a panel
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at the Paley Festival that first year,
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and that felt really great.
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It felt like they had caught on
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that there was something about the show
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that audiences were really reacting to.
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Then you were like, uh,
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"okay, if the wheels don't
come off of this train,
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"we're gonna be fine," and it kept going.
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Every time we... we got
renewed for another season,
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it was, um, selfish
personally 'cause we're like,
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"yes! We get to live in
New York another year,
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and we get... get paid for it!"
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(Whispers) Don't tell! (Laughs)
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I think at first,
critics were kind of like,
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"this is a silly show about teenagers,"
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but then the people who
are actually from that world
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kind of validated it and embraced it,
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and it kind of forced
people to take a second look.
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I'm really happy to be
here with you right now.
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Nobody's ever looked at
me the way you just did.
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I hate you.
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I've never hated anyone more.
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Every nerve ending in my
body is electrified by hatred.
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There is a fiery pit of hate
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burning inside me, ready to explode.
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(My fiction) * oh, oh, I...
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(Moans)
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♪
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The show was pretty
controversial when it came on.
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Excuse me.
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The liquor's just a chaser.
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We were always getting in trouble
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for kind of pushing the envelope too far,
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from parents television association
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then watch groups.
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Aah!
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We tried to push it.
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Damn that mother-chucker.
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It is a little bit out of hand. It can be.
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Step any closer and I'll scream.
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You better believe you will.
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I hope you did your yoga.
This could go on a while.
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You can't really watch
the show with your family.
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Or I... (Laughs) I can't.
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Topless on Valentino's yacht.
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(Blake) Serena's been
a... a bit too scandalous.
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Stop talking and start partying.
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(Mackintosh Braun's "Made for us" playing)
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Definitely we've had some great,
uh, milestones on "Gossip Girl",
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in terms of feeling, like,
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cultural permeation is happening.
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Magazine covers... when
they started coming,
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that felt very special.
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"New York" magazine put us on the cover
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as the best show ever.
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There was an asterisk... (Laughs)
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qualifying that,
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but it still said that.
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(Ed) We've done wonderful shoots together.
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I mean, it was my first experience
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doing anything like that,
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and they were fantastic, funny days.
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We got name-checked by Obama.
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Obama name-checked the show? What?!
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- What, is... is he on, like, uh, "Gossip Girl" or something?
- (Cheers and applause)
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That's pretty huge.
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Camera set. Print it.
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(Stephanie) We've also
had some pretty intense
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crowd situations, just in terms
of the actors getting mobbed
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and just knowing that
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now we have to have security on the set.
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Can I take your picture?
(Camera shutter clicking)
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(Ed) One of the first times we shot
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down on Central Park
South, outside the Plaza,
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all of a sudden we just had,
like, these crowds of people.
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That was a strange thing.
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(Kaylee) It was very surreal for me.
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I don't think I was aware of what a
big deal the show was until I was in it.
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A book written about you
guys. It sounds exciting.
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(Michelle) There was
literally, like, 40 paparazzi
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and 200 just girls screaming
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and gathered around our trailers.
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They liked to pet my hair,
which is very strange.
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♪
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(Penn) I remember the first year
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when we first saw our
pictures on a building.
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And I was just like...
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come on. (Laughs)
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It was crazy there for a minute.
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I remember penn grabbed me.
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He's like, "man, I've
never had my head, like",
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on a billboard, you know?"
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It was just so novel, you
know, and just such a cool time.
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(Kisses) Oh!
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(Penn) To be 20 years old, to not be broke,
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and, uh, to be sharing it
with, like, six other kids
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going through the same thing,
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there's very literally nothing like it.
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(Woman) And to your left!
Everyone, to your left!
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(Penn) And there's just,
like, parties constantly
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and, like, tinted windows
and lights and, like,
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clothes that were given
to you, and it's just like,
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"where am I? Who... what...
what's going on right now?"
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(Screaming)
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I think they had their fun.
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They've gotten to see New York in a way
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that maybe only their
characters could understand.
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I just wish that they would leave me alone.
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Oh. Is that why you
got your hair blown out?
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(Laughs)
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(Camera shutters click)
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♪
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We have some of the most
passionate, vocal fans, I think,
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uh, in the history of television.
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My Twitter feed is often just a war
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between Dan and Blair shippers
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and Chuck and Blair shippers.
401
00:15:17,392 --> 00:15:20,693
So it's just "Dair" vs.
"Chair" in a battle royale.
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You kissed me back. I felt it.
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It doesn't matter what you think you felt.
404
00:15:23,982 --> 00:15:26,315
I'm sorry if I gave you
the wrong impression.
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Even when we were doing "the O.C.,"
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there was only, like, one or two web sites
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where fans would post comments.
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And since then,
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the fan community and the online community
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has just grown,
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and certainly "Gossip Girl"
has been a part of that.
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(Penn) We would, like,
walk out of our trailer
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for a second and a picture was taken of us,
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and immediately everything you're wearing,
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00:15:42,917 --> 00:15:44,616
it's like, "get this there.
Get this there. Get this there."
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Get this there. Also,
he looks like (Bleep)."
