Nastia Liukin to Appear on Gossip Girl!
Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin has landed a guest role on "Gossip Girl," this season. The gig on the popular TV teen drama came totally by chance when she and some friends were chatting about the show.
I was in Los Angeles and I was having dinner with a few of my friends and the producers of Gossip Girl were at the table next to me, coincidentally, so they sent over a note saying, 'Congratulations, keep watching Gossip Girl,'" she told NYMag.
"Then the next day they contacted my management and they wanted to meet with us and the next thing I know, I had a guest spot on Gossip Girl."
Liukin said she hadn't seen the script yet, but was planning on playing a character, not herself — something her friends found way cooler than any gold medal or championship she had won.
Here's Nastia with Olympics athlete Shawn Johnson at the 29th annual Salute to Women in Sports awards in New York yesterday. Liukin was honored as the Women's Sports Foundation's Individual Sportswoman of the Year.
