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Daniel "Dan" Randolph Humphrey is a main character in the Gossip Girl (novel series).
Dan is a sexy, skinny, sensitive, caffeine-addicted poet who often sees the darker side of things. A romantic whose imagination runs off wildly at the worst times, he is also over-analytical and easily frustrated. Dan was in love with Serena for years before they met and briefly dated. Dan also experimented with homosexuality, before he began dating Vanessa Abrams. He is a published writer of poetry and songs. At the end of the series, he is attending Evergreen State College in Washington. In the sequel he transfers to Columbia University. He has had a variety of girlfriends, Serena van der Woodsen and Mystery Craze before settling down with Vanessa Abrams.
Novel Series[]
Summary[]
Dan Humphrey is the son of Rufus Humphrey and has a younger sister, Jenny Humphrey. His absent mother Jeanette Humphrey ran off with a European aristocrat, but returns to support Dan when she hears of his sexual confusion. Dan and his family live on the liberal-cultured and artistic Upper West Side, the alternative of the old moneyed and conservative Upper East Side. He attends the Riverside Preparatory School for Boys, where wealthy playboy Chuck Bass attends, as a scholarship student. At the end of the series, he matriculates to Evergreen State College in Washington. He is described as being attractive and sensitive, loves to write poetry, and one of his poems, Sluts, was featured in The New Yorker. He revealed his favorite word is “death” and drinks copious amounts of dark coffee and chain smokes cigarettes. He over analyzes and is easily frustrated. Dan is very close and protective of little sister Jenny who attends an exclusive private school, called the Constance Billard, a small, elite, all-girls school.
Dan originally harbors a crush on Serena and the two briefly date, but break up after finding they have nothing in common. He realizes he has feelings for Vanessa Abrams and they enter a relationship, despite breaking up and getting back together several times.
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Family[]
- Rufus Humphrey (father)
- Jeanette Humphrey (mother)
- Jenny Humphrey (sister)
Romances[]
- Serena van der Woodsen (Ex-girlfriend)
- Vanessa Abrams (On/off girlfriend)
- Mystery Craze (Fling)
- Greg (Ex-boyfriend)