"Gossip Girl" Goes Gay

Serena's twinky little cutie of a brother Eric van der Woodsen (Connor Paolo) is rumored to be "Gossip Girl's" soon-to-be-outed gay character when the teen drama returns on Monday, April 21 at 8/9c on The CW.

Since his busty gay hag Jenny Humphrey is getting herself a little Johnny Depp-lookalike man candy (Jesse Swenson), those who believe Eric might indeed be playing on the happy team could be right on their money.

Eric gets a little tender moment with Upper East Side's scheming man whore Chuck Bass in these images taken from "The Blair Bitch Project" episode of "Gossip Girl" (the first of 5 post-strike shows, airs 4/21).