It turns out Badgley and Bell have more than you’d think in common. Badgley appeared on Gossip Girl, which Bell herself narrated, between 2007 and 2012. In addition, Bell’s co-star Adam Brody is married to Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester.
“What I want isn’t just friends. What I want is Adam Brody”
Adam Brody as Noah, Kristen Bell as Joanne in Nobody Wants This Credit: Netflix
“Hello, Upper East Siders. You know you love me,” Badgley says in his Joe voice in the video posted on Netflix’s official Instagram account. “In the finale of Gossip Girl, it was revealed that the very lovely Kristen Bell was lending her voice to my character, to Dan Humphrey, who is the real Gossip Girl — sorry, spoiler alert! I thought I would repay the favor. I’m going to put a little narrative spin on Kristen’s show, Nobody Wants This.”
The scene he narrates is from the show’s second episode, during the ice cream date between Bell and Brody that leads to their first kiss.
“You can’t be serious eating ice cream together,” Badgley says. “I know the friend zone is usually a cold, dark place suitable for frozen delicacies to bury your feelings in by the shovelful but this is torture.”
“It’s tragic, I know, but how can I let you go when I know you might feel the same,” he continues. “Of all the ways to make a woman’s knees weak, I would not have expected handling ice cream to be one of them, but seeing you take charge, your eyes piercing into me makes me certain this undeniable connection can’t be locked away. Makes me certain that what I want isn’t just friends. What I want is Adam Brody.”
Netflix added in its caption, “nobody wants YOU. xoxo, joe goldberg.”
When do You and Nobody Wants This come back?
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, Charlotte Ritchie as Kate Lockwood in You season 5. Credit: Netflix
You returns for its fifth and final season on April 24, with 10 more episodes to wrap up Joe Goldberg’s story.
