Penn Badgley is reflecting on the "struggle" of separating his real life from his Gossip Girl character.  The You star opened up about his time playing the role of Dan Humphrey on the beloved high school drama,

Penn Badgley is opening up about the challenges of dating his "Gossip Girl" co-star Blake Lively while working on the hit series. Badgley, who played Dan Humphrey, dated Lively, who played Serena van der Woodsen, from 2007 to 2010, mirroring their characters' onscreen romance.