Just because Connor Paolo plays a gay on Gossip Girl does not mean he is a gay in real life! The actor made a very calculated move to cut short any speculation he might lead an alternative, unemployable lifestyle by smooching his girlfriend April all the way down the red carpet of the Step Up Women's Network's 10th Annual Inspiration Awards.

This supposedly will put to rest rumors that the boys of Gossip Girl are all a bunch of 'mos.

But, uh, Paolo was at the Step Up Women's Network ceremony, for chrissake.