Let’s talk about one of the most hated characters in the Gossip Girl fandom.

It seems the majority of viewers have little to no patience for this particular character.

William van der Woodsen

William doesn’t get as much attention regarding the hatred towards him since he was more present towards the end of the show.

But if he had been around longer in the show, there would certainly be more attention on him and the reasons why it’s so easy to hate him.

For starters, he abandoned Serena and Eric when they really needed a father figure the most.

Serena ended up, turning to promiscuity, underage, drinking, partying, and acting super rebellious all the time.

And Eric almost unalived himself because he was feeling so depressed, so isolated, and so alone.

We can pin all of us on William who wasn’t there for his kids. He failed as a father, and he was just overall a terrible person.

Which is why I’m still so pissed pissed off that the Gossip Girl writers decided to write him back into the show as being endgame with Lily.

Why did him and Lily get back together? It makes absolutely no sense at all.

I get that the writers didn’t want Lily and Rufus to be together since Serena and Dan, we’re going to end up together, but why did that have to be such a big deal?

Serena and Dan could’ve ended up together while Lily stayed with Rufus and that’s how it should’ve been.

But instead, they just needed Lily to end up with William for some bizarre reason even though William was a sleeper villain.

Let’s not forget that he pretended Lily had cancer longer than she did so that he could weasel his way back into her heart by spending more one on one time with her.

He believe that if he was in close proximity with her for a long time, that they would fall for each other again.

And it actually ended up working. It was so insane that the writers take this direction because William is a deplorable character.

What are your thoughts? Do you hate this character from Gossip Girl too? Let us know in the comment section below.