'I hated my body': Penn Badgley isn't as happy about 'Gossip Girl' days as you'd think

On Friday 18 April, Penn Badgley delivered himself on the disease he suffered for a long time: body dysmorphia. In the Guardian's columns, the actor came back to this very difficult event.

'I hated my body': Penn Badgley isn't as happy about 'Gossip Girl' days as you'd think

Penn Badgley’s rise to fame as Dan Humphrey in Gossip Girl catapulted him into the spotlight, but his reflections on that period reveal a more complex and challenging experience than the glamorous image suggests. While the teen drama launched his career, Badgley now admits that his time on the show was deeply intertwined with struggles he faced concerning body image, the superficiality of the entertainment industry, and the isolating nature of f…

Penn Badgley Reveals Past Struggles with Body Dysmorphia: 'I Hated My Body'

In an new interview with the Guardian, the Gossip Girl and You star opens up about hating his body when he was younger, and what he did to move past it.