Patricia Schlein/WENN

He may be hangin' at hot spots that require valet service now, but just a few years ago, Gossip Girl hunk Chace Crawford was the guy taking your keys.

Chace tells Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM show that in between a break from attending Pepperdine University and landing his G.G. role in NYC, he was a valet driver—and not even a top one at that!

When Ryan asked Chace if he got to wear a red vest on the job, the actor responded, "I wish. I was the rookie...I was running everywhere."

But don't think Chace's valet gig was uneventful. Aside from a confession that he often stole gum from customers' glove compartments—"a lot of gum, actually"—Chace also recounted his most fearful moment at work...

Keep Reading

New York Magazine

How awesome it must be to run a magazine and be able to get the nubile young stars of your favorite TV show to pose half-naked in a sexy orgylike eye feast under the headline “Best. Show. Ever.”

Good thing we don’t own a magazine. Our TV obsession is with Golden Girls reruns.

In the upcoming issue of New York Magazine, Penn Badgley, arguably the Bea Arthur of Gossip Girl, reveals that the cast’s sudden notoriety is strange.

“The psychology of celebrity is such a weird and new thing. I think the last time people treated anybody else like this was demigods like in the time of ancient Greece. That was absurd then, and it’s even more absurd now.”

Absurd to compare yourself to a Greek demigod? Yes. Yes, it is.

Maybe Blake Lively can take him down a notch. Here's how the actress describes actor Alan Arkin, with whom she has a kissing scene in an upcoming film:

“He’s a little bit of an upgrade from Chace and Penn.  So I’m looking forward to that.”

Ouch!