Had A Secret Relationship
The fact that Blake Lively was dating Penn Badgely became widely known in 2008, one year after Gossip Girl’s first episode aired. According to an article published in Teen Vogue, although their lives at the time were extensively chronicled, the pair managed to keep their relationship a well-guarded secret.
Had A Secret Relationship
After dating for quite some time, the pair continued to conceal their connection from the outside world and even pretended it didn’t exist at one point. During the first few months of their relationship in 2008, Lively refuted rumors that she was dating Badgley at any moment. She shared her thoughts on the matter with People magazine, saying that “everyone continually wants to pry into your personal life or invent things that aren’t there. It’s ridiculous.”
The Flashing Green Light
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively initially became acquainted with one another while working together on the set of the movie Green Lantern, which was released in 2010 and was based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Lively took on the protagonist’s longstanding love interest, Carol Ferris, while Ryan Reynolds performed the lead role.
The Flashing Green Light
The first time that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively were seen in public together was to promote their forthcoming film at the San Diego Comic-Con in July of 2010. Even though they played love interests in the movie, they were already in relationships with other people in real life. However, two months after this panel, Lively and Badgley called it quits on their relationship that had lasted for two years.
