Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, both 23, have ended their three-year romance, a rep for the Gossip Girl costars exclusively tells the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).

They called it quits in mid-September.

“They’re professionals,” an insider tells Us Weekly. “They’re still good friends and hang out on the set.”

The source says that the duo — who met as preteen actors in L.A. — “kept this news to themselves for a while.”

Indeed, they have always taken a drama-free approach to their relationship.

Badgley told Us last fall that working together while dating didn’t present any problems: “Some would say it’s a double-edged sword, but in our case, we manage to balance it well.”

Even those closest to the twosome may be shocked to hear the news.

“Nobody on set had any idea,” says the insider. “They’re really just private.”

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Watch out Taylor and Leighton, there may be a new Gossip Girl cast member on the music scene — Penn Badgley! The actor was overheard telling friends at the Hennessy Artistry Event at Cipriani’s Wall Street in New York that he’s working on some tunes of his own. The recent news doesn’t seem so surprising, as he expressed his love for music to In Touch at the star-studded concert. “I love good soul music,” he said. “I like everything, but soul is really my favorite!” While “You’re Love’s a Drug” singer Leighton Meester is working on her debut pop album, Taylor Momsen’s rock band, The Pretty Reckless, just released a sexy music video for their single, “Make Me Wanna Die.”

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Blake Lively and Penn Badgley greet each other in a very friend-like way, adding fuel to the rumor that they have broken up on the set of ‘Gossip Girl’ in upstate NY. When Blake came on set, Penn immediately greeted her with a hug, but no kiss whatsoever.

Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley spotted wearing the eco-friendly My Biotiful Bag in New York on October 20, 2010.

At the Hennessy Artistry concert at Cipriani Wall Street, where he might have imbibed before being accosted by “Page Six,” Penn Badgley, who previously told us he was only at Fashion Week to “sit here and look pretty,” told the Post: “It’s the fourth season [of Gossip Girl]. It’s become routine.” He added that he’s “not friends” with Jessica Szohr or Ed Westwick: “I mean, we don’t double date. It is what it is.” The man tells it like it is!

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The title sounds misleading – it doesn’t say that he’s bored with it, just that it’s a routine because they’ve been doing the show for four years. Oh, Page Six.

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