Scandalous Teen Shoots

Gossip-Worthy Editorial by Terry Richardson

Photographer Terry Richardson gives us something to gossip about in the new April 2009 issue of Rolling Stone.

Famous for his suggestive and sometimes explicit photography style, Richardson captured the cast of the hit TV show "Gossip Girl" in an editorial and cover that is sure to set the hearts of the show’s teenage fans pumping and spark protests from conservative parents.

So what do we have here? Faux-lesbianism between Blake Lively & Leighton Meester? Check. The whole cast under a blanket in one bed? Check.

Will this alienate the show’s younger fan base or gain them new adult ones? We’ll have to wait and see.

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