'Twelve' Star Chace Crawford Reveals Why The End of Gossip Girl Proved to be 'Jarring'

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The Covenant star Chace Crawford reunited with his former Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley, a.k.a Dan Humphrey, to reflect on their time as New York City royalty while filming the C.W. show in a new episode of his podcast, Podcrushed. Chace, who played Golden Boy Nate Archibald in the series, said that the actors' lives completely changed while filming. And when the show came to a close in 2012, it took a while to get readjusted to their new reality. In a July 13 episode of his podcast, Chace told Penn, "We were all… trying to find our way."

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The 36-year-old continued, "Yeah, that wasn't a normal way to meet, to make relationships, to meet girls, to do anything. It was intense, man. It was a lot."Chace added, "I kind of describe it, again, like an athlete or a quarterback or someone getting injured and ending their career like, instantly. Your identity is kind of pulled out of, the rug is pulled out from under you."Reflecting on his busy schedule during that time, Chace explained that they had all developed special bonds with the co-workers they saw daily. The Boys star recalled, "The hair and makeup girls, you wake up. And Richy, the driver, is out there."

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He continued, "You get to have your morning jab session with him. You're laughing and talking sports. You get hair and makeup and those girls are your therapists. We're all laughing."Despite having an admittedly "crazy time" while working on the show, it certainly was not easy for him to leave it all behind. He admitted, "It was a special time," adding, "And to have that pulled away at the end of it, too, for me, was jarring to have to move back. Or you know, I felt like I had to move back to L.A. To move back and be thrown in back there, I didn't handle it too well for a while."