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00:15:46,220 --> 00:15:48,137
You know? (Laughs)
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Or "he looks tired. He looks sad."
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00:15:49,507 --> 00:15:51,057
Do you think he's thinking
about... " You know?"
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And it's just like, whoa!
Slow your roll, guys.
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I'm just, like, going to
get breakfast. (Chuckles)
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Why are you still following me, Nate?
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Having to kiss Chace out
in front of the Plaza Hotel,
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having thousands of
teenage girls crying at me,
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screaming at me, "no!"
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Like, "why?!" (Laughs)
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00:16:11,245 --> 00:16:13,362
I mean, that's what I was talking about.
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00:16:13,364 --> 00:16:15,364
Our fans were actually a lot older
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than people originally thought.
430
00:16:17,502 --> 00:16:19,485
We hear about people in
their 20s, in their 30s,
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in their 40s... I mean, I can't tell you
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how many people come up to me and say,
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"I know I'm not the target demographic,
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but I love the show."
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00:16:25,209 --> 00:16:28,294
My grandparents still... I
get texts from nammy sometimes
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00:16:28,296 --> 00:16:30,662
saying, "I don't like you
with that M.I.L.F. anymore."
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00:16:30,664 --> 00:16:32,264
Is this the master bedroom?
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Let's destroy it.
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00:16:34,335 --> 00:16:35,551
And I'm like,
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"nammy! Watch your mouth!"
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00:16:38,339 --> 00:16:39,889
I hope she sees this.
442
00:16:39,891 --> 00:16:43,342
My best friend was right. Saying
"yes" makes everything better.
443
00:16:43,344 --> 00:16:45,561
Or no! I'm sorry. It wasn't
"M.I.L.F." I take it all back.
444
00:16:45,563 --> 00:16:47,029
It was "cougar."
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00:16:47,031 --> 00:16:48,847
Now this is really gonna get
me in trouble. It was "cougar."
446
00:16:48,849 --> 00:16:51,283
- Nice to meet you, by the way, um...
- Nate.
447
00:16:51,285 --> 00:16:52,618
Mm. That's a great name.
448
00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:54,286
Uh, and you are?
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Done now.
450
00:17:14,715 --> 00:17:16,681
- Where's Serena?
- She's onstage.
451
00:17:16,683 --> 00:17:18,249
But I have her dress.
452
00:17:18,251 --> 00:17:21,052
You mean, Serena's on the
runway of Eleanor Waldorf's show
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00:17:21,054 --> 00:17:23,254
in a design not made by Eleanor Waldorf?
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(Inhales deeply) Oh, dear.
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♪ Now please be gone, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh ♪
456
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Eric Daman, our costume designer,
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has done an amazing job since the pilot
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of really being able to express
characters through costume
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and build not just great
fashion moments over episodes
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but real iconic identities
for each of the characters.
461
00:17:44,711 --> 00:17:46,110
Exquisite.
462
00:17:46,112 --> 00:17:48,463
You exceeded even my high expectations.
463
00:17:48,465 --> 00:17:50,415
I feel like the clothing really is
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00:17:50,417 --> 00:17:51,516
kind of the characters' coat of arms,
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and when they put on their clothes,
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it kind of helps them become the character.
467
00:17:55,389 --> 00:17:57,222
Like when Leighton walks in, she
couldn't be any more different
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00:17:57,224 --> 00:17:58,956
than who Blair Waldorf is, and she's like,
469
00:17:58,958 --> 00:18:01,643
"when I put on my headband,
I am Blair Waldorf."
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I'll take that. Thank you.
471
00:18:05,731 --> 00:18:06,981
Even with hair and makeup,
472
00:18:06,983 --> 00:18:09,133
it's the difference of
putting on this outfit
473
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that Blair would only put together,
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and that brings the
character to life even more.
475
00:18:13,990 --> 00:18:15,940
Blake... I think it's a much
more symbiotic relationship
476
00:18:15,942 --> 00:18:19,194
where Blake inspires Serena,
and Serena inspires Blake.
477
00:18:19,196 --> 00:18:20,695
This girl has it.
478
00:18:20,697 --> 00:18:22,814
People that wear these
clothes have to be very bold
479
00:18:22,816 --> 00:18:24,699
and very confident and very wealthy,
480
00:18:24,701 --> 00:18:27,419
and so Eric really helps us
create our characters with that.
481
00:18:27,421 --> 00:18:28,953
I'd ask how you are,
but I don't really care.
482
00:18:28,955 --> 00:18:30,588
I mean, I... I'd say I'm great.
483
00:18:30,590 --> 00:18:32,674
Look at my hair, my clothes, my body.
484
00:18:32,676 --> 00:18:34,826
It gives you a... a body language.
485
00:18:34,828 --> 00:18:37,379
It gives you a... a posture
486
00:18:37,381 --> 00:18:39,214
that only that particular
character can walk with.
487
00:18:39,216 --> 00:18:40,765
And, you know, when you're in 7-inch heels,
488
00:18:40,767 --> 00:18:43,802
you're walking differently
than when you're in sneakers.
