Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, both 23, have ended their three-year romance, a rep for the Gossip Girl costars exclusively tells the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).

They called it quits in mid-September.

“They’re professionals,” an insider tells Us Weekly. “They’re still good friends and hang out on the set.”

The source says that the duo — who met as preteen actors in L.A. — “kept this news to themselves for a while.”

Indeed, they have always taken a drama-free approach to their relationship.

Badgley told Us last fall that working together while dating didn’t present any problems: “Some would say it’s a double-edged sword, but in our case, we manage to balance it well.”

Even those closest to the twosome may be shocked to hear the news.

“Nobody on set had any idea,” says the insider. “They’re really just private.”

Boo! They were spotted kissing on the 20th of this month!

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Pictured: Jessica Szhor, Penn Badgley, Hilary Duff, Taylor Momsen

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So Hilary Duff’s character Olivia was finally introduced on Gossip Girls last night, and what did you think? I think the whole show is so terrible, and I’m sickeningly addicted to it. Is  Dan really that naive? He’s just too freaking goofy for me. Look at his shoes in the second picture. They say it all.

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She has had plenty of success with television, movies, and music, and at her latest gig on the CW’s “Gossip Girl,” Hilary Duff says she’s having a blast.

And though she has the enviable position of working opposite Penn Badgley (her character has a thing for him), Miss Duff says it’s all strictly friendly.

Hilary told press, “I’ve known him for a few years. We lived in the same neighborhood in LA growing up. And they’re wonderful!” adding “Blake (Lively, Penn’s real-life girlfriend) has been so sweet to me.”

Duff also commented on working with fellow guest star Tyra Banks, saying, “I love her. I’ve done her show so many times. It was exciting and fun to work with her in a different atmosphere.”

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Sorry ladies, People’s Hottest Bachelor Chace Crawford already has a special woman in his life to help decorate his brand new bachelor pad: His mom.

He’s also not the only Gossip Girl actor on the move. He and his mother actually ran into costar Penn Badgley on a recent trip to look for lamps at Crate and Barrel.

“He was with his mom shopping for his new place, too,” Crawford told People at a Manhattan launch party for the BlackBerry Tour smartphone from Sprint. “It was really funny. I was like, ‘What are we doing here, man?’ And he’s like, ‘I don’t know. Right now it looks like we came together with our moms to Crate and Barrel. What’s going on?’ It was embarrassing.”

But Crawford, who moved out of the apartment he shared with Ed Westwick – also recently spotted furniture shopping – says his new digs are coming along.

“I’ve got a nice leather couch and a leather chair. The big flat-screen TV came in today, and I hung it up. As long as there’s a good couch and a good TV, that’s all I need,” he said.

It’s a good thing he’s got a place to relax. Crawford has been busy training for Footloose and filming his hit TV show around N.Y. C.

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“It’s summertime now, so the tourists are all out. It’s even more energy! Even more hysteria,” he told People, adding that he’ll sometimes take a break to talk to out-of-towners.

“I know how excited these girls are,” said the Texas-born Crawford. “[The other day] I came up and I could tell these fans were being really nice and shy. I was like, ‘Come on, you’re not from New York, are you? You guys are, like, Southern girls.’ And they’re like, ‘No way! We are from Oklahoma!’ I can spot them … Those are my homegirls.”

As for honeys in his real-life – brace yourself, gals – Crawford admits he has been dating this summer, and has found ways to stay out of the paparazzi eye.

“It’s tough, but I have my ways. I’ve adapted. I’ve got my spots,” he grinned.

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Michelle Trachtenberg, Jessica Szohr and Penn Badgley get busy on the set of “Gossip Girl” in New York City, New York July 20, 2009.

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