Gossip Girl hottie Chace Crawford finds himself in the middle of a gaggle of bikini-clad girls while on break from filming his hit CW drama, on location in Southampton, New York on Friday.

The 22-year-old actor was recently asked how he is coping with the attention from the ladies. Chace said, “You know, they feel like they know you. A lot of the time they just want a hug, I’m like alright, come here I’ll give you a hug.”

And when asked if there were any on-set romances that maybe going on off set as well, Chace joked, “Where did you hear that? I’ve never heard that one before.” (See: Blake Lively and Penn Badgley)

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Blake Lively sports some sexy summer dresses for her character Serena van der Woodsen on the set of her hit CW drama, Gossip Girl, in Southampton, N.Y., on Thursday afternoon.

Later in the day, Blake was seen holding hands with her on-and-off-screen lover Penn Badgley (pictured below). These two are attached at the hip!

Their costar Chace Crawford was also spotted on set (see below). The season 2 premiere of Gossip Girl premieres on Monday, Sept. 1.

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A shirtless Penn Badgley puts on a cape and gets his hair trimmed before filming a scene for Gossip Girl, on location in the Hamptons, New York on Thursday.

Penn’s costar and girlfriend Blake Lively was seen giving her input on his haircut. Chace Crawford was spotted smirking for photogs as he walked to set. Leighton Meester was seen on set wearing a cute pair of denim shorts and a zebra t-shirt.

E! has some spoilers on the upcoming season. Mädchen Amick (ER, Viva Laughlin) will appear as a cougar and prey on Nate in the first four or five episodes. Amick will also have “a surprising connection to another new character on the show.”

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Chace Crawford, aka Nate Archibald, spilled some secrets about the upcoming season of Gossip Girl to People at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday.

The 22-year-old hottie said the show starts filming season 2 around New York City on Thursday and some of the cast will be shooting some scenes in the Hamptons.

“So there will be some beach scandal,” Chace said. “Some OMG moments for sure.”

Expect lots of shirtless and bikini shots!!!!!!!!!! w00t w00t!!!

Chace Crawford gets stuck in the rain at the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards held at the Chum/City Building on Sunday in Toronto, Canada.

The 22-year-old Gossip Girl hottie presented at the awards show along with Spice Girl Melanie C, The Office star Rainn Wilson and The Hills star Brody Jenner. Other appearances at the show were made by The Hills star Whitney Port, Laguna Beach’s Kristin Cavallari and singer Jesse McCartney.

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Gossip Girl hottie Chace Crawford stands pretty at the No. TEN Cocktail Party held at the Covent Garden in London on Tuesday night.

There was a year-long search for the 10 best bartenders from 10 of the world’s most glamourous cities (London, Athens, Barcelona, Milan, Paris, New York, Miami, Mexico City, Shanghai and Tokyo). These experts now form the nucleus of the Tanqueray Guild, which launched on this past Monday (June 9) with a dinner hosted at private members’ club, Home House in central London. The tagline of the night was “TEN iconic cities, TEN fabulous bartenders, one perfect Tanqueray”.

This dramatic event saw the No 1 Piazza turned into a cool, contemporary cocktail bar, where 200 VIP guests danced to music provided by gin martini aficionado and couture fashion designer, Giles Deacon.

Chace Crawford soaks up the sun while relaxing at park in London, England on Monday.

The 22-year-old Gossip Girl hunk seems to be enjoying his time off, shopping up a storm on Bond Street, including a stop at the Alexander McQueen boutique. Chace was later seen working on his tan, reading in a park lawn chair.

Chace recently addressed his relatively newfound popularity: “In terms of being famous, it did go from 0-60 in pretty much no time at all but you learn to deal with it. You just take it day by day. I remember filming on the Upper East Side of New York and there were a couple of hundred girls there. It was Friday just as high school was finishing so we were kind of asking for it. We were just like, ‘OK what have we got ourselves into.”

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Chace Crawford puts on his pretty face as he arrives at the Willow Springs raceway via helicopter for the unveiling of the new Dodge Challenger on Tuesday.

The 22-year-old actor was accompanied by Gossip Girl costar Michelle Trachtenberg and The Hills star Audrina Patridge.

The 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 will arrive this spring and will be limited-edition with a 6.1-liter HEMI(R) V-8 engine that boasts 425 horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. of torque. More Here! »