Leighton Meester Still Looks Back Fondly on the “Gossip Girl ”Scene Where Blair and Dan First Kissed: ‘I Did Like That’

Leighton Meester is reacting to 1 of nan astir shocking scenes successful Gossip Girl history.

Meester revisited her clip connected nan CW show that ran for six seasons from 2007-2012 successful a caller conception of Bustle’s “Icons Only” series, wherever stars conjecture their astir memorable lines passim their acting career.

The play 4, section 17 scene successful mobility shows Meester (who played Blair Waldorf) conversing pinch Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), who suggests nan 2 should buss to spot if their narration is strictly platonic aliases thing more.

“Blair, we kept america a concealed because we were acrophobic location was thing more,” Dan says successful nan segment while stepping person to Blair.

“You request to spell backmost to Brooklyn,” she replies.

“Not until I cognize for judge they were incorrect … that location is thing betwixt us.”

“I tin guarantee it,” she remarks. “But conscionable truthful that you’re unafraid successful that knowledge, what did you person successful mind?”

“Just 1 kiss. Then I tin cognize without a doubt,” Dan answers.

“I suppose that would work. One buss that’s that,” Blair says, moments starring up to nan kiss.

The clip pauses, and Meester has to conjecture what she says correct earlier Dan and Blair fastener lips. “He throws up? I don’t cognize what I opportunity next. Let’s deliberation of something. ‘Pucker up, cutie!’ Do I opportunity that?” she answers correctly.

Meester past explained why she enjoyed nan segment betwixt nan 2 characters, noting that they had bully banter pinch each other. 

“I did for illustration that,” she said aft watching nan clip. “There was banter, but it was much like, they were keeping a concealed but I don’t cognize – conscionable – it’s cute.”

Like Meester, respective fans successful nan remark conception of nan video besides agreed pinch nan adorable moment.

“of people leighton ships nan superior couple,” 1 personification wrote. Another added, “they were nan astir emotionally mature mates connected nan show."

While — spoiler alert — Dan and Blair didn’t instantly research their narration further aft that epic buss moment, they did commencement making love successful play 5. They collapsed disconnected their narration astatine nan extremity of nan play aft Blair chooses to rekindle things pinch her ex-boyfriend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick).

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More recently, Meester has been moving connected her upcoming domiciled successful play 2 of Netflix’s Nobody Want This, a Netflix rom-com bid starring her hubby Adam Brody, and Kristen Bell, who narrated Gossip Girl. During her recent question and reply pinch Bustle published May 28, nan mom of 2 explained why she’s much selective pinch nan roles she takes on. 

"It’s been really, very beautiful to do a mates of shows wherever location is that emotion of: location could beryllium a early there," she said. "But I don’t know."

"People are ever asking, ‘What do you want to do? Where do you spot yourself? Where do you want to go?’ And I’m like, I don't know. I don’t cognize if it’s motherhood aliases this existent business aliases this business," she added. You benignant of can’t beryllium like, ‘I cognize what I'm doing 3 years from now.’ I’m just, like, okay correct now."

Meester continued, “I conscionable consciousness for illustration being successful nan infinitesimal and figuring it retired arsenic I spell along, because that’s each we tin do, you know?”