Gossip Girl co-stars and real life couple Blake Lively and Penn Badgley took a break from filming season 3 of GG (which just went into production in Manhattan a couple of weeks ago) and were spotted strolling the streets of NYC together last week but, apparently, Blake wasn’t too keen on being seen out and about with her man:

Now, it’s not entirely clear why Blake was suddenly so shy … it’s possible she didn’t want to be seen with Penn or mebbe she just didn’t want to be seen at all. Whether she was hiding a heinous blemish or she didn’t feel pretty enough for photos, it’s fortuitous that she had a large bouquet of flowers on hand to hide her normally happy visage. C’mon Blake … Penn‘s shoes aren’t that bad. I suppose if she doens’t want to be seen with the lad while he wears these shoes she shouldn’t loan them out to him anymore :)

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