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And we also have so many places
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00:18:45,722 --> 00:18:47,639
to wear... (Laughs) all these clothes!
491
00:18:47,641 --> 00:18:49,808
Move! I have a Humphrey to squash.
492
00:18:49,810 --> 00:18:51,393
They really go to a lot of parties.
493
00:18:51,395 --> 00:18:54,646
I'm always dressing in
these amazing party outfits.
494
00:18:54,648 --> 00:18:56,347
Every episode, there's a brilliant gala
495
00:18:56,349 --> 00:18:57,982
or, you know, seeing
Blair in her prom dress
496
00:18:57,984 --> 00:19:00,702
or Ed in his croquet
outfit in the Hamptons.
497
00:19:00,704 --> 00:19:02,186
It's sort of glamorous in a way
498
00:19:02,188 --> 00:19:04,622
that... that old Hollywood
used to be glamorous,
499
00:19:04,624 --> 00:19:06,624
where people really dressed.
500
00:19:06,626 --> 00:19:09,294
I think my most favorite outfit to date
501
00:19:09,296 --> 00:19:11,246
has been my debutante dress.
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00:19:11,248 --> 00:19:12,831
I just felt like a princess.
503
00:19:12,833 --> 00:19:14,249
You look fantastic. Who are you wearing?
504
00:19:14,251 --> 00:19:16,134
- Badgley Mischka.
- It's great.
505
00:19:16,136 --> 00:19:18,870
My fashion was... was... was
more, you know, sailing on a yacht.
506
00:19:18,872 --> 00:19:20,555
You know, like...
like... like a Nautica ad.
507
00:19:20,557 --> 00:19:21,973
What's with the business formal?
508
00:19:21,975 --> 00:19:23,875
Are you being arraigned for something?
509
00:19:23,877 --> 00:19:25,059
And actually, I would always love to see
510
00:19:25,061 --> 00:19:26,511
what Ed stepped out wearing.
511
00:19:26,513 --> 00:19:28,713
You know, in the beginning,
it was way more ridiculous.
512
00:19:28,715 --> 00:19:29,931
You know, yellow socks
513
00:19:29,933 --> 00:19:32,267
and, like, his ascots and the whole thing.
514
00:19:32,269 --> 00:19:34,719
(Josh) The Chuck Bass scarf evolution
515
00:19:34,721 --> 00:19:36,604
into ascot into wide cravat.
516
00:19:36,606 --> 00:19:37,989
(Laughs) Uh...
517
00:19:37,991 --> 00:19:39,491
- I like your use of "cravat."
- Why, thank you, Stephanie.
518
00:19:39,493 --> 00:19:40,725
I wouldn't have learned "cravat"
519
00:19:40,727 --> 00:19:41,993
if it wasn't for my time on "Gossip Girl."
520
00:19:41,995 --> 00:19:43,728
It's quite a sad story, actually,
521
00:19:43,730 --> 00:19:45,830
because I'm a big fan of ascots,
522
00:19:45,832 --> 00:19:49,083
and I had one before the show started
523
00:19:49,085 --> 00:19:50,952
and I can't really wear them anymore.
524
00:19:50,954 --> 00:19:53,121
I will always go back to
what Chuck Bass was wearing
525
00:19:53,123 --> 00:19:55,006
on the day that he
tried to play basketball.
526
00:19:55,008 --> 00:19:57,375
Let's just play some ball.
527
00:19:57,377 --> 00:19:59,260
(Laughs) That was truly, truly epic.
528
00:19:59,262 --> 00:20:01,179
Of course, the hundredth episode,
529
00:20:01,181 --> 00:20:02,881
Blair's princess wedding was, you know,
530
00:20:02,883 --> 00:20:05,216
I think it's one of the most
beautiful weddings on television.
531
00:20:05,218 --> 00:20:07,218
Is everything okay in here, Blair?
532
00:20:07,220 --> 00:20:08,970
You are an artist.
533
00:20:08,972 --> 00:20:10,939
(Eric) Working with Vera
Wang, to go into her showroom
534
00:20:10,941 --> 00:20:12,807
and actually to be able to work with her
535
00:20:12,809 --> 00:20:14,108
on a one-to-one basis
536
00:20:14,110 --> 00:20:16,277
and, like, see all of
these amazing dresses...
537
00:20:16,279 --> 00:20:17,779
you know, the amazing team of assistants
538
00:20:17,781 --> 00:20:19,764
that really helped me get in
all these Philip Treacy hats,
539
00:20:19,766 --> 00:20:21,599
and we really worked our butts off
540
00:20:21,601 --> 00:20:23,451
to make that look just right.
541
00:20:23,453 --> 00:20:25,286
Now if we can continue...
542
00:20:26,572 --> 00:20:27,872
to be on a television show
543
00:20:27,874 --> 00:20:30,658
that had access to all the
best fashion in the world,
544
00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:32,043
and then to learn from the best...
545
00:20:32,045 --> 00:20:33,127
not just through Eric Daman
546
00:20:33,129 --> 00:20:35,430
but the designers that we got to meet.
547
00:20:35,432 --> 00:20:39,133
I heard Marc Jacobs
named a purse after her.
