Why was Dan the “Gossip Girl”?

The revelation that Dan "Lonely Boy" Humphrey was Gossip Girl all along was a fitting end to the show, in the sense that it was an incomprehensible mess best enjoyed as self-parody. read more

The revelation that Dan "Lonely Boy" Humphrey was Gossip Girl all along was a fitting end to the show, in the sense that it was an incomprehensible mess best enjoyed as self-parody. Co-creator Stephanie Savage has claimed that Dan as GG was always the plan, and that the pilot even had to be recut because one sequence seemed to make the twist too obvious. read more

Gossip Girl’s first mention of Lonely Boy occurred the same day Dan saw her there first hand. Dan Was at the Plaza When GG Spotted S Alone at the Bar Jenny tipped Dan off about Serena’s whereabouts and voila, he runs into a distraught Serena at the Plaza running from a fairly pissed off Chuck. read more

Dan reveals at the end of the series that he was Gossip Girl from the beginning for a way for him to win Serena by writing himself into the Upper East Side, a task he succeeded in by the end of the series. read more