Kelly Rutherford will attend Gossip Girl costar Ed Westwick’s wedding
Kelly Rutherford
Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesLily Van Der Woodsen wouldn’t miss Chuck Bass’ wedding – and Kelly Rutherford feels the same as attending Ed Westwick‘s upcoming wedding.
“I miss that character, but I still keep in touch with almost everyone from the show. I’m going to Ed [Westwick] wedding and I’m so excited,” the Gossip Girl alum, 55, narrated Variety at the French TV festival Series Mania.
Rutherford, 55, played Lily Van Der Woodsen, mother of Blake Lively‘s Serena, on the CW series from 2007 to 2012, while Westwick, 36, starred as Chuck Bass.
“It was before this whole super politically correct time,” Rutherford said of the original Gossip Girl. “We were on the edge of it and there’s just a different energy about it. After the first season we knew [it was huge].”
Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley and more Gossip Girl cast members have established themselves after rocketing to fame on the beloved drama. However, during the series’ six seasons, there were several on-set romances. While they played on-off couple Serena and Dan, Lively and Badgley dated IRL from 2007 to 2010. […]
Rutherford added that she would “love” to return to the world of Gossip Girl, calling Lily a “fierce mother.” Continuing to reflect on her time on the series, she said: “The women I grew up with were very chic, but I hadn’t really seen a mother like that on TV. Until now I didn’t realize how much people loved Lily. At first it was all about these kids. We were just parents. Then they started writing more for us.”
Ed Westwick and Kelly Rutherford.
Photo by ANDERSON/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty ImagesRutherford added that she likes to think about the original show’s wildest plot points. “There were times when we would read the script in the morning and some people would say, ‘I would never say this, I would never do this.’ Oh yeah, you would,” she recalled. “We all have a beautiful perception of ourselves, but we are dynamic beings. Lily would screw up and fix it, and being able to admit this as a parent was huge.
Despite Rutherford’s willingness to return, Max’s has now been cancelled Gossip Girl reboot featured an entirely new cast of characters. “I think they thought it was just easier to create a new environment,” Rutherford said. The Gossip Girl the revival only lasted two seasons before being canceled in 2023.
Rutherford and Westwick, 36, were last spotted together in September 2023 during Paris Fashion Week, when they both attended the Lancôme x Louvre event. In a video shared via TikTok by the French magazine Galathe Gossip Girl actors greeted each other with a warm hug and chatted with Westwick’s then-girlfriend (now fiancée), actress and model Amy Jackson.
Amy Jackson and Ed Westwick.
Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty ImagesWestwick popped the question to Jackson, 31, in January during a romantic ski trip in Gstaad, Switzerland. “Hell YES 💍,” Jackson captioned a joint Instagram post with Westwick on January 29, featuring photos from their engagement. Westwick responded to the post via Instagram Story at the time, saying: “I hit the jackpot xxx.”