548
00:20:39,135 --> 00:20:40,885
- (Woman) Whoo!
- (Man) Love you!
549
00:20:40,887 --> 00:20:42,787
A lot of them have become fashion icons.
550
00:20:42,789 --> 00:20:44,672
Most of them are on the covers of magazines
551
00:20:44,674 --> 00:20:45,807
or doing perfume ads
552
00:20:45,809 --> 00:20:47,926
or, you know, we see them everywhere.
553
00:20:47,928 --> 00:20:49,260
(Michelle) He definitely
taught me how to accessorize,
554
00:20:49,262 --> 00:20:51,513
particularly in this last
season during our fittings.
555
00:20:51,515 --> 00:20:53,481
Eric and I are just like,
"a necklace and earrings"
556
00:20:53,483 --> 00:20:54,816
and a cuff and... and rings
557
00:20:54,818 --> 00:20:56,985
and studded necklace and
studded... " We're just like",
558
00:20:56,987 --> 00:20:59,103
"is that too much? No,
put another thing on."
559
00:20:59,105 --> 00:21:02,073
Welcome to the Upper East Side.
560
00:21:02,075 --> 00:21:06,310
♪
561
00:21:06,312 --> 00:21:07,579
This is Isaac Mizrahi.
562
00:21:07,581 --> 00:21:09,447
Zee! Zoe!
563
00:21:09,449 --> 00:21:12,100
Okay, Alexa, it's your
turn. (Chuckles nervously)
564
00:21:12,102 --> 00:21:13,418
Oh, my.
565
00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:15,036
(Stephanie) We've been really, really lucky
566
00:21:15,038 --> 00:21:17,839
in the way that fashion
has been a part of the show
567
00:21:17,841 --> 00:21:20,041
and then we've been
able to benefit from that
568
00:21:20,043 --> 00:21:22,293
and get the fashion
community to help us out
569
00:21:22,295 --> 00:21:24,345
- and be a part of it.
- (Josh) And appear on the show.
570
00:21:24,347 --> 00:21:26,014
Thank you so much for
seeing me on short notice.
571
00:21:26,016 --> 00:21:28,766
You came highly
recommended by Anna Wintour.
572
00:21:28,768 --> 00:21:31,168
So then Eric finds himself
having to dress, you know,
573
00:21:31,170 --> 00:21:32,353
big designers.
574
00:21:32,355 --> 00:21:33,771
Michael Kors was easy
575
00:21:33,773 --> 00:21:36,307
'cause he wears his black
T-shirt and his black blazer.
576
00:21:36,309 --> 00:21:37,609
Didn't go so well for those who showed up
577
00:21:37,611 --> 00:21:39,644
at Blair's birthday party, huh? (Laughs)
578
00:21:39,646 --> 00:21:41,178
Uhh! (Rachel gasps)
579
00:21:41,180 --> 00:21:42,313
(Thud)
580
00:21:42,315 --> 00:21:43,731
(Stephanie) Especially for Rachel Zoe,
581
00:21:43,733 --> 00:21:46,317
who had a chocolate
fountain poured on her head.
582
00:21:46,319 --> 00:21:47,819
(Women gasp)
583
00:21:47,821 --> 00:21:49,737
She wore that beautiful
cobalt blue Gucci dress,
584
00:21:49,739 --> 00:21:51,856
and we covered it in chocolate syrup.
585
00:21:51,858 --> 00:21:54,292
I die.
586
00:21:54,294 --> 00:21:58,162
I think they've been intelligent
with guests stars and with references.
587
00:21:58,164 --> 00:21:59,964
Isn't that Alexandra Richards?
588
00:21:59,966 --> 00:22:03,051
People from the art
community and socialites...
589
00:22:03,053 --> 00:22:06,304
it's kind of funny to see
them "in their element"
590
00:22:06,306 --> 00:22:08,089
but they're so not in their element,
591
00:22:08,091 --> 00:22:10,675
and check with them if
we're doing it right.
592
00:22:10,677 --> 00:22:11,876
This is Tinsley Mortimer.
593
00:22:11,878 --> 00:22:13,428
Cyndi Lauper?!
594
00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:14,846
And this is Sloane Crosley,
595
00:22:14,848 --> 00:22:16,681
the best-selling author of
"I was told there'd be cake."
596
00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:17,675
I think that was wonderful.
597
00:22:17,677 --> 00:22:19,911
It gave a sense of, um, authenticity
598
00:22:19,913 --> 00:22:21,429
to the stories and to the world.
599
00:22:21,431 --> 00:22:22,747
Everyone's talking about it.
600
00:22:22,749 --> 00:22:24,265
When we were doing the ballet episode,
601
00:22:24,267 --> 00:22:26,351
I don't know anything about the ballet,
602
00:22:26,353 --> 00:22:27,752
so I was just sort of like,
603
00:22:27,754 --> 00:22:30,305
"tell me who the ballet people
are and let's invite them."
604
00:22:30,307 --> 00:22:32,724
They're called ballerinas. (Laughs)
605
00:22:49,048 --> 00:22:50,914
The limo's taking me back in an hour.
