It is now official 🙂

It’s not mere gossip … Penn Badgely says his relationship with Blake Lively is the real thing.

Now that their super-hyped TV show, “Gossip Girl,” has wrapped for the season, Badgely finally opened up about his on-set romance with co-star Lively, 20.

Rumors of the two being more than just friends heated up after they were spotted smooching on a recent vacation to Mexico’s Mayan Riveria.

“Obviously, there’s chemistry there,” Badgely, 21, told E!’s “Daily 10.” Despite that, he quickly added that he was “not a fan” of on-set romances and thought they could “cause a lot of drama.” (Romances causing drama? Wait, this sounds like a TV show. …)

The newest teen heartthrob also said shooting the show in New York City is different from L.A., calling the Gotham city a bit “tame” in comparison.

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“Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively has hit out at reports she is in the midst of a bitter feud with co-star Leighton Meester, branding the reports as “nonsense.”

The actress, who plays Serena van der Woodsen in the hit show, had reportedly caused tension on-set after a rift with Meester reached boiling point.

But the actress refutes the reports, blaming the media for the speculative falling out, accusing the tabloid press of “pitting women against each other.”

She tells E! Online, “I think it’s so silly that they try to pry into our personal lives and create drama. All this me against Leighton thing is the biggest nonsense in the world.”

Last month, Lively also accused the press of sparking rumors of an on-set love affair with co-star Penn Badgley after the pair were snapped enjoying a seemingly romantic break in Mexico.

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