“We Can’t Get Over Adolescence”: Penn Badgley on Middle School Angst and His Alternate Life as a Child Psychologist

So deeply is Penn Badgley’s face imprinted upon the cultural psyche that even our breezy lunch in NoHo, partially ensconced within an outdoor dining shed, prompts enough double takes to land him on Deux Moi two days later—as just one of three Lonely Boy sightings reported that week. For even the most indifferent New Yorkers of a certain age, recognizing Badgley out and about in the city feels like accessing an inside joke, or claiming your spot in an ongoing Gossip Girl live-action role play of your preteen dreams. It’s not entirely a stretch to say, for millennials who grew… Read Full Article