• New York Daily News, Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:37 AM

Target's clothing line by fashion designer Anna Sui may no longer be associated with the show "Gossip Girl." Apparently Target's top executives got nervous at the last minute about being closely associated with the controversial show. Many of the characters in the series frequently get wasted, use drugs and have promiscuous sex.

Insiders say that a party scene in the show was set to shoot at Sui's flagship store in SoHo last week. In the scene, party-goers were to wear clothes from Sui's Target collection and Target symbols were going to be part of the set. But the store pulled out at the last second. The "Gossip Girl" crew was stunned that "Target would bail on them, especially after publicly announcing the collaboration," says a source.

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