Are Penn Badgley And Chace Crawford Still Friends?

Since the series finale of "Gossip Girl" in 2012, Penn Badgley and Chace Crawford have gone on to establish successful careers for themselves. Badgley famous (or infamously?) stars as Joe Goldberg on the hit Netflix show "You," and Crawford is a series regular on "The Boys" where he plays Kevin Moskowitz/The Deep. The two sat down for a pseudo-reunion in June 2020 for Variety's Actors on Actors series where they reminisced about their "Gossip Girl" days and discussed what they've been up to over the last nine years.

During the conversation, Crawford and Badgley bonded over the fact that they both play pretty sinister characters on their respective shows. Badgley mentioned that he struggles with the "moral conflict" of playing serial killer Goldberg, and Crawford echoed that sentiment. The man who brought Nate Archibald to life on-screen said, "It's interesting to me, because also, man, to be honest, we move on from 'Gossip Girl' to playing despicable white male privileged guys. I had the same qualms you did." 

It's clear from their conversation that the two like and respect one another, and they even teased plans to get together and possibly live-tweet episodes of "Gossip Girl" in the future, much to the delight of their dedicated fanbase.