Sebastian Stan Hints Gossip Girl Costar Leighton Meester Was His First 'Serious Love': 'Life Seemed Simpler'

Sebastian Stan looks back on his first love.

The 42-year-old actor opened up Diversity about his first serious relationship while reflecting on his time on the hit TV show, Gossip Girl.

“It was the first time I was seriously in love with someone,” he said of the experience filming the CW series in New York. “Walking through the city, seeing those same buildings and streets — life seemed simpler.”

Sebastian Stan and Leighton Meester at the CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION Hosts PARSONS Fashion Benefit 2009 Pre-Party at Calvin Klein Collection on April 2, 2009 in New York City. PATRICK MCMULLAN/Patrick McMullan Sebastian Stan’s Dating History: From Leighton Meester to Annabelle Wallis

Although he does not directly name his own Gossip Girl Costar and ex-girlfriend Leighton Meester, the two were in a relationship from 2008 to 2010.

Stan — who played Carter Baizen Gossip Girl — appeared in 11 episodes from 2007-2010.

He has avoided publicly discussing his relationships over the years, but spoke highly of Meester when they were together.

“She’s the most interesting, sophisticated, talented and extremely funny person I know. She’s really hilarious,” he told reporters of Meester in 2009.

The couple broke up the following year, and Meester, 38, opened up about the breakup in an interview with Seventeen.

“I 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 a good thing,” she shared about her relationship with Stan.

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Since then, Stan has been linked to several of his co-stars, including Jennifer Morrison and Margarita Levieva, as well as Dianna Agron and Spanish actress Alejandra Onieva.

It’s recent A different man star spends time with Malignant actress Annabelle Wallis. They were photographed holding hands in 2022.

As for Meester, she has been married to her husband Adam Brody since 2014. They have a 7-year-old daughter, Arlo Day, and a son who was born in 2020.

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester arrived at the world premiere of “SHAZAM!” at Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. March 28, 2019 in Hollywood, California.

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Tell E! News of her “normal relationship with everything good and hard” in 2023, Meester added that “we’re just making it.”

She continued, “We’re super, super lucky, and I think we recognize how lucky we are with each other. We give each other a lot of respect and time and attention and focus. Like, we really put our time and energy into the relationship.”

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