Jessica recently sat dow with Matt Mitovich of TV Guide and dished on the upcoming storylines we’ll see on Gossip Girl.  Jessica touched on Nate & Vanessa, Vanessa and Chuck (in tonight’s epsode), how fans either love or hate V and a little more.  Check it out below; if the embeded video does not work then click here.

Gossip Girl author, Cecily von Ziegesar, has spoken out about the characterization of Vanessa in the Gossip Girl series.

The original Gossip Girl, author Cecily von Ziegesar, thinks the CW’s interpretation of her teen books are “great,” but has one criticism: the character of Vanessa played by the wonderful Jessica Szohr.

“I knew about [The O.C.], and that made me more worried that Nate’s going to be a lifeguard, and it’s going to be totally cheesy. But the costumes are so great. It’s such a great show.”

But! She has issues with Vanessa.

“I think Vanessa is one character they ruined. In the book, she’s kick-ass and has a shaved head and wears lots of black … and I think a lot of the readers who don’t usually read teen fiction identify with Vanessa. Even though I don’t like Vanessa’s character, it’s nothing against [actress] Jessica [Szohr]. I just wish Vanessa was like she is in the books a bit more.”

To be honest von Z isn’t far off her mark, I adore Jessica because she’s an amazing actress in everything I’ve seen her in to date, but the TV version of Vanessa is NOTHING like the book version – she does have a shaved head, and she is rebellious and just plain kick-a** in a edgier way than the TV Gossip Girl Vanessa is written.

But hey she’ll get over it, she did with Taylor when she wasn’t the ideal casting as Jenny Humprey who in the books is large in the bust area and if you see Taylor – she’s not.  So hopefully TIIC at GG won’t get rid of Jessica because of this issue but find a way to make her more well rounded and give her something to do!

I recently upload photos of Jessica at the “Gossip Girl” Press Conference with Ed, Leighton, Chace, Blake & Penn. 

She looked gorgeous as always. I also added images of Jessica at the Us Most Stylish Party Inside where she was seen with R&B music stars Cassie and John Legend. She also took a few picks with Kelly Ripa.