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    Blake Lively Buying Penn Badgley The iPhone In 2007 Is, Quite Literally, Life Imitating Art

    Classic Serena/Blake.

    The year is 2007, Gossip Girl is the hottest show on television and onscreen couple Serena van der Woodsen and Dan Humphrey are every teen girl's IRL ship.

    In a recent trip down memory lane, in true Dan Humphrey fashion, Penn revealed to his GG co-star, Chace Crawford — in an interview for Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series — that Blake, much like her onscreen character, gifted him with an expensive present that he didn’t want.

    Back in Season 1, Serena tried to gift Dan a $20,000 watch, which he didn't accept because it was, you know, 20 racks.

    Well, apparenly during that very season, Blake bought Penn an iPhone — the iPhone 1, before they were even cool!

    But Penn's reaction to getting it can only be described as peak Dan Humphrey:

    I remember back in '07, all I wanted was an iPhone. But alas, maybe Penn was good with just a regular ol' flip phone?

    IDK, I thought this was a hoot. Hopefully you enjoyed this lil' tidbit.

    You can watch the rest of Penn and Chase's "Actors on Actors" interview here.

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