Blake Lively and ‘Dorota’ Sip Betty Booze in Nostalgic Gossip Girl Comeback
Time to spill the tea on Blake Lively’s latest reunion. In a breezy new Betty Booze ad, Serena van der Woodsen herself meets up with her on-screen confidante, Dorota Kishlovsky, for a Central Park catch-up that’s equal parts sweet and sparkling. The reunion—more than a decade after Gossip Girl wrapped—unveils a surprise cameo by Zuzanna Szadkowski, thanks to an exclusive first look published by E! Online and amplified by Blake’s Instagram feed on June 30.
In the spot, Blake greets Zuzanna with an enthusiastic, “It’s good to see you!” Zuzanna, slipping seamlessly into her American accent, replies, “You look amazing.” When Blake quips, “You sound different,” Dorota shrugs it off with, “Oh, allergies. I have tea. The best tea.” Spoiler: it’s not your basic brew but Betty Booze’s brand-new Passion Fruit Meyer Lemonade Vodka Iced Tea—“crisp, balanced, nothing artificial,” per Zuzanna. Blake responds with a smirk: “Which is hard to find around these parts,” nodding to Manhattan’s buzzworthy standards. They sip from elegant teacups, laugh about missing each other (“I have missed you,” “I missed you too”), and tease new mischief: “Oh, miss Betty, you and me are definitely going to get into some trouble.”
Blake’s Instagram caption—“Go. Sip, girl. Introducing Betty Booze Vodka Iced Teas Passion Fruit|Meyer Lemonade. Because good tea is worth sharing”—drove fans into a frenzy. The post dominated social feeds, marrying nostalgia with a savvy product plug. E! Online and People.com note that this isn’t Zuzanna’s first post-Gossip Girl reunion: in 2022, she reappeared alongside Chace Crawford, Jessica Szohr, Aaron Schwartz and Ed Westwick in a behind-the-scenes group photo that ignited fan excitement. And back in 2021, Szadkowski spilled to E! News about reprising Dorota for a hush-hush cameo in the HBO reboot, calling it “very Gossip Girl to try to keep it a secret!” She also gushed over working again with executive producer Josh Safran and her beloved Vanya, Aaron Schwartz.
This ad cements a trend: the cast of early-2000s favorites can’t resist a reunion. From Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams at Chanel’s Fifth Avenue debut to Gilmore Girls’ Lauren Graham and Kelly Bishop lunching together, familiar faces keep popping back into the spotlight. Their off-screen camaraderie reminds us that some friendships, like a perfectly mixed iced tea cocktail, only get better with time.
And there you have it. Make of that what you will.
E! Online, E! News, People.com, Blake Lively’s Instagram
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, E! News, People.com, Blake Lively’s Instagram
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