Giovanni Rufino / The CW © 2008Aaron Rose has gone to Argentina...and he's never coming back to Gossip Girl!
Yep, it's true: The CW confirms that the Dec. 8 episode was the last we'll see of John Patrick Amedori, who plays Serena's creepy boy-toy artist Aaron (a character who wasn't well received by many of the fans).
[Pause for happy dance.]
So why is he off the show? And does this mean Serena (Blake Lively) and Dan (Penn Badgley) are getting back together? Read on for the exclusive dish...
"Aaron Rose was a big character in the Gossip Girl books, and I know the plan was for him to stay around a little longer," a source close to the show tells me. "But some of the powers that be weren't responding well to the way the character was going." And so, he is gone.
Sadly for you Derena partisans, the departure of Aaron Rose does not mean Serena and Dan are finally settling down. Jessica Szohr tells E! exclusively that over the next few episodes, "Serena and Dan are running in circles with their relationship." (Same as it ever was!)
And as I told you in the spoiler chat, just as Serena is freed up, Dan will become entangled with a new lady. Sources whisper that Laura Breckenridge (Related) will be joining Gossip Girl as a hot new teacher who flirts with Dan and tortures Blair.
So what do you think? Good news that Aaron is gone? Do you want to keep his adorkable dad, Cyrus (Wallace Shawn), or have you had it with the whole Rose clan? Post in the comments!