Two weeks ago, TMZ announced that Chace Crawford had been arrested on a possession charge in Texas. Unfortunately for Chace, he was sitting in a car with a friend outside of a bar, and the cops pulled up, went through the car and found ONE JOINT. It was unlit, and it was not in Chace’s possession at the time, it was in the car. But that didn’t stop Texas from formally charging Chace with possession, a charge that could lead to six months in a Texas jail. Anyway, Us Weekly is now reporting the “inside story” on Chace’s arrest and how his parents are dealing with the shame… of having a son who sits in a car with an unlit joint.

Chace Crawford could spend up to six months in jail if he’s convicted on his misdemeanor charge of pot possession — but he’s already in the dog house with Mom and Dad.

After his June 4 arrest in a parking lot outside a Plano, Tex. bar, “his mom called him crying,” an insider close to Crawford, 24, tells UsMagazine.com.

“He comes from a very good family, and his parents were so upset that his mugshot was everywhere,” the insider says of mother Dana and father Chris.

Cops busted Crawford and a pal inside a parked car after they discovered an unlit marijuana joint. Following the incident, another pal insisted the actor was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time: “He wasn’t smoking, the pot was in the car, and it was his friend’s.”

“Ultimately [his parents] did believe him when he explained the joint ‘wasn’t his,’” the insider adds. “But they were still unhappy to have their son’s name associated with drugs.”

A third Crawford source explains the family is “upper middle class.” Dana and father Chris “weren’t strict parents — just always had high expectations.”

Accordingly, Crawford’s summer party plans will be extra subdued, the insider says. “Don’t expect to see Chace out clubbing anytime soon. He’s going to be laying low for awhile after that.”

Plus, the TV star will have a prestigious new big-screen project to keep him busy. Crawford has signed on to star alongside Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener in the indie drama Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, Variety reports.

[From Us Weekly]

I’ve said it before, but I do feel for Chace. That being said, his parents sound rough – it‘s seriously not the end of the world. Chace’s shot at the presidency isn’t necessarily shot, you know? Sure, my mom would probably be mad too, but if I told her these circumstances, I think she would be pretty understanding.

By the way, anti-drug crusaders – Sarah Palin says toking up isn’t the worst thing in the world. Her words? “If we’re talking about pot, I’m not for the legalization of pot. I think that would just encourage our young people to think that it was OK to go ahead and use it. However, I think we need to prioritize our law enforcement efforts. If somebody’s gonna smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems we have in society.” Jesus. I agree with Sarah Palin. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, bitches.

Last Friday, the cops in Plano, Texas caught themselves one of the most horrible crimals in the country – Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford. The crime? Chace had one joint on him. He wasn’t smoking it or anything, he just had a joint in his pocket (Chace’s story: there was a joint in the car that he was sitting in). The cops arrested him and hauled his pretty-boy ass in, so now we have this skuzzy-yet-pretty mug shot. I think Chace is about to throw up a gang sign! *Clutches pearls* Anyway, today, Friday the 11th, Texas formally charged Chace with one misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana. Guess what kind of sentence comes with one misdeamenor possession charge in Texas? Six f-cking months at most. Can you believe that?

Chace Crawford was charged on Friday with a misdemeanor charge of pot possession, TMZ reports. The 24-year-old Gossip Girl star could face up to six months behind bars.

Crawford was busted with a pal in a car parked outside a pub in his hometown of Plano, Texas on June 4; police discovered an unlit marijuana joint.

“He is pissed,” an insider told Us Weekly immediately after the arrest. “He wasn’t smoking, the pot was in the car and it was his friend’s.”

Yet an old frat brother of the actor’s from Pepperdine University says the star indulged back in the day. “In college, we use to cut class and go lie on the beach and smoke weed,” the pal says. “It sucks that he got arrested!”

[From Us Weekly]

Meanwhile, Lindsay is doing lines of cocaine mixed with Ritalin and Adderall in between shots of Stoli and tweeting her ass off on probation. And Chris Brown is off somewhere, coloring in his map of the country of Europe. Honestly, if Chace was charged in another state, I think he would get away with probation or some minor jail time, if he was charged at all. But it’s Texas – something tells me that some prosecutor somewhere in Plano is thinking about “making an example.” I never thought I’d say this, but I feel for Chace, and this whole incident does make me like him a lot more. Poor kid! And before anyone cries double-standard, look – Chace isn’t some crackhead like Lohan. Before this incident, I thought he was totally vanilla and goody-two-shoes. And it really does seem like he truly wasn’t doing anything. Eh.

