Chace Crawford has confessed to being left disappointed by the 2012 finale of hit show Gossip Girl after the teen drama rocketed him to fame.
The 36-year-old actor, who played Nate Archibald on the hit series, said he was left nonplussed by the long-anticipated reveal of Gossip Girl’s identity in the final episode.
Gossip Girl chronicled the scandalous ups and downs of Manhattan's privileged elite through It girls Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester).
The omniscient blogger Gossip Girl (voiced by Kristen Bell) was finally revealed to be Dan Humphrey, played by Penn Badgley, who has since gone on to star in You on Netflix.
Appearing on The Project this week, Chace said: “I think I was like, ‘Dan was Gossip Girl? Like what, what are you talking about?’”
He added: “I think the fans did say that Nate was Gossip Girl – anything would have made more sense than Dan being Gossip Girl.”
Reflecting on Gossip Girl in a previous interview with The Independent, Chace admitted he switched off when it came to the way he engaged with the show, noting he “had no idea what was going on in any other storyline, because I just didn’t care.”
Chace is still best known for playing heartthrob Nate, but he has also worked consistently since the show ended and now stars in the alternative superhero TV series The Boys, which follows a group of bent superheroes swapping philanthropy for hedonism.
Although Gossip Girl has since been rebooted by HBO, none of the main original cast members have yet to pop up in it.
Leighton, who played Blair, recently revealed she's a fan of the new reboot, saying on the Podcrushed podcast: “It’s interesting that it can continue to be something that means a lot to even this generation.
“And so the fact that they can capture some of that magic while making it its own thing is quite a feat and really cool.”
Leighton reunited with Penn Badgley on the podcast, as the pair reminisced over their Gossip Girl days.
Leighton touched on how she found the show’s sex scenes troubling as she was a 20-year-olod actress playing a teenager and thus setting unrealistic expectations for young viewers.
Penn agreed, also poking fun at the frequent underage drinking that tended to go on unchallenged throughout the show’s arc.