606
00:22:50,916 --> 00:22:52,383
Oh, you're not going to the White Party?
607
00:22:52,385 --> 00:22:54,084
Come on, pretty girls in white dresses.
608
00:22:54,086 --> 00:22:56,971
Unless there's a sprinkler, I don't care.
609
00:22:56,973 --> 00:22:59,573
♪
610
00:22:59,575 --> 00:23:01,859
I think you're always
looking to up the ante,
611
00:23:01,861 --> 00:23:03,611
so it started out as the Hamptons.
612
00:23:03,613 --> 00:23:05,762
That was a really exciting opportunity.
613
00:23:05,764 --> 00:23:08,032
Going to the Hamptons was a lot of fun,
614
00:23:08,034 --> 00:23:09,150
like doing the White Party
615
00:23:09,152 --> 00:23:10,451
and being in this whole other world.
616
00:23:10,453 --> 00:23:12,002
Every time we get to
go outside of New York,
617
00:23:12,004 --> 00:23:13,821
it really just adds
something extra special.
618
00:23:13,823 --> 00:23:15,706
(Brakes screech)
619
00:23:15,708 --> 00:23:17,491
Nate?
620
00:23:18,310 --> 00:23:21,579
♪
621
00:23:23,064 --> 00:23:24,582
We kind of wanted to see
622
00:23:24,584 --> 00:23:27,835
Serena and Nate in the California sunshine.
623
00:23:27,837 --> 00:23:29,119
(Nate and Chuck) Cheers. (Clink)
624
00:23:29,121 --> 00:23:31,172
We were down in the marina,
625
00:23:31,174 --> 00:23:33,591
and Chuck had won a yacht
over the course of the summer.
626
00:23:33,593 --> 00:23:35,759
And he was riding a
motorcycle on Mulholland.
627
00:23:35,761 --> 00:23:37,461
Not well. (Laughs)
628
00:23:37,463 --> 00:23:39,763
- He wasn't riding it well.
- Not well.
629
00:23:39,765 --> 00:23:41,965
We were at a great mid-century house
630
00:23:41,967 --> 00:23:43,067
in the Hollywood Hills.
631
00:23:43,069 --> 00:23:44,685
So to really kind of give L.A.
632
00:23:44,687 --> 00:23:46,737
The "Gossip Girl" treatment was fun.
633
00:23:46,739 --> 00:23:47,905
(Pops) Aah!
634
00:23:47,907 --> 00:23:49,073
Hello! (Gasps)
635
00:23:49,075 --> 00:23:50,858
Of course that happened! (Laughs)
636
00:23:50,860 --> 00:23:53,694
♪
637
00:23:53,776 --> 00:23:55,526
Paris was, like, the ultimate.
638
00:23:55,528 --> 00:23:58,195
That's been Stephanie's dream
since she was a wee lass. (Laughs)
639
00:23:58,197 --> 00:24:00,331
"Ooh, la la! Paris is burning,
640
00:24:00,333 --> 00:24:01,999
and Serena and Blair lit the match."
641
00:24:02,001 --> 00:24:04,201
Of course your flame is hotter than mine.
642
00:24:04,203 --> 00:24:05,753
We had been warned beforehand
643
00:24:05,755 --> 00:24:08,589
that the show's not very popular in Paris.
644
00:24:08,591 --> 00:24:10,457
Um, it might even be
canceled, and we were like,
645
00:24:10,459 --> 00:24:11,675
well, that is a little embarrassing,
646
00:24:11,677 --> 00:24:13,243
but we also don't really care
647
00:24:13,245 --> 00:24:15,262
'cause we wanna go to
Paris and shoot the show,
648
00:24:15,264 --> 00:24:17,765
and our audience will enjoy seeing that.
649
00:24:17,767 --> 00:24:19,750
But it was bananas.
650
00:24:19,752 --> 00:24:21,885
(Girls screaming) Aah!
651
00:24:21,887 --> 00:24:24,972
The number of people that came out to watch
652
00:24:24,974 --> 00:24:28,692
and wait up all night at,
like, a dirty train station
653
00:24:28,694 --> 00:24:31,729
just see Ed or Leighton
for, like, five seconds...
654
00:24:31,731 --> 00:24:33,230
(Josh) It was crazy.
655
00:24:33,232 --> 00:24:35,199
You would just hear, like, all
these French girls yelling...
656
00:24:35,201 --> 00:24:37,401
(Imitates French accent)
Leighton! Leighton!
657
00:24:37,403 --> 00:24:38,986
(Normal voice) And,
you know, Ed Westwick...
658
00:24:38,988 --> 00:24:40,704
he literally could not
leave his hotel or anything.
659
00:24:40,706 --> 00:24:42,122
And what we found out was,
660
00:24:42,124 --> 00:24:44,708
these French teenagers were
watching the show online also.
661
00:24:44,710 --> 00:24:45,676
Au revoir.
662
00:24:45,678 --> 00:24:47,294
They weren't gonna wait a year
663
00:24:47,296 --> 00:24:48,962
for the show to come out on French TV.
664
00:24:48,964 --> 00:24:51,999
I think Paris felt like "Gossip
Girl" was its own as well.
