How has your life changed in the past week?
NEAL BLEDSOE:My mom is certainly a thousand times more proud of me.
And it was my first experience with the paparazzi knowing my name, which was strange.
I thought maybe Neil Diamond or Neil Sedaka was standing behind me.
Tell me about your character.
BLEDSOE:Initially I was supposed to play the dean of the freshman class.
But then they hired a 28-year-old actor so that seemed like a little bit of a stretch.
An honor you agree to extend to Blair in exchange for the kiss.
Is it as simple as you just wanting to say you made out with the legendary Chuck Bass?
BLEDSOE:I will tell you this: I have a very unexpected and darker motivation about it.
Was shooting the kiss awkward?
We were both professionals about it.
[It helped] that we got to know each other a little bit beforehand.
And we certainly rehearsed it.
How many takes did you do?
BLEDSOE:[Laughs] More than a few.
How would you characterize the kiss?
BLEDSOE:I would characterize it as a nice kiss.
What did your girlfriend think?
BLEDSOE:She was happy I wasnt kissing any of the girls on the show.
She mightve had some Blake Lively envy.
At what point in the process did you find out about the kiss?
BLEDSOE:Things like that shouldnt matter.
Unfortunately for some actors things like thatdomatter and theyll turn down projects because of it.
I thought it was a really fun episode.
I had anawesometime doing it.
Might your character return at some point?
BLEDSOE:I have no idea.
Thats up to the writers.
Where do you go from here?
Who are you playing?
BLEDSOE:Um… Its a character in theSex and the Citysequel.
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