What's the Difference between Gossip Girl the Book and Gossip Girl the TV Show?
| In the Book |
In the TV Show |
Serena van der Woodsen
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Serena van der Woodsen
Portrayed by: Blake Lively
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Dan Humphrey
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Dan Humphrey
Portrayed by: Penn Badgley
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Blair Waldorf
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Blair Waldorf
Portrayed by: Leighton Meester
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Gossip Girl Book vs TV Show
| In the Book |
In the TV Show |
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Dan is a smoker. |
He doesn't smoke. |
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Blair attends Yale. |
Blair fails to get into Yale, and first goes to NYU, then Columbia.
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Lily van der Woodsen is married to Serena's father. |
They are divorced and Lily married both Bart Bass and Rufus. |
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Chuck and Dan attend Riverside prep and Nate goes to St. Judes. |
They all attend St. Judes.
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Vanessa is a goth girl who is overweight. |
She is a bohemian and is slim. |