It was one of the most long awaited reveals in recent TV history — the final confirmation of the Gossip Girl’s identity, a character who dominated and sabotaged the lives of the Upper East Side elite for six seasons of drama.
But the revelation in the show’s disappointing final season that the culprit was actually Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) is one that divided fans and still incites a great deal of speculation.
The fact that Dan was not originally the Gossip Girl has been confirmed by the show’s creators, where alternatives at various points included both Eric van der Woodsen (Connor Paolo) and Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford).
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