665
00:24:52,001 --> 00:24:54,668
You know, not just... it didn't
just belong to New York anymore.
666
00:24:54,670 --> 00:24:56,086
It belonged to Paris as well.
667
00:24:56,088 --> 00:24:58,222
Blair, come meet Lou Doillon.
668
00:24:58,224 --> 00:24:59,456
- Bonjour.
- Bonjour.
669
00:24:59,458 --> 00:25:01,008
Oh, well, that trip to Paris...
670
00:25:01,010 --> 00:25:04,395
I still relive that week daily. (Chuckles)
671
00:25:04,397 --> 00:25:05,796
This is Chuck we're talking about.
672
00:25:05,798 --> 00:25:07,481
He really could just disappear.
673
00:25:07,483 --> 00:25:09,983
If you're so torn up about it, stop him.
674
00:25:09,985 --> 00:25:12,519
You and I both know you're
the only one that can do that.
675
00:25:12,521 --> 00:25:14,638
(Eric) For me, one of the most
beautiful moments in the show
676
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,157
is when Blair Waldorf runs
through the Gare Saint-Lazare
677
00:25:17,159 --> 00:25:18,975
in that orange Oscar de La Renta dress,
678
00:25:18,977 --> 00:25:22,246
and there's just this dark,
old, beautiful train station.
679
00:25:22,248 --> 00:25:24,331
But to have this pop of orange gown,
680
00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:26,717
that really just came
together and was scintillating.
681
00:25:26,719 --> 00:25:29,670
Your world would be easier
if I didn't come back.
682
00:25:29,672 --> 00:25:31,672
(Voice breaks) That's true...
683
00:25:31,674 --> 00:25:35,759
(Sniffles) but it wouldn't
be my world without you in it.
684
00:25:37,512 --> 00:25:40,247
♪
685
00:25:40,249 --> 00:25:43,267
(Stephanie) We really think about
the music that goes in the show.
686
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:45,469
Alex Patsavas, our music supervisor,
687
00:25:45,471 --> 00:25:46,970
is all over that.
688
00:25:46,972 --> 00:25:49,556
And our editors are all huge
music fans, too. And our cast.
689
00:25:49,558 --> 00:25:52,309
We've used Leighton's
song. We've used Ed's band.
690
00:25:52,311 --> 00:25:53,844
We've used Taylor.
691
00:25:53,846 --> 00:25:55,396
- Most of our cast has record deals...
- (Laughs)
692
00:25:55,398 --> 00:25:56,780
so that makes it easier for us.
693
00:25:56,782 --> 00:25:58,782
So you go to things like this every week?
694
00:25:58,784 --> 00:25:59,983
If you don't like it, we can leave.
695
00:25:59,985 --> 00:26:03,120
I just thought the music would be good.
696
00:26:03,122 --> 00:26:05,689
(Stephanie) Blake was a huge
Florence + The Machine fan.
697
00:26:05,691 --> 00:26:07,700
No Doubt reuniting,
698
00:26:07,701 --> 00:26:09,419
having Lady Gaga on,
699
00:26:09,420 --> 00:26:11,863
- to right as that was all happening.
- Mm-hmm.
700
00:26:11,864 --> 00:26:12,864
And of course Sonic Youth.
701
00:26:12,865 --> 00:26:16,287
♪ Spinning eams and angel wings ♪
702
00:26:16,288 --> 00:26:18,255
Sonic Youth was great 'cause first of all,
703
00:26:18,257 --> 00:26:19,640
they're probably, like,
704
00:26:19,642 --> 00:26:20,974
my favorite band in the whole world,
705
00:26:20,976 --> 00:26:23,727
and sometimes you just have
to do something for yourself.
706
00:26:23,729 --> 00:26:26,563
And they ended up showing up
for Rufus and Lily's wedding,
707
00:26:26,565 --> 00:26:27,964
which was really special,
708
00:26:27,966 --> 00:26:33,070
and then doing an original version
of "Star Power" just for the show.
709
00:26:33,072 --> 00:26:37,140
♪ Star power, star power
710
00:26:37,142 --> 00:26:38,776
♪ over me
711
00:26:38,778 --> 00:26:39,860
We always wanted the show
712
00:26:39,862 --> 00:26:41,445
to be able to function like a magazine.
713
00:26:41,447 --> 00:26:46,116
So if you wanted to find out
what's a new fashion designer
714
00:26:46,118 --> 00:26:47,451
or what are the trends,
715
00:26:47,453 --> 00:26:49,653
what's the song that I
should be listening to,
716
00:26:49,655 --> 00:26:51,288
what's the place that I should go,
717
00:26:51,290 --> 00:26:52,706
you could read a bunch of magazines
718
00:26:52,708 --> 00:26:53,791
or go online and figure that out,
719
00:26:53,793 --> 00:26:55,175
or you could just watch "Gossip Girl"
720
00:26:55,177 --> 00:26:56,927
and that information
would be delivered to you.
721
00:26:56,929 --> 00:26:59,096
Doesn't really play
without the other Ramones.
722
00:26:59,098 --> 00:27:02,800
I was gonna do Iggy but I thought
it might scare the children.
