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Not Such a Gay Ol’ Time for Dan

by Kelly on October 19th, 2007

As a follow-up to a reader’s question about Dan and his sexuality, I found this on www.afterelton.com:

While it’s a brief interview, it’s also the first time I saw a major media outlet ask if the TV version of Dan might follow the path of his literary inspiration. Badgley’s response:

“Yeah, I think he’s straight-up gay in the books. But I don’t think network TV really has the balls to make one of their [teenage] series regulars gay. Let’s say the show builds up to become a big hit, then I think they’d maybe explore it in year three or four. It would be an interesting thing to do. It could bring in a whole different demographic.”

This is pretty consistent with my response.

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8 opinions for Not Such a Gay Ol’ Time for Dan

  • Carly
    Oct 21, 2007 at 1:08 pm

    Thanks kelly! :)

  • Katie
    Nov 3, 2007 at 4:56 am

    Wait..wtf. He’s gay?

  • Casey
    Nov 3, 2007 at 10:35 am

    I can NOT believe this.
    I was going to marry that boy.

  • Kelly
    Nov 3, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    To clarify, it’s the character of Dan (not actor Penn Badgley) that may be gay in the books. In the book series, he questions his sexuality - that likely won’t happen on the TV show.

  • kailey
    Nov 20, 2007 at 1:08 am

    okay he is definetly not gay!

  • Gossip Girl Shocker!
    Nov 27, 2007 at 9:28 am

    […] reportedly, it has nothing to do with Dan, who in the books questions his sexuality. It’s a girl on girl kiss, as in Blair and […]

  • Is There a Big Gossip Girl Twist Coming?
    Mar 22, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    […] 1, Erik. This is my top contender. I think we’ll all find out that part of Erik’s insecurity stems from being able to come out to his family. 2, Nate. I don’t know that the producers would really do this but it would make for an interesting twist for Nate to admit that he couldn’t commit to Blair because of his sexual preference. 3, Chuck. No way. The producers would never make the “bad boy” a gay character. 4, Dan. Probably gay in the books. I stand by the idea that the producers won’t go that route - even Penn Badgley agrees. […]

  • dankawamori
    Jun 28, 2008 at 3:29 am

    lo que molesto a algunos fans es que uno de los personaje importantes Dan
    Humphrey no pasa a ser gay como en los libros originales.en
    cambio en la version televisa eric
    revela su orientacion sexual esto molesto a algunos fans ya que el personaje de eric no es un personaje importante en la serie no
    despierta atracion entre el publico gay.ni
    siquiera fue nominado para los GLAAD Awards la
    alianza Gay y Lesbiana Contra la discrimimacion. les mando el link de la foto de una revista que se puede apreciar al personaje de dan abrazado de su compañero chuck como sucede en el libro original.situacion que jamas pasa en la serie http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/mayutsugi/gosipgirl.jpg

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