Ed Westgate and Chace Crawford both star on the show Gossip Girl.both have been photographed spending a lot of time together lately. So why would Chace bow out of Ed’s big birthday party?

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It probably has to do with all of the rumors circulating that Chace is gay and that Ed is his love interest.  Wild stories have crept up that the pair carry on while on set and don’t care who sees them.  You believe that?  Chace skipped out on Ed’s big 21st birthday possibly as a way to squelch rumors, but it only seems to have fired them up.