Bad gossip about “Gossip Girl” stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley

Bill Zwecker Blake Lively Chicago Sun-Times Gossip Girl Penn Badgley

11:30 am, October 29th, 2009

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Chicago Sun-Times’ columnist Bill Zwecker writes, “There’s lots of gossip from the set of ”Gossip Girl,” including updates on the romance between Blake Lively and Penn Badgley.” “According to a close Lively pal,” reports Zwecker, “the couple are expected to announce their engagement soon, though likely not this weekend, as some speculated — given Sunday is Badgley’s 23rd birthday.”

Although he claims the engagement announcement will be “soon,” Zwecker buys his guesswork some more time by conveniently having a supposed source say that it could “happen over the holidays.”

So we still have a couple of months to buy an engagement gift?

Actually, NO rush at all.

“I don’t know where Bill Zwecker is getting this because it’s absolutely ridiculous,” slams back a rep for both Lively and Badgley, adding incredulously, “I thought this was the [respected] Chicago Sun-Times.”

Guess the Times are a changing.