BLAKE LIVELY - LIVELY: 'I'M NOT DATING BADGLEY'

Actress BLAKE LIVELY has denied reports she's dating her GOSSIP GIRL co-star PENN BADGLEY. The pair, who play a couple on the smash hit U.S. TV show, have been romantically linked since Lively split up with her ex-boyfriend, actor Kelly Blatz. But Lively insists she's just friends with Badgley. She says, "Everybody always tries to dig into your personal life or create things that aren't there. It's silly. "Any male friend is obviously a 'romance alert', but I've always been friends with boys my whole life. "People just want to talk. They want to create negative things about you and your life and make up things. You can't let them affect you."