Gossip Girl (TV Series)

The Debarted (2009)

Holley Fain: Maureen van der Bilt

Quotes 

• Maureen van der Bilt : Hello, Serena.

  Serena van der Woodsen : [whirls around]  Maureen...! You have no reason to be here. Get out or I'll call Tripp.

  Maureen van der Bilt : Who do you think told me you were here? Tripp and I aren't getting divorced. You can have him in private, but... I get him in public. He keeps his career,

  [Serena gives incredulous look] 

  Maureen van der Bilt : I keep my pride and position, and you get... whatever you're getting. Screwed, I think they call it?

  Serena van der Woodsen : You're asking me to be your husband's mistress?

  Maureen van der Bilt : It's a time-honored political tradition. I'm Jackie. You're Marilyn. I love Tripp, and I'd do anything to make him happy.

  Serena van der Woodsen : What makes him happy is being with me. I know Tripp would never send you.

  [shakes her head] 

  Serena van der Woodsen : He knows that I wouldn't agree to this.

  Maureen van der Bilt : He was skeptical, it's true. But he didn't know... that I have this.

  [takes Serena's Dad's letter out of her handbag] 

  Serena van der Woodsen : [voice hoarse]  Where did you get that?

  Maureen van der Bilt : The more relevant question is what your stepfather will say when he finds out your mother is a cheating whore. Your mother and father alone in his hotel room? What do you think they were doing?

  Serena van der Woodsen : [shakes her head uneasily]  I don't know. The letter doesn't say.

  Maureen van der Bilt : Knowing Lily, I think we can assume the worst. I'm pretty sure Rufus will.

  [Serena purses her lips] 

  Maureen van der Bilt : Okay, then. You think about my offer. Honestly, with this letter I could have forced you out of the picture altogether, but... that's not what Tripp wants... so I'm being pragmatic. I hope you'll decide to do the same.