If I was to place a bet on which young Hollywood star was going to be arrested for possession, Chace Crawford wouldn’t have even made my top ten list. Kristen Stewart would have been number one, actually – you know it’s just a matter of time before the police come knocking on her door. But Chace? Mister I’m-A-Perfect-Texas-Gentleman? Eh. Of course there were signs that he was a bit more hardcore in real life. He and Ed Westwick were roommates for several years. And Chace dated Shauna Sand. That should prove he’s capable of anything:

Busted. Chace Crawford was arrested early Friday in Plano, Tex. for marijuana possession, UsMagazine.com has confirmed.

The Gossip Girl actor, 24, was cuffed just past midnight in a Nissan parked outside Ringo’s Pub, carrying less than two ounces of the drug.

TMZ reports that the star — a native Texan who now lives in NYC — was with a friend when cops discovered one unlit marijuana joint.

Bail was quickly posted for Crawford on his misdemeanor charge.

Crawford’s rep had no comment on the incident.

Ironically, Crawford plays a drug dealer named White Mike in the upcoming film Twelve, in theaters July 2.

[From Us Weekly]

One joint? POTHEAD! Seriously, one motherf-cking joint? That’s kind of sad that he got busted. Maybe it’s a Texas thing – hardcore cops who will bust a guy over one joint – and he wasn’t even smoking it, it was just in his pocket or his car or whatever. I’m also shocked it’s a misdemeanor – but that’s just my view of Texas. In my mind, they throw you in jail forever over something like one joint. Long-term, though, the pot bust might even help Chace’s image. It gives the pretty boy a sense of danger.

Thus far, we’ve pretty much avoided covering Kelly Rutherford’s never-ending divorce drama, and I hope it will remain that way. But one thing is for sure – Kelly is ready to move on with her life, and Star Magazine is reporting that Kelly has her eye on none other than her Gossip Girl costar, Chace Crawford. Chace is 24 years old – Kelly is 41. So you can guess how Star started their report – as some kind of “Cougar Alert”.

Kelly Rutherford is a total cougar: she had her claws all over Gossip Cirl costar Chace Crawford during QVC’s Feb. 13 New York Fashion Week bash!

As Chace gave an interview, Kelly snuck up behind him and ran her hands through his hair.

“This is one of those guys,” she said. “If you go out with him, you don’t have to worry about dressing him, right? You want to undress him!”

As bystanders tittered, Kelly continued to hand all over her boy-toy. Chace is no stranger to older women. As Star reported, he had an affair with 14-years-older Shauna Sand years ago. Kelly, 41, has only three years on her!

[From Star Magazine, print edition, March 8, 2010]

Yeah, the Shauna Sand thing makes me think that Chace would be up for it. Of course, it also makes me think that he has a specific type, and Kelly isn’t it. And why, for goodness sake, would you ever want to be with a dude after he’s been with Shauna Sand? That would make me dry-heave. That being said, I do like the idea of Chace and Kelly’s romance blossoming at a QVC event. That seems apt.

Oh, there are photos of the two of them flirting with each other at the event! Yeah, they both look into it. It’s on, cougars!

Kelly, her son and Chace in New York on December 7, 2009. Credit: INFphoto.com.

Star Magazine has a story in this week’s issue that made me sick. Shauna Sand, ex-wife of Lorenzo Lamas, tells Star Magazine about how she was the woman to deflower little Chace Crawford. You know, the guy from Gossip Girl who is, like, the Budget Zac Efron. Shauna is 14 years older than Chace, and she took his virginity when he was 18 years old. This was back in 2003, a year after Shauna and Lorenzo had separated. Shauna and Chace met at a Pepperdine University party. Of course. Because it’s perfectly normal for 32 year old women to attend college parties. Shauna tells Star Magazine that at the party, “Chace came up to me out of nowhere… he was so incredibly beautiful – I immediately fell in love with him!” Oh, it gets worse:

Chace Crawford learned about the birds and bees from a surprising source: Shauna Sand!

Four years before Gossip Girl brought him instant stardom, the 18-year-old hunky college freshman had a steamy, sex-filled romance with model/actress Shauna, the ex-wife of Lorenzo Lamas and May 1996 Playmate who is 14 years his senior!

