Leighton had a really tough childhood, both of his parents were serving time in prison.
Upon moving to Los Angeles, she began her career as an actress.
For a whole generation,’Gossip Girl’ became one of the reference serieswith its success it launched some of its protagonists to fame, such as Penn Badgley, star of ‘You’, Blake Lively ‘A Small Favor’ and the beloved Blair Waldorfwhich was played by Leighton Meester and won a place in the hearts of the audience, although Leighton had a much more complex story in his real life than that of his character.
Before success will embrace herMeester had only appeared sporadically in series like ‘CSI: Miami’Since appearing in ‘Gossip Girl’, the actress has not stopped working, adding more productions to her long history of series and movies.
A great turn in his life story, since Leighton (Texas, 1986) had a very complicated childhood. He was born behind prison bars, far from the warmth of the family home., because both of his parents were serving sentences for drug trafficking. At three months old, he was placed in the care of his grandparents, with whom he grew up.
“My family has a crazy history. Probably the craziest I’ve ever heard“, she told Marie Claire magazine in 2012. Upon leaving prison, Meester’s mother took care of her and They moved to New Yorkwhere the actress did her first work as a model.
After filming some commercials, Meester moved to Los Angeles with the goal of start a career in the world of acting. And that was when his story took a script turn.
The problems continued after triumphing in ‘Gossip Girl’
The actress began to make a lot of money with the success of ‘Gossip Girl’, he sent part of his earnings to his mother, so that she could take care of his sick brother. But later he learned that the money had not reached his brother, but rather his mother had spent it on various whimslike cosmetic surgery.
Her mother, upset, threatened the actress for not complying with an alleged verbal agreement by which Meester had to send her $10,000 a month because, according to her, the young woman had come so far thanks to their efforts and sacrifices.
Since 2014, the last thing that was known is that the mother lost her lawsuit in court, although was able to maintain custody of his son, something Meester requested. Little else has been known since then about this family drama, which has not prevented Leighton Mester from continuing to shine in her career as an actress.