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Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester looks absolutely fabulous on the cover of the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar (September 2009). The actress/singer, who was recently involved in a sex tape leak scandal, opened up for the first time about the incident, on her guilty pleasure and fame.

Here are some highlights…

On her alleged sex tape: “[The tape] is not real, so it makes me sort of sad. It’s unfortunate that it got carried as far as it did. I definitely understand the nature of people better now and that the mere allegation of something like that could be headline news. People think it’s real because somebody says it is. By the way, [as for] me being 18 in those pictures, I don’t believe I was.”

On fame: “I don’t want most of what comes along with all of this. I’m doing everything I can to keep things separate. I feel like my friends are in a cult because we’re like, ‘No outsiders!’ I’ve never been crazy. I’m a very good girl, to be honest. I don’t do anything to hurt anybody. Honestly, all I ever do is work.”

On her guilty pleasures: “You know, I’m trying to think of what I’m ashamed of. But, damn, I don’t really have any shame.”