723
00:27:17,085 --> 00:27:18,334
Oh, so prom tomorrow night.
724
00:27:18,336 --> 00:27:20,120
What do you say we stay
in, watch some scary movies?
725
00:27:20,122 --> 00:27:22,172
- The scarier the better.
- Absolutely.
726
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:25,375
Yesterday, they were tearing
down the Humphrey loft,
727
00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:28,011
and that was the first time
that... that it really felt like,
728
00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:31,164
wow, this is... this is
actually coming to an end.
729
00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:32,382
It was sad, man.
730
00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:34,551
All my Lincoln Hawk
records are off the walls
731
00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:36,186
and all these photos that
we all contributed to,
732
00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:38,104
to make up this family.
733
00:27:38,106 --> 00:27:39,389
Where's the couch from the Humphrey loft?
734
00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:41,841
It was blue and it was
suede and it was quilted
735
00:27:41,843 --> 00:27:43,409
and it was quite lovely.
736
00:27:43,411 --> 00:27:45,278
I would like the Humphrey jukebox...
737
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,397
(Laughs) 'cause I feel like it's
loaded 'with early '90s hits...
738
00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:50,200
- Yeah.
- From... from the time of Lincoln Hawk's reign.
739
00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:52,351
We've talked about stealing
things. We've all tried.
740
00:27:52,353 --> 00:27:54,854
I kinda want to take
that, the statue there.
741
00:27:54,856 --> 00:27:56,990
We call it "Chuck Brass."
742
00:27:56,992 --> 00:27:58,541
Or I'd like to take the pool table,
743
00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:00,193
but I'd have to get Chace
to carry it on his back.
744
00:28:00,195 --> 00:28:03,046
I think I'll just take
my memories. You know?
745
00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:04,056
It's beautiful.
746
00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:06,332
(Stephanie) I wouldn't mind
Blair's necklace from Paris
747
00:28:06,334 --> 00:28:08,251
or the Harry Winston ring,
748
00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:10,386
which, literally, when I
asked the Harry Winston man
749
00:28:10,388 --> 00:28:12,538
if I could try it on my
finger, he said, "no."
750
00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:14,390
It comes with two armed
security guards. (Laughs)
751
00:28:14,392 --> 00:28:16,559
- So that's the only...
- And a German Shepherd.
752
00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:18,144
There are so many pieces of wardrobe.
753
00:28:18,146 --> 00:28:21,814
I used to make a file of
pieces that I really love,
754
00:28:21,816 --> 00:28:23,066
and at the very end of the show,
755
00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:25,384
I was gonna be really
bold and ask for them.
756
00:28:25,386 --> 00:28:27,437
But then the file was getting too long,
757
00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:30,657
and I was just embarrassed,
so I... I gave that one up.
758
00:28:30,659 --> 00:28:34,560
♪
759
00:28:34,562 --> 00:28:35,945
Take number one.
760
00:28:35,947 --> 00:28:37,396
(Blake) We're all so fortunate
to have been on a show
761
00:28:37,398 --> 00:28:39,866
that has been not just
such a success publicly
762
00:28:39,868 --> 00:28:41,417
but such a success personally.
763
00:28:41,419 --> 00:28:45,171
You know, we've all had such
a... a great, positive experience.
764
00:28:45,173 --> 00:28:47,740
(Stephanie) Shooting in
the streets of New York,
765
00:28:47,742 --> 00:28:50,376
you know, every day together for six years,
766
00:28:50,378 --> 00:28:52,578
it does make people feel like a family,
767
00:28:52,580 --> 00:28:55,848
and especially because our cast
was so young when we started.
768
00:28:55,850 --> 00:28:58,551
I mean, they were teenagers.
769
00:28:58,553 --> 00:28:59,852
It's so much fun. (Laughs)
770
00:28:59,854 --> 00:29:01,754
(Woman) * you are the switch
771
00:29:01,756 --> 00:29:03,723
(josh) Steph and I always
talk about, you know,
772
00:29:03,725 --> 00:29:05,558
she feels like the mom,
I feel like the dad.
773
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,895
And it's nice to see, um,
the kids have grown up right.
774
00:29:08,897 --> 00:29:11,564
It is like a family, and
I... I think I'll miss
775
00:29:11,566 --> 00:29:12,732
the richness of that.
776
00:29:12,734 --> 00:29:15,201
♪ Beneath my shadow
777
00:29:15,203 --> 00:29:16,486
We won't miss the early hours,
778
00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:18,788
but we will miss the... the
excuse just to, you know,
779
00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:21,407
hang out with each other
between takes and catch up.
780
00:29:21,409 --> 00:29:22,709
And... and, you know,
781
00:29:22,711 --> 00:29:24,210
it's not just the cast
that we're friends with.
782
00:29:24,212 --> 00:29:26,162
It's the crew. We've had
the same crew for six years,
783
00:29:26,164 --> 00:29:28,715
and they are also my...
my very best friends.
784
00:29:28,717 --> 00:29:32,051
♪ So
785
00:29:32,053 --> 00:29:33,803
♪
786
00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:35,288
A lot of the guest stars say,
787
00:29:35,290 --> 00:29:37,807
"man, I just want you to know
you guys have the best crew."
