Penn Badgley Admitted It Was A “Struggle” Living A Life That Resembled His Character’s In “Gossip Girl” As He Recalled Dating Blake Lively While They Filmed The Show

“There is not enough separation, I think, for anybody,” Penn added. “You’re seen as this person, you’re called their name out on the street. You also constantly have to be that person at work, and I was 20. I was 21, 22, so I didn’t have the emotional maturity to understand, to differentiate myself just in terms of self-worth.”

“What people seemed to think of Dan seemed to be what people thought of me,” he said.