The TV Addict 

From playing Captain Ronald Speirs in BAND OF BROTHERS to guest starring on some of our favorite TV shows [BROTHERS & SISTERS, CSI, LAW & ORDER, THE PRACTICE] actor Matthew Settle has played everything under the sun. Well, almost everything. So when this TV Addict was given the recent opportunity to interview television’s newest father figure, GOSSIP DAD Rufus Humphrey, my first question was a no brainer.

How apprehensive were you about taking the ‘father’ role on GOSSIP GIRL?
Matthew Settle: Aging myself you mean [laughs!]. I really wasn’t too apprehensive. I’m married now with two dogs and a cat so I’m getting ready for a family in the next few years. I’ve learned a lot from playing Rufus, it’s given me the opportunity to read a lot of parenting books.

As a father-to-be [in the not too distant future] are you at all nervous as to what your fictional children [Dan and Jenny Humphrey] are up to? Do you stay awake at night worrying about America’s youth?
I think the show takes on a certain sensibility and the writers ride a fine line between glorifying what is happening and show the consequences of the choices these kids make.

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At 3PM (eastern) the TV Addict will be talking to GOSSIP Dad Rufus Humphrey [Matthew Settle] and perennial third wheel Vanessa [Jessica Szohr]. So if you’ve got a question for America’s new favorite father and rumored future Nate hook-up, please post away in the comments below.