“I didn’t even want it.
Blake got me that.
I was like, ‘I don’t want this thing.
It’s so cumbersome and it has all these apps,'” he said.
Lively had to explain everything to him, including the “bird thing” that was Twitter.
“Explaining it to me was such a foreign concept,” Badgley noted.
“They kept the breakup hidden from the crew, which you could never do now.
In the same interview, Lively delved deeper into why she and Badgley broke things off.
From her perspective, it was becoming hard to distinguish herself from Serena.
The actress said, “what people were projecting onto me was that I was Serena.”
However, they realized that’s what the creators wanted.
As Lively noted, the fact she and Badgley were dating, “fed into their whole narrative.
People could buy into [the fictionalized world of ‘Gossip Girl’].”
Penn Badgley echoed similar sentiments in a 2013 interview withElle.
A year after Badgley broke up with Lively, hestarted dating Zoe Kravitz(viaInStyle).
“But then it can also be very warped.”
I’ve found it’s a double-edged sword.
But I’m happy to wield it.”
In 2014, rumors circulated that he was dating professional doula Domino Kirke (viaUs Weekly).
Those rumors ended up being true, and the couple was married by 2017.
She concluded the post, “Thank you.”
Badgley also opened up about his experience of being a new dad.
He seems to reflect that.
And at the same time, it’s so hard."
As of 2022, they have three children together James, Inez, and Betty.
“We influence each other in different ways.
With film and TV, you don’t see that result for months.
Building a home [together], you get immediate gratification.”
