Penn Badgley is remembering his late Gossip Girl co-star Michelle Trachtenberg . At the season 5 premiere of You, Badgley told E! News that her death was “really surreal” and “really saddening” while recalling her lively personality.

The actor "struggled" because "what people seemed to think of Dan seemed to be what people thought of me" It was hard for Penn Badgley to know if he was himself or if he was Dan Humphrey for a while.

Penn Badgley—who shares a son with wife Domino Kirke—reflected on dating Blake Lively on-and-off amid Gossip Girl’s early seasons.