john shea played blair's father in gossip girl.
john shea played blair's father in gossip girl.
who plays blair's father in gossip girl?
john shea
portrayed by john shea in seasons one, two and five. harold waldorf is blair's father who went to france to live with his male lover roman. he traditionally makes pumpkin pie during thanksgiving but hasn't made it since blair's last thanksgiving with him, before he came out and left for europe. he returns for the holidays with his partner, roman, a model once used by harold's ex-wife, eleanor. roman earns blair's spite during christmas by breaking his leg, inviting an old flame of roman's that frustrates harold. harold speaks with blair about the incident and then shows her his life in france through a video. he now lives in france, tending a vineyard and has a cat named cat, the same name as the cat in blair's favorite movie, breakfast at tiffany's. he returns in the second season during thanksgiving when blair first thought that her mother didn't invite him. he and blair share a pie during thanksgiving. he gives blair a bulldog named handsome dan whom blair renames handsome. during blair's hazing incident that sparked a controversy with miss carr and dan and the almost removal of gossip girl's blog, blair convinces her father and the parent's council of constance-st.jude's by showing a picture of dan in a compromising position with miss carr, thus securing her admission to yale. when he overhears blair's conversation about the picture only being eerily prophetic and untrue, harold speaks with blair and tells her that he saw a different side of her and is disappointed that he lied for her indirectly. he then tells blair that the college she is admitted to doesn't matter and that the person she becomes matters more.
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in the midst of the ceremony, gossip girl sends out a blast with unflattering labels for each of the main characters: "nate: class whore; dan: the ultimate insider; chuck: coward; blair: weakling; and serena: "after today, you are officially irrelevant." although dan is unperturbed, the others are furious and seek revenge by trying to uncover gossip girl's identity. after they deduce that she is most likely one of the graduates, and serena sends a text to gossip girl's tip line. jonathon's cellphone rings, but he proves that he is not gossip girl and has merely hacked into her storage of tips. the attempted outing angers gossip girl so much that she unleashes her entire stockpile of tips, which concern events that have happened throughout the series but have thus far remained secret. tempers flare as the secrets are revealed and everyone confronts each other. chuck and blair turn their anger onto serena, who had set the trap that had provoked gossip girl's wrath. upset, serena texts gossip girl to meet her alone face-to-face at a bar, threatening to reveal her true identity to everyone. gossip girl calls her bluff and arranges for the whole class to meet serena in the bar. via e-mail, gossip girl then points out that she had given them all the perfect graduation present: a clean slate, as all their secrets were now out. she also reminds them that without their tips and their thirst for gossip and sordid drama, she would be nothing. she reveals that she will be following them to college, and her identity remains a mystery.
the goodbye gossip girl