The hit show Gossip Girl is getting ready for its second season, and although critics and parents have put a negative spin on the show’s latest advertising campaign, the cast says they don’t mind at all.

Leighton Meester (who plays Blair Waldorf on the show) told press at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday: “We just end up seeing it on a billboard somewhere, but I think that it’s smart and it’s fine and it’s cool.”