As we know, Gossip Girl's Chuck and Blair are going to be going through a rough patch caused by something Chuck does. But what causes the Chair split? What does he do?

One rumor going around is that Chuck causes the breakup by sleeping with none other than Jenny Humphrey. Okay, that would be really bad, even by Gossip Girl standards.

This particular rumor is totally false, fortunately. Although it's not as if Jenny wouldn't go there. She's just got her sights set on breaking up Serena and Nate instead. Drama!

Ed Westwick (Chuck) himself says of future events, "It all gets set on its side. Everything upside down. Things are going to get even more dramatic than they always are."

Gossip Girl executive producer Josh Schwartz simply Tweets, "Trust. #ChuckandBlair."

Is there a ray of hope for these two yet?

The show's boss is the one who made Chuck and Blair such an amazing couple to start with, so he wouldn't be breaking them up without a grander plan in mind, right?

You can keep telling yourselves that, in any case.

In Gossip Girl news that doesn't involve Chair worshiping, the show recently cast Billy Baldwin as Serena's dad. Is Dr. van der Woodsen completely evil or a good guy?

We'll have to wait and see there, but it looks like the elder van der Woodsen does want to be back in Serena and Eric's life. His motives are highly questionable, though.

Then again, it's Gossip Girl. At least he's around at all and not blatantly dissing S like the old days. We'll see if by the end of his story arc, she wishes he still were ...

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