The actor "struggled" because "what people seemed to think of Dan seemed to be what people thought of me" It was hard for Penn Badgley to know if he was himself or if he was Dan Humphrey for a while.

Penn Badgley reveals the original Gossip Girl ending wasn’t what the cast wanted, and names who should have been behind the titular blog.

Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley opened up about Blake Lively, on-set parties and his struggles separating himself from Dan Humphrey on 'Call Her Daddy'