“Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick has dumped co-star and girlfriend Jessica Szohr after hearing rumors she was cozying up with one of his best friends.
Heartbroken Westwick split with Szohr in an emotional phone call last week after learning from friends she’d been flirting with handsome heir Marco Minuto. Panicked Szohr then flew to London from LA to beg him to take her back, but sources say Westwick is still deeply hurt.
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One source told us, “Jessica recently celebrated her birthday in LA and was being openly affectionate and flirty with Marco. They ended up back at the same hotel, but nobody knows what happened behind closed doors. Her flirty behavior shocked a lot of their friends, so word quickly got back to Ed, who has been filming in Europe.
“He immediately ended their relationship on the phone, and Jessica, who denied anything happened with Marco, was so distraught that she flew to London last Friday with just the clothes on her back. She’s been begging Ed to take her back, but he is deeply hurt. He can’t believe that she carried on this way with one of his friends.”
Westwick and Szohr have been a couple since 2008 after they began to fall in love while dating other people. Szohr once said, “It can be a little awkward when all of a sudden [you have feelings for] someone you’d call to talk about a different boyfriend.” In recent months Westwick has been filming “The Chalet Girl.”
Minuto, who comes from a wealthy family and once tried to sue Harvard for refusing to let him in, is in the same circle of friends as both “Gossip Girl” stars. He did not return e-mails last night.
A source close to Szohr insisted, “She’s been celebrating her birthday with Ed in London.” Her rep strenuously denied she’d cheated, saying, “The story has no merit.” Westwick’s rep declined to comment.