788
00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:40,260
They'll text me that, "you guys
have a really special thing."
789
00:29:40,262 --> 00:29:41,961
And we've always felt that way,
790
00:29:41,963 --> 00:29:43,813
and that's gonna be one of
the things I miss the most.
791
00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:45,598
♪ You are the switch
792
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,433
I'm kind of looking at
everyone and thinking,
793
00:29:47,435 --> 00:29:49,736
oh, my God, everyone's grown up.
794
00:29:49,738 --> 00:29:51,271
No one in high school
reads "Gossip Girl" anymore.
795
00:29:51,273 --> 00:29:52,355
It's for old people.
796
00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:54,857
It's been from 20 to 26 for me,
797
00:29:54,859 --> 00:29:58,962
a huge portion of my growing up,
798
00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:02,081
personally and professionally.
799
00:30:02,083 --> 00:30:04,917
♪ I need your cooling way
800
00:30:04,919 --> 00:30:07,003
It's just a moment in time.
801
00:30:07,005 --> 00:30:08,871
What can I say except, uh,
802
00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:09,839
welcome to adulthood.
803
00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:12,125
♪ So
804
00:30:12,127 --> 00:30:15,494
We're all very excited to see what's next
805
00:30:15,496 --> 00:30:17,463
for ourselves and for each other.
806
00:30:17,465 --> 00:30:19,132
You know, I'm looking
forward to watching people
807
00:30:19,134 --> 00:30:21,267
that I've worked with for six years now
808
00:30:21,269 --> 00:30:22,385
flourish and grow.
809
00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:24,854
♪ Ooh
810
00:30:24,856 --> 00:30:27,006
We learned who we were together.
811
00:30:27,008 --> 00:30:31,027
We're all going through that
heightened reality together.
812
00:30:31,029 --> 00:30:34,013
Um, and keeping each other
sane, I think, through that.
813
00:30:34,015 --> 00:30:37,850
I know that it has changed
my life in a lot of ways,
814
00:30:37,852 --> 00:30:39,702
but it hasn't changed me.
815
00:30:39,704 --> 00:30:43,206
It's only made me appreciate
everything else in my life
816
00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:46,309
that's still really concrete
and the same even more.
817
00:30:46,311 --> 00:30:50,463
(Stephanie) I've taken away
so much from "Gossip Girl."
818
00:30:50,465 --> 00:30:53,532
I've had so many amazing memories of being
819
00:30:53,534 --> 00:30:55,718
in incredible places that, you know,
820
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,205
when I was a kid, I only saw in books.
821
00:30:59,207 --> 00:31:01,040
It's sad that it's coming to an end,
822
00:31:01,042 --> 00:31:04,060
but we've had just a blast.
823
00:31:05,295 --> 00:31:06,929
From the beginning of time...
824
00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:08,398
"Gossip Girl" time, that is...
825
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:09,715
I think people have
wanted to know, you know,
826
00:31:09,717 --> 00:31:12,268
what's gonna happen with Chuck and Blair?
827
00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:14,987
Will you go to war with me?
828
00:31:14,989 --> 00:31:17,323
I thought you'd never ask.
829
00:31:17,325 --> 00:31:18,557
(Clink)
830
00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:20,493
Serena... will she ever find fulfillment?
831
00:31:20,495 --> 00:31:23,946
I invited you into my
home, Dan, and my world,
832
00:31:23,948 --> 00:31:26,165
a... and then you just humiliate me.
833
00:31:26,167 --> 00:31:29,118
Her relationship with Dan in
the beginning of show was so key.
834
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,120
Will that ever come back into play?
835
00:31:31,122 --> 00:31:33,289
Some of the old faces
that were on the show,
836
00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:35,041
will we ever see them again?
837
00:31:35,043 --> 00:31:36,492
Who is Gossip Girl?
838
00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:38,911
Unmasking Gossip Girl?
That's a major media coup.
839
00:31:38,913 --> 00:31:40,630
If you were a loyal viewer
840
00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:43,132
or if you haven't watched
the show in a few years,
841
00:31:43,134 --> 00:31:45,885
you're not gonna wanna miss this episode
842
00:31:45,887 --> 00:31:47,770
and you're definitely not gonna
wanna miss the last ten minutes.
843
00:31:50,513 --> 00:31:53,710
I have asked Stephanie a lot about,
844
00:31:53,766 --> 00:31:55,543
who Gossip Girl is.
845
00:31:55,549 --> 00:31:57,570
If you watched all the episodes,
846
00:31:57,589 --> 00:31:59,597
I do not think it's
impossible to figure out.
847
00:31:59,623 --> 00:32:01,850
- But she won't even give me a hint.
- It's probably Dorota.
848
00:32:01,970 --> 00:32:04,103
Dorota! That'd be amazing.
849
00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:05,630
Everybody says Dorota, don't they?
850
00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:07,901
Does he even exist? Is he
just something in our minds?
851
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,096
You can't wait to find out.
852
00:32:09,161 --> 00:32:10,881
We shall see.