There’s a new Gossip guy in town!

John Patrick Amedori has been cast as the new love interest for good girl Serena Van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), according to E!.

The 21-year-old actor will play an artist with a philanthropic side in the current second season.

In other casting news, Willa Holland, best known as Kaitlin Cooper on The O.C., snagged a multi-episode arc on the hit CW show. She’ll play bad girl Agnes, a 16-year-old model who meets Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) while working for Blair’s fashion designer mother.

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