Gossip Giri alumni After dating for a long
period, Jessica Szohr wed Brad Richardson, a former professional hockey player.
Vampire Diaries alumna Nina Dobrev, 35, served as Jessica's maid of honor during
her wedding earlier this month. Jessica, 39, and Brad, 39, exchanged vows. Over the weekend, the actress posted pictures
from her wedding to her Instagram Stories. In the series of photos she captioned, "Tying the knot," fellow Gossip Girl
alum Chace Crawford also visible. Blake Lively, their co-star on Gossip Girl, who
was referred to as the "monkeys" by the cast in an uncovered interview amidst her drama on It
Ends With Us, was not invited to the wedding. After dating since 2019, Jessica and
Brad welcomed their daughter Bowie in January 2022. Lexi, Brad's daughter
from his first marriage, is another. Blake's "feud" with Justin Baldoni,
her co-star in It Ends With Us, and the film's director have
caused a flurry of turmoil. She may be seen participating in a panel
discussion at Paleyfest 2008 alongside the stars of the CW series, including Leighton
Meester and Ed Westwick, in a now-viral TikTok. Lively delivered the scathing comment
while disclosing the "promises" that the Gossip Girl creators gave to
her in exchange for her accepting the role of "It girl," Serena van
der Woodsen, in the teen drama. "No pet monkey was the other promise," she
disclosed. Lively was alluding to Chuck Bass, a character played by Westwick in
the books, who has a pet monkey. Chuck owns a pet monkey that wears matching
clothes. And I thought, "I would love to be part of the show but I can't act with a
monkey," Lively laughed as she recalled. Then, with a swift nod to
her co-stars on her left, she turned and remarked,
"Well, I got a few of them." The audience erupted in amusement at Lively's
comment, but she assured she was "just joking." Meester, who was wearing a bright yellow dress, twisted her face at Lively,
seemingly unamused by the joke. Stars of Gossip Girl Chace Crawford
and Penn Badgley avoided smiling and instead directed their gaze on the stage floor. It was a joke, come on! As the embarrassing
clip ended, Lively shouted, "Lord have mercy!" It's probably not a good idea to
glance at #leightonmeester and call your coworkers apes. #gossipgirl
#blakelively #thisisus For background, she is discussing promises made to her
by the Gossip Girl authors in exchange for her agreeing to undertake a television
program. There were none of them monkeys. She posted pictures of them cuddling
and kissing with the message, "Just popped up- I think I want to marry you :)." Nina held her best friend's "BRADchorlette"
party earlier this summer, and in May 2022, she announced her engagement. The Love Hard actress posted adorable
pictures from the celebration to Instagram, one of which featured the soon-to-be bride next
to a life-size cardboard cutout of her fiancé. In another picture, balloons were set
up to spell out "Same Penis Forever." The two actresses got to know one another
while they were co starring in hit CW shows. From 2007 to 2012, Szohr portrayed Vanessa
on Gossip Girl, and from 2009 to 2017, Dobrev portrayed Elena on The Vampire Diaries. Jessica had no idea what to expect
when Brad asked her to marry him. She commented at the time,
"It caught me off guard; I didn't think it was going to be when it was,
and I didn't know it was going to be this year." I was about to go to bed with eye cream
on when he said, "Hey, we need to talk." Jessica might have thought a
fight was about to break out after hearing that phrase,
but Brad instead proposed. Canadian-born Richardson represented the Colorado
Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings (with whom he shared the 2012 Stanley Cup), Vancouver Canucks, Arizona
Coyotes, and Nashville Predators in hockey.