Ed Westwick insists that he is not bothered by gossip websites that routinely follow his every move and question his sexuality.

“I’m not somebody who reads about what I’m actually up to that week – which usually they get wrong,” the actor, who plays Chuck Bass on the CW drama Gossip Girl, said in an interview with The Guardian.

He adds, “Maybe you can pass the word on to anybody who reads these sites or who sees their kids on them that most of the time these people are making stuff up. If people want to really know what’s up with me then they can read one of my interviews!”

“I’m always going to go out and do what I want to do. I don’t think it pays to close yourself off,” Ed says.

“You see situations with certain people where it has literally become a frenzy. You look at people like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie – people start to forget they are professional actors.”