Leighton Meester was born behind bars!
The gorgeous star of Gossip Girl has some serious secret family gossip that she’s hidden from the world!
In the Sept. 15 issue of Star, on sale Wednesday, we reveal that Leighton Meester, who plays the privileged Blair Waldorf in the hot TV series, was born while her mother was serving a federal prison sentence in Texas. The mom was allowed to stay in a halfway house for the birth, but had to return to prison on the day Leighton turned three months. The future star was raised by a relative while mom served out her sentence for her role in a major drug-running ring.
None of those details appear in the actress’ bio, which falsely lists the young star as being born in Marco Island, Fla., where her parents moved in the late ’80s.
And Leighton’s mom isn’t the only member of her family with a record — her father, grandfather and aunt all did hard time in federal prisons for drug dealing!
GOSSIP GIRL NEWS!
Gossip Girl is picking up steam.
Monday’s season two premiere was up 6 percent from its premiere last year in the adult 18-49 demographic — and up 10 percent among the network’s key women and teen 18-34 demo.
Its overall viewers slipped a bit, though.
Around 3.37 million viewers tuned in last night, while the first season premiere attracted 3.5 million people.
Still, it managed to beat reruns of CBS’ Monday comedies Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother in the 18-49 demo.
Speak Up: Did you watch Gossip Girl last night? I watched it, and while it’s totally cheesy – I enjoyed every minute of it! How about you?
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I love, love, love it!! I wish it was on a major network so that it would get more viewers.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:36 am
I loved it! lovedlovedloved. Poor Leighton, bad family history is not what you want the papers to write about you, and she is so hot. She is a bitch in the show, but she is my favorite! She is the reason why I watch the show! I really can’t stand that Serena persona, horrible.