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He is gay. Many of Eric's storylines surround his relationship with his family, namely Serena and Lily, and his friendship with Jenny Humphrey. Unlike many of the other characters on the show, Eric tries to stay out of the drama; except for a few notable instances.

Erik van der Woodsen is a minor character in the Gossip Girl novels , only making appearances on occasion. He is not gay in the book series, and dates several different girls at a time. After moving in with Serena, Blair Waldorf discovers his diary and as a result, the two date briefly.

He is very close with Serena, and threw her a giant sixteenth birthday party, and drove her up to Hanover Academy on her first day. Aside from his brief appearances, Erik remained a relatively quiet secondary character throughout the series, however he did have a bigger part in the Gossip Girl prequel, It Had to Be You. Eric is first seen as a patient at the Ostroff Center. Serena vists him after a year in boarding school, and she is eager to get Eric out of the center.

However, Lily disagrees, and they both end up arguing over Eric Pilot. Eric is allowed to leave the center briefly to attend the Ivy League Mixer, where he meets Jenny. They talk and he tells her all about his problems and that Lily is lying when she says he's in Miami with Carol. Earlier, Blair had gotten photos of Serena entering the center and exposes her as a recovering drug addict. She plays along to protect Eric, but afterwards he shows Blair his scars from his suicide attempt Poison Ivy.

At Blair's sleepover soiree, Blair dares Jenny to break into the Ostroff Center and take Eric out for the night, after he's denied being able to go home for the weekend. They break into the center and Jenny sneaks Eric out while Blair distracts the secretary by pretending to be a drug addict. Once she learns of his disappearance, Lily goes into a panic but is unable to reach Serena, who is on a date with Dan.

She calls Rufus , and waits it out with him. Eventually, Serena and Dan find Eric and tell Lily he's alright. After, he confesses to Serena that he's sick of only having her and Lily to talk to and he is ready to go home. That night, Lily brings him home for good Dare Devil. When Lily gets engaged to Bart Bass School Lies , Eric begins to develop a close friendship with Chuck Bass , who he sometimes turns to for advice and sees as a brother.

When Jenny begins dating Asher Hornsby , Eric warns her that he's not sure Asher is the right guy for her. Meanwhile, Dan sees Asher with a guy and sends the tip to Gossip Girl.

The shock upsets Lily, leading Eric to believe she won't accept him for who he really is. When talking to Serena later, he reveals that he met Asher at the Ostroff Center and that's when they began dating. He also admits that Chuck already knew, as he told him earlier knowing Chuck wouldn't judge him.

At Asher and Jenny's party, he comes out as gay to everyone. He receives a call from Jenny, who needs help to get in the Vitamin White party. She apologizes for the incident with Asher, and they become friends again. After the school year starts, although Serena complains about Lily's new marriage and their new house rules, Eric thinks they should give the marriage a chance.

Later, Eric introduces Jonathan Whitney as his new boyfriend. Serena asks Jonathan if he'll be coming to the housewarming party that night. He says no, that when Eric asked Bart, he was told it's family only. Serena realizes Eric was manipulated by Bart and confronts him about it. Eric explains that Bart asked if he really wanted to come out in a major magazine and he made the choice himself.

Angry, Serena starts to sabotage the party and Eric doesn't try and stop her. When asked by Lily later if she really was a bad mother, he admits that she really wasn't around and Serena raised him Chuck In Real Life. Him and Jonathan break up after Bart reveals that Jonathan has been cheating on him. Eric lodges Jenny secretly in the Bass-van der Woodsen penthouse and goes with her to meet with lawyers who get her emancipation papers.

Eric eventually leaves the facility and comes out as gay. He becomes close friends with Jenny Humphrey Taylor Momsen. Season 4 showed him graduating from St.

He leaves to attend Sarah Lawrence College. There were multiple characters who were in consideration of being Gossip Girl.

Executive producer Joshua Safran told Variety that it was going to be Eric at first. Season 1 The Newbies. The OG's. Book Series. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Connor Paolo. Edit source History Talk 0.