A spokesperson for 'Gossip Girl' stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley has confirmed that they have split up.
People magazine reports that the 23-year-olds were first romantically linked in 2007 and went public with their relationship in 2008, appearing together at events and holding hands.
They were seen shopping together in New York last weekend.
In 'Gossip Girl' the stars' characters, Serena van der Woodsen and Dan Humphrey, were also romantically involved and then split up.
