At the height of his career, Penn Badgley had money, fame and the adoration of millions of women who were consumed by the very sight of him. The Baltimore-born actor was catapulted into stardom when he joined the cast of “Gossip Girl” (The CW, 2007- ), the glossy teen melodrama that followed a group of beautiful and privileged snobs who attend a private school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. As “good guy” Dan Humphrey, he romanced the preppy blonde Serena van der Woodsen, played by Blake Lively who – to the enjoyment of fans and tabloid editors alike – dated Badgley in real life. The sparks
