Anne Boleyn in Gossip Girl

Posted by admin in Entertainment on 05 19th, 2009 | 8 responses


I watched the end of Gossip Girl last night and Blair brought up Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I.

This is what she said:

“That’s the thing. You need to be cool to be queen. Anne Boleyn thought only with her heart and she got her head chopped off. So her daughter Elizabeth made a vow never to marry a man. She married a country. Forget boys. Keep your eye on the prize, Jenny Humphrey.”

All I can say is WTF. Blair is an idiot. DOES SHE NOT KNOW ANNE BOLEYN AT ALL?!?!?!?! Stupid damn writers of Gossip Girl. GET YOUR DAMN HISTORY RIGHT. It’s so irritating because Anne Boleyn is probably the LAST PERSON EVER who thought “with her heart” – if she thought with her heart she probably would have just had sex with Henry from the beginning and became his mistress, BUT NOOOOO, she kept the King on his toes/desires for 7 damn years!!!! It is debatable whether she refused Henry’s advances in order to gain more power or if she truly wanted to keep her dignity and not be the King’s whore, but either way, she was pretty damn smart. If Blair thought she was the Queen of wiley charms, SHE NEEDS TO THINK AGAIN. ANNE BOLEYN IS THE QUEEN OF CLEVER, thank you very much.

Okay, that’s my rant.

Happy Anne Boleyn Day!!!! Anne Boleyn was executed today in 1536.

Buy your own Anne Boleyn “B” necklace at this website! (And Tudor oil paintings as well!)

8 Comments

  1. The Anne Boleyn Files Says:

    Thanks for the link, Helen! It’s so funny the warped ideas that people get about Anne Boleyn isn’t it and how she’s become a big part of popular culture. It’s good to rant, I got a bit cross yesterday because someone suggested to me that the only thing that made Anne Boleyn “great” was her execution! Then I got accused of being biased, well I suppose I am!! We just don’t know enough about Anne to know what she was really like but we know enough to conclude that she was innocent and should not have been executed. As far as thinking with her heart or her head, a bit of both I think but more with her head.

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  2. HappyHelen Says:

    Excatly!! I agree completely!!!!! Haha we are such awesome nerds! :-)

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  3. maggie Says:

    i totally agree with you finally someone whose right!

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  4. Anonymous Says:

    Ha! I thought the exact same thing! That is..after the I got over the headrush that they talked about Anne Boleyn on Gossip Girl and texted all my friends like the geek i am. (What do you expect? Combine one of my obsessions with another and you get instant fangirlness. Go figure.) Anyway, I was a bit confused at Blair's statement as well… I mean, sure, some people believe Anne DID think with her heart…Thats what she wanted people to believe anyway. That she truely loved Henry. But most are of the opinion she just sought after the crown. So, Blair's advice to Jenny was a little faulty- but well founded. Anne was stronge until the end, and Elizabeth as well. In the end, Blair was right- you gotta be strong to be queen (even if she was a little of on her historical accuracy ;] )

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  5. HappyHelen Says:

    Yes, definitely! We all know that Anne really did use her head! :-)

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  6. I love Blake Lively of Gossip Girl she is so damn pretty.~*.

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  7. Michelle Trachtenberg of Gossip Girl is the most beautiful, she is better than Blake Lively.’~-

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  8. i really like michelle trachtenberg on gossip gilr, she is nice and pretty `.:

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