ED WESTWICK (whose performance in last year’s SON OF RAMBOW was highly underrated) has made quite a place for himself on The CW’s breakout hit GOSSIP GIRL.

His GG character of Chuck Bass was last seen forcing himself on an underage girl and then high-tailing it to The Hamptons.

We caught up with WESTWICK at a recent TCA press tour and he told us that GG’s basic premise of texting/tattling is just as popular in his country as it is here. Check out the clip below: