You know the idea that first loves are always the deepest? And that no matter what happened between you and what your lives have become you’ll always have a soft spot for them in your heart? Well, that’s exactly what happened with Sebastian Stan and his first love, fellow actress Leighton Meester.
“It was the first time I was in serious love with somebody,” the Fresh actor reminisced about their relationship in a recent cover story with Variety.
Stan and Meester, who co-starred in Gossip Girl as Carter Baizen and Blair Waldorf, respectively, dated from 2008 to 2010.
“Walking around the city, seeing these same buildings and streets — life seemed simpler,” Stan said of their relationship. Looks like he has so many fond memories of their time together.
In a video interview for the cover, Stan then talked about his role in Gossip Girl and guessed one line he said to his other co-star, Blake Lively. “Wish it could’ve been Blair,” Stan said with a cheeky smile.
“It was amazing to watch what happened to that show and good friends of mine who I’m still friends with from that show and how popular it got,” he said of the CW hit. “Sometimes I wish I was a part of the starting five,” he said of the main cast including Meester, Lively, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick and Penn Badgley.
In the comments on social media, fans of the show and the actors are freaking out over his sweet mention of his ex. “He smiled after he said Blair 😭😭 my heart,” wrote one user. “his love for Leighton 🥹,” echoed another.
Over the years, both Stan and Meester have shared sweet sentiments of their time together.
“I’ve only had one experience where it was really hard and I was really sad when it ended, but that’s what taught me a lot about myself and love and life — and that’s good,” Meester one said about their breakup, per People.
As a reminder, Meester went on to marry her husband Adam Brody in 2014 and together they share a daughter Arlo Day, 7, and a son, who was born in 2020. Stan, for his part, is reportedly dating Malignant actress Annabelle Wallis since 2022.
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