“He was so incredibly beautiful — I immediately fell in love with him!” Shauna tells Star exclusively about meeting Chase at a college party in Malibu. The couple began dating “and I even gave him a key to my apartment,” Shauna said.

They quickly wore out a path to the bedroom. And though Chace has said he dated a girl for three years while in high school, a friend tells Star: “Chace told me, ‘Shauna was the first girl I ever had sex with! She blew my mind, and I’ll never forget it!’”

Although the friend says Chace and Shauna had a “secret relationship,” the couple dated off and on for a year before they drifted apart. Chace eventually got his acting career off the ground and Shauna remarried. But, in 2007, after Shauna’s brief second marriage ended, Chace suddenly appeared in her life again and the spark was reignited!

[From Star Magazine]

Shauna goes on to say that Chace was inexperienced and “practically trembling” but that Shauna “tried to teach him a thing or two”. She describes him as “sunshine” after a bad marriage, and she also claims that she helped him and advised him on breaking into Hollywood. She even credits herself with helping him become “passionate” about acting. Which, hey, might be the case. I’ll believe it when I hear it from Chace. Which might be difficult, because the rest of the article makes it sound like Chace was very conscious of keeping Shauna on the downlow. I mean, right? Wouldn’t most self-respecting men?

The sources go on to claim that Chace and Shauna dated secretly for more than a year, then lost touch until 2007, when Shauna was recovering from yet another marriage and divorce. Shauna claims: “ I ran into him at Teddy’s nighclub in Hollywood. We were instantly drawn together again. We rushed to the Crescent Hotel in Beverly Hills and went crazy together. We got all these bittle of whipped cream and oils and had wild sex all night long! It was a sticky mess, but we had a lot of fun. Chace had grown up a lot since I had seen him last and was much more confident in bed.” Excuse me while I heave my Thanksgiving turkey. Ugh… here it comes. Anyway, after that “wild” night, Shauna says Chace went off to New York for Gossip Girl and she hasn’t seen him since, but she’s “thrilled” that he’s made it and he will always be in her heart. Seriously.

So… is anyone else surprised by the simple fact that any woman is admitting to sex with Chace? Not to stereotype, but he makes everyone’s gaydar go off, right? Right?!?

Shauna Sands dines at Madeo’s in Beverly Hills, CA on November 25, 2009. Credit: MOE/Fame. Chace Crawford at “The Stepfather” premiere, held at School of Visual Arts Theater, in New York City, on October 12, 2009. Credit: Fame.

Well, no one ever claimed that Tony Romo did not have a type. He likes them with “the bigger the hair, the closer to God” blonde hair, he likes them busty, he likes them with a lacquered-on, beauty-queen smile and he likes them with some kind of Southern twang. Oh, did I mention? Tony Romo has a new girlfriend. Second verse, same as the first!

Her name is Candice Crawford. She’s Chace “Man Bangs” Crawford’s little sister. Candice was also the 2008 Miss Missouri. Apparently, Candice and Tony have been friends for a while, even hanging out together while Tony and Jessica Simpson were dating. For all we know, Candice may even be one of Jessica Simpson’s “friends” who admitted to hooking up with Tony.

Tony Romo has another hot new blonde.

The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 29, is dating Chace Crawford’s little sister, Candice, a 22-year-old beauty queen who looks strikingly similar to Romo’s ex Jessica Simpson, a source close to Romo confirms to Usmagazine.com.

“She’s not happy that it’s out [in the media], but they weren’t trying to hide,” a source close to Candice tells Us the day after CelebTV.com first reported the coupling. “They’ve gone out to dinner in Dallas a bunch.”

Candice, who was Miss Missouri 2008, isn’t the first younger, skinnier version of Simpson that Romo has hooked up with.

Months before he dumped Simpson on the eve of her 29th birthday in July, Us Weekly reported he was sending flirty texts to 22-year-old Natalie Smith, the daughter of the associate athletic director at Romo’s alma mater, Eastern Illinois University.

He even brought Smith to one of Simpson’s concerts.

“They’re not officially dating, but they are having an intimate relationship,” a source told Us at the time.

