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Throughout Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf is confident, ambitious, and loyal to her friends.
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The fan-favorite character is a big Breakfast at Tiffany’s fan and is probably Scorpio.
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She has also researched famous war figures and has several siblings in her “Gossip Girl” books.
Blair Waldorf is a prominent figure on the CW’s “Gossip Girl,” but there are some interesting facts fans may not know about the socialite.
Here are 14 little-known facts about this character.
Her full name is Blair Cornelia Waldorf.
Blair’s real name, which appears several times throughout the series, is Blair Cornelia Waldorf.
Even though her parents divorced and her mother remarried, she did not change her name.
Her November birthday is likely to make her a Scorpio.
Blair’s birthday is shown to be in the fall in episodes such as “Seventeen Candles” and “War of the Roses.”
Both episodes aired in November, so Blair is likely a Scorpio, the perfect zodiac sign for her passionate but manipulative nature. As further evidence, her novel Gossip Girl lists her birthday as November 15th.
She has a cat named Kat at her father’s house.
Blair’s father and his partner live in a French chateau with rooms specially designed for Blair. There she has a cat named Kat in honor of Audrey Hepburn’s pet from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
Blair wears a necklace with her initials on it at the beginning of the season.
Blair has a necklace that she wears in the first few seasons. Silver lowercase letters B and W are threaded through a silver chain.
Blair stops wearing necklaces when she enters college.
In the show, when Blair enters a New York University party, a song featuring Meester is played.
Blair was played by Leighton Meester, who also had a brief career in music.
Meester was featured on Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Go Bad.” The song is played in Season 3 when Blair walks into Georgina Sparks’ rooftop party after Dan Humphrey takes the stage.
She is closer to her parents than most of her classmates.
Nate Archibald’s parents had financial and legal problems, Serena van der Woodsen’s mother had multiple relationships and health concerns, Chuck Bass’ family had occasional murder attempts, and more. , “Gossip Girl” parents are usually embroiled in their own chaotic dramas.
Unlike her co-workers, Blair is quite close to both of her parents. Her mother, Eleanor Waldorf, is sometimes too busy with her work to take care of her, but her father, Harold Waldorf, loves her and is always there for her when she is in the country. Make time for her.
Blair was the first person to find out about Dan and Georgina.
After the turmoil Georgina caused in the first two seasons, Dan’s decision to date her in season 3 came as a surprise to friends and many viewers.
Blair was Georgina’s roommate at the time and was the first to find out about their relationship.
She finds being late intolerable.
Prime Minister Blair is a dramatic person, but he doesn’t like late arrivals. She is always flighty and can get furious if others are late for important events.
Blair has been involved in multiple relationships, such as when Nate runs out of time to find her at the masquerade ball in season 1 and when Carter Baizen is late for Rufus Humphrey and Lily van der Woodsen’s wedding. I got into an argument with someone.
Prime Minister Blair has studied famous war figures.
Blair always has a plan to get what she wants, a skill she hones by studying famous military figures.
When planning the New York University freshman toast, Blair said he drew inspiration from Mao Zedong, Sun Tzu and Napoleon. In planning Season 6, Blair said he also researched Byzantine warfare.
She looks unusually calm in a moment of extreme stress.
Blair has had her fair share of memorable arguments with friends, but when she’s at her most stressed, she seems unnervingly calm.
Chuck and Nate comment on this in the season 3 episode where Blair and Serena are fighting. Previously, when Serena was worried about going to her boarding school, she seemed calm.
Blair went on dates with all of her male friends from her main group.
The main group of friends in the series consists of Blair, Serena, Chuck, and Nate, and may also include Dan and Vanessa.
Blair has dated all the men in her friend group: Chuck, Nate, and Dan.
She has a younger sister named after the Ivy League school featured in the book.
Eleanor and Silas Rose are married on the show, and according to the Gossip Girl books, they also have a daughter together. Blair was allowed to choose a name for her sister, and decided to call it Yale, after her dream school.
The book also depicts Blair, her younger brother from Eleanor’s marriage to Harold, and Harold’s two adopted siblings.
Blair is bilingual.
Blair has repeatedly stated that she is fluent in French, a skill she may have learned after her father moved to the countryside.
When Blair and Serena spend the summer in Paris at the start of Season 4, Blair is shown speaking French several times.
Most episodes are named after her.
The title of each episode of “Gossip Girl” references a famous movie. Various characters have episodes named after them, for example Serena and Dan have “Desperately Searching Serena” and “Memoirs of the Invisible Dan” respectively.
Blair has the most episodes to her name, with four titles including “Bad News Blair,” “Blair Waldorf Must Pie!,” “The Blair Bitch Project,” and “The Unblairable Lightness of Being.” I am.
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