Guys: 'Gossip Girl' Is Worth Your Time and Scores Points With the Ladies

By AOL TV Editors Posted Sep 13th 2010 04:00PM

Pop-Ed: It's heart-in-your-mouth stuff.

Rags-to-riches (or as the CW deems it, Brooklyn to Manhattan) writer Dan Humphrey has found out the worst: He's impregnated a one-night stand. A one-night stand he cheated on his leggy, blonde, socialite ex-girlfriend with. Then there's Mr. All-American, Nate Archibald, overlooking the New York skyline, drowning himself in booze and easy women, trying to forget the same leggy, blonde, socialite ex-girlfriend.

Under the layers of electro-pop, high fashion and teen pandemonium, this, believe it or not, is 'Gossip Girl.' And yes, gents, it's well worth your time. I'm a guy -- a straight one -- and I don't miss it. Ever.

If you're a fella reading this with a smug grin, let me assure you I used to be right there, too. New York socialites? High school bitching? Err, a show called 'Gossip Girl'? Come on, man.

Read on to find out why it's more than worth your time, guys.

I distinctly remember buying one of the books as a birthday present for a seventh grade crush. Yes, she dug it; no, it didn't work out. So when I was lent the first season on DVD as a "get well" present a few years back, I was hardly grateful.

Cue: Devouring nearly 20 hours of television in two days. Whatever you want to call it -- guilty pleasure, hate-watch, dirty secret -- this show is addictive. There are, of course, innumerable convoluted, theatrical plotlines that are as manly as a Cosmopolitan, but all of it's packed with attitude. Across three seasons there have been high-price call girls, drug extortions, college threesomes -- it's vicarious as hell.

Just when 'Gossip Girl' threatens to creep into stints of television normalcy, the writers yank it away to the outer boundaries of PG-13. It's cheeky, a little clever and often shockingly deviant. Occasional moments of girliness do get a little tough for me to handle, but it's kind of like how guys aren't abashed about the cheesy space melodrama that wraps around 'Star Wars': It just is. The outrageously sexy Blake Lively helps soften the blow, too. (Honorable mention: Leighton Meester in lace.)

This isn't all to say that 'Gossip Girl' wasn't a dirty secret for a long time. It'd take a rather secure man to boast his undying love for the show. But after a drunken slip-of-the-tongue at a club, it became blindingly obvious that girls love to talk about it. All of them. Really! Princesses, hipsters, bookworms -- overtly or not, this show has infiltrated every clique there is.

And who knew it makes for perfect date fodder?

Guy: "God, isn't Serena hot?"
Girl: "How sexy is Chuck Bass?"
Guy: "How cool is Chuck Bass?"
Guy and Girl, in unison: "Damn, Jenny needs to ditch the panda-eye makeup."

I'm not promising it'll get you laid, but take note.

So yes, while 'Gossip Girl' lets the ladies fantasize about life as a well-connected heiress with an impossibly large closet and an impeccable social calendar, there's loads for guys to relate to, too. Well-dressed, millionaire playboys gallivanting around New York City and beyond, from party-to-party and girl-to-girl ... it's a high life that gets your attention pretty damn quickly.

Watch full episodes of 'Gossip Girl' and more at the CW

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'Gossip Girl' Cast

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: Actress Leighton Meester attends the Cinema Society with People StyleWatch & J. Crew screening of "The Romantics" after party at the Gansevoort Park Avenue on September 7, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Leighton Meester

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Actress Blake Lively attends Fashion's Night Out: The Show at Lincoln Center on September 7, 2010 in New York City. Fashion's Night Out: The Show - Arrivals Lincoln Center New York, NY United States September 7, 2010 Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage.com To license this image (61520812), contact WireImage.com

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Actress Leighton Meester attends Fashion's Night Out: The Show at Lincoln Center on September 7, 2010 in New York City. Fashion's Night Out: The Show - Arrivals Lincoln Center New York, NY United States September 7, 2010 Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage.com To license this image (61520914), contact WireImage.com

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: (L-R) Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Anna Wintour, actress Blake Lively and tennis player Roger Federer attend Fashion's Night Out: The Show at Lincoln Center on September 7, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Conde Nast) *** Local Caption *** Anna Wintour;Blake Lively;Roger Federer

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Monday 13 September

By David

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Not exactly proud but I've been watching this show for years. Its surprisingly entertaining and I agree the girls are hot!

By SiastaEg

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Maybe you and George Michael can watch it together.

Tuesday 14 September

By gobluespartyon

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What's your problem Siastaeg just because you don't like Gossip Girl doesn't give you a right to trash someone that does. Your idiot & moron that is a loser that needs to get a life.

I agree with David Gossip Girl is very enertaining and plus the ladies are pretty & beautiful so that helps.

By Roisin

I love GG and I love when guys talk to me about stuff like that. I also watch alot of guy type films anyways because I love them so it's pretty easy to get into a convo with me with both kinds

How old are you? 16? I really hope you're infertile.

Your a troll Sisataeg and your the infertile as well your judgemental. Your always wrong.

I'm a guy that has always liked Gossip Girl from the beging. I have always liked those kind of shows I watched The OC, BH 90210, Melrose Place etc.

Tuesday 21 September

By j5kevin550

i've watched it from the beginning too, but it's not exactly one of my "can't miss" shows but i've still seen all of the episodes. i always thought it was stupid how girls can watch 'guy' things and it's fine, but a guy can like something that's stereotypically 'girly' and he's called gay. that's incredibly lame.

By Vagabonde

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Georgina wasn't a one night stand at that time.. they were hooking up the first week of college..

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