[From Us Weekly]

Candice has a website too! Candice tells us: “I am currently completing my senior year at the University of Missouri in Columbia. I have a broadcast journalism major and a minor in business. My goal is to establish a career as a reputatable journalist upon graduation in May.” Emphasis mine – I’m leaving the spelling error there, just to show all of the other aspiring professionals out there how easily it is lose “reputatability”. I’m not trying to put myself out there as the most professional person or anything – my filthy dog is leaning on my sweatpant-clad legs as I type, but you know what? At least I’m wearing a bra. That’s my stab at professionalism, because I’m not a great speller either, or a beauty queen who created my own glossy website to promote my “reputatable journalist” career. Spell-check, please, at least for the important stuff.

Candice Crawford is shown on 4/3/08, 4/5/08, 4/10/08, and with her brother, Chace, on 9/18/07. Tony Romo is shown on 3/3/08. Credit: WENN.com

Yesterday we saw both nude photos of Twilight star Ashley Greens, 22, and a picture of her smooching Chace Crawford in the back of a limo outside LAX airport. Was that just a coincidence or is the young Ashley trying step out of the shadow created by the hot relationship between Twilight’s top two stars, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart? Ashley plays vampire psychic Alice, and she’s getting some attention now that these photos are out.

Ashley lawyered up very quickly and sent cease and desist notices to blogs and websites that published those naked self portraits. According to her lawyer, they’re “illegal and are being unlawfully displayed.” It took Vanessa Hudgens months to issue cease and desists on her first set of nude photos and by then they’d already served their purpose and she’d benefited from all the publicity.

So did Ashley leak these photos herself? The timing is pretty good for her as she’s currently promoting New Moon, out in November, and just appeared at the Teen Choice Awards. If she did do it, she’s smart to have sent out legal notices right after the photos were leaked. It either makes it seem like she’s really concerned about the violation of her privacy – or like she was already prepared to make it seem like the photos were released without her consent. She does look very attractive and well-groomed in them.

Meanwhile it’s good sense to get involved with Gossip Girl hottie Chace Crawford. The last we heard about Chace’s lovelife was in early June when just about every tabloid reported that he was involved with Sports Illustrated model Etzi Ginzberg. According to a source quoted by E! Online’s Ted Casablanca these two have “known each other for a while,” and “used to hook up actually back when he lived in L.A. It was never anything too serious. It was before either of them were famous.” How convenient for Ashley that she’s back with Chace right when it could help her career. There were at least two photographers outside the car when she was kissing Chace because I’ve seen those photos at two different photo agencies. So, is her career on the rise and does that make her more of a target or is she doing whatever she can to make sure she gets some attention right when she needs it?

Ashley Greene is shown out on 4/3/09. Credit: WENN.com and 5/31/09 at the MTV Movie Awards. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

It was the bromance that launched a thousand blind items, and now it’s over! US Weekly is reporting that Chace Crawford has packed his bags and moved out of the apartment he shared with Gossip Girl costar Ed Westwick. The blind items were always about the gay rumors, but doesn’t that seem a little too obvious? If they were really in the closet, do you think they would have moved in together and stayed bromantic roommates since 2007? No, it’s much more likely that Ed and Chace are just two heterosexual guys who tricked out their bachelor pad to be like a Manhattan mini-Playboy Mansion. But alas, they outgrew each other. US Weekly claims that their living arrangements were hampered by Westwick’s messiness:

It was fun while it lasted!

Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford has moved out of the NYC apartment he shares with costar Ed Westwick, a source tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.

The two have shared the apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood since they both first moved to the city after being cast in the hit CW series.

The source says Crawford — who will star in the upcoming reboot of Footloose — moved out on Monday and into a rented penthouse apartment in the luxe Dwell 95 building in NYC’s Financial District.

The reason for Crawford’s change of scenery? Apparently, Westwick is a slob, and Crawford couldn’t take the mess any longer, a source tells Us.

[From US Weekly]

Most likely the “slob” defense was only part of the reason – they were probably just a little sick of each other, and sick of the gay rumors. Years ago, I made the mistake of moving in with my best friend, and she was such a bad roommate, it kind of destroyed our friendship. She was really messy, yes, but it had more to do with her being a total slut who was only attracted to guys that I was interested in. She just did it to piss me off – she was so passive-aggressive like that. I totally bet Ed Westwick is like that.

Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick are shown on the Gossip Girl set on 6/29/09. Credit: Fame Pictures

The era of pretty boys with pretty, long man-bangs is over! Thank God. Because Zac Efron’s hair was getting ridiculous. The short-haired Young Hot Hollywood trendsetter was none other than Chace Crawford. Chace debuted his shorted hair last week to much fanfare on the Gossip Girl set – he actually looks pretty good, although Lainey is calling him an elf. Next up was Zac Efron, who finally trimmed his out-of-control man-bangs and decided to go for a more conservative look. Now Gatecrasher is pointing out the The Era of the Man-Bangs is Over, pointing out that it’s not just Chace and copycat Zac – it’s Jared Leto too. But who cares about Jared Leto?

Three of the poster boys for long locks — Chace Crawford, Jared Leto and Zac Efron — are trying out shorter looks. There must have been a memo floating around Hollywood last weekend, ’cause they all flaunted their new ’dos for the Fourth.

Celebrity stylist Cecilia Care told us the radical cuts could be a result of the boys wanting to be seen as men. “When stars drastically change their image, it’s usually because they want better or more mature roles,” Care noted.

Even so, she couldn’t help but be surprised by the actors’ drastic transformations. “Their hair was each of their signature looks,” Care said. “It’ll be interesting to see how the girls react to them now.”

We have a feeling that for these hotties, girls will keep on coming … bangs or no bangs!

[From Gatecrasher]

I’m not sure when it became popular for guys to wear really long bangs, but it’s a horrible look that deserved to die. In Zac’s case, he does look a lot younger with his short haircut – but in Chace Crawford’s case, he looks more sophisticated. It’s like my cougar sense is tingling. But you know what? Even though these boys are changing their looks, doesn’t mean they’ll be up for more “mature” parts. These boys are still awfully pretty. Much prettier than me.

Chace Crawford is shown on set with “glamorous new Gossip Gir cast member” on 7/6/09. Credit: PacificCoastNews.com Socialite Life has the photos of Zac Efron’s new hair.

Chace Crawford topped People’s list of the hottest bachelors. And frankly, I don’t get it. I mean he’s there and he’s fine. But so are a bunch of other dudes. He does have really nice eyes though… no. I’m still not going for it. He might be pretty to look at, but he just doesn’t exude personality to me, and that’s got to factor in a little, right? Right?

Chace Crawford talks to his parents every day, vacations with his younger sister and – unlike his Gossip Girl character – says dating a married woman is “a definite no.” Without question, success (he’ll star in the Footloose remake) couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. But what else is behind those blue eyes? Here’s a sneak peek of the interview with PEOPLE’s Hottest Bachelor!

On his first kiss: “It was fifth grade. Her name was Kiley Smith and she was my best friend’s twin sister. It was one of those super-awkward things. We were at camp, on a lake, really picturesque – it¹s kind of seared into memory! We’re still friends.”

On a perfect date: “All you need is a pool table, beer, an electric jukebox and good conversation. The day a girl beats me in a game of Beirut [a kind of beer pong] is a good sign!”

On dating Carrie Underwood: “I have nothing bad to say about that experience. It was awesome. I just didn’t know how to deal with it. I learned a ton about dating someone in that kind of spotlight. It was such a whirlwind, but no regrets.”

[From People]

Interestingly, People had an earlier version of this article up that included the following two paragraphs, which were for some reason deleted:

On being single: “I’m not not looking for a girlfriend — but I’m not particularly looking for a girlfriend, either. I’m not knocking having a relationship; at the end of the day, you want to share with someone. But I just look at it as, I have the rest of my life to do that. I’m not in any rush.”

On the made-up gay rumors about him and co-star Ed Westwick: “You know what we really did the first time we heard it? Ed goes, ‘Oh, did you hear that rumor about us being gay?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, man.’ He starts laughing and we’re kind of like, ‘Okay, you want to go play pool and have a beer?’ “

[From Yahoo’s OMG]

Last week Chace’s publicist was extra hard at work – he was in Star, the National Enquirer, and In Touch – all reporting that he’s dating 19-year-old Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Esti Ginzburg. They’re filming the movie “Twelve” together. Perhaps that’s the reason for the sudden deletion of the paragraph about his singlehood? After all, People’s only calling him the hottest bachelor – that just means he’s unmarried. Sounds like Esti might already have Chace on a tight leash.

Here’s Chace Crawford at the annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball held in Los Angeles on June 6th Images thanks to WENN.com .