A scandalous set of photos purported to be Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively surfaced late yesterday. Yes, we're serious, although her rep denies it's her.

The pictures "are 100 percent FAKE," the rep claims, noting that "Blake has never taken nude photos of herself" and may pursue legal action against the publication which initially published these photographs and those that have done so subsequently.

On the one hand ...

• We'd be very surprised if Blake were caught up in this. She's a smart girl, seemingly grounded, self-aware and wary of being caught up in scandals.
• Only one of the five photos shows her face.

On the other hand ...

• It does look like her face in that one photo.
• The photos all appear to be the same girl.
• Stranger things have happened.

If you want to see, THG has the (censored) Blake